Jonathan Larson News

Broadway in Chicago is back on stage this week as the city welcomes the non-equity 25th Anniversary Tour of RENT back to the CIBC Theatre.

Aurora Theatre Company continues its 30th season with the World Premiere of Kait Kerrigan's FATHER/DAUGHTER, a recipient of the 2021 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Bay Area theatre artist M. Graham Smith directs William Thomas Hodgson and Sam Jackson (The Bluest Eye, Exit Strategy, Splendour) in this beautifully innovative play about love, family, and relationships.

Signature Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for RENT, book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, which will reopen Signature's MAX Theatre for live performances from November 2, 2021 – January 2, 2022. 

El trailer de la adaptación cinematográfica de TICK, TICK... BOOM!, de Jonathan Larson, creador de RENT, ha llegado. Se trata además del debut como director de cine de Lin Manuel Miranda. El reparto está compuesto por el nominado a los Premios de la Academia y ganador del Premio Tony Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, MJ Rodríguez, Bradley Whitford y Tariq Trotter. Judith Light y Vanessa Hudgens completan el cast.

The film stars Academy Award nominee & Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Emmy Award winner Bradley Whitford, The Roots' Tariq Trotter, with Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens.

Get a first listen from the film's soundtrack. Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut, TICK, TICK... BOOM!, is on its way to the big screen. The film will be available to stream on Netflix on November 19th. TICK, TICK... BOOM! will be available in general theatrical release on November 12th.

The producers of the RENT 25TH Anniversary Farewell Tour and the FSCJ Artist Series are proud to announce the RENT 25TH Anniversary Farewell Tour will be presented at Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center for one night only, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

On Friday, October 1, 2021, singer-songwriter ANGELA SCLAFANI will release a brand new, four-track EP entitled, EDGE OF SEVENTEEN. The EP features interpretations of Grammy-nominated Stevie Nicks’ biggest solo hits of the 1970s and 1980s. 

The American Theater Group, Somerset County’s newest professional theater company, will present a reimagined version of The Evolution of (Henry) Mann as its 2021-22 season opener. The new musical, by composer Douglas Cohen (Children’s Letters to God) and Dan Elish (13) is an engaging, light-hearted look at finding love in today’s modern world.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut, TICK, TICK... BOOM!, is on its way to the big screen. The film will be available to stream on Netflix on November 19th. TICK, TICK... BOOM! will be available in general theatrical release on November 12th. Check out a new teaser!

Whether you’ve never seen RENT or have completely lost count, you can’t miss it this time around the 25th Anniversary “Farewell Season of Love” is your FINAL CHANCE to experience this celebrated touring production.

eabody Award-winning composer, Matthew Puckett, announced today the upcoming release of two demos, “Faster” and  “What Love Looks Like,” from his  new musical Rebel Genius, about the early life of Albert Einstein, featuring Broadway stalwarts Corey Cott (Newsies, Bandstand) and Hannah Elless (Bright Star, Godspell).

BIRDLAND will present Amanda Green & Friends “Vaxxed AF!” on Monday, October 4 at 7:00 PM. Tony Award-nominated lyricist/composer and award-winning performer Amanda Green will be joined by some amazing Broadway friends, including Darius de Haas, Ann Harada, Lesli Margherita, Curtis Moore, Natalie Douglas, and Dan Finnerty of The Dan Band.

Broadway Records announced today the release of THE RAINBOW LULLABY, the world’s first LGBTQ lullaby album. Conceived by Ryan Bauer-Walsh, the recording includes songs by fifteen LGBTQIA+ writers including Bauer-Walsh, Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) and Debra Barsha (Radiant Baby), with performances by over thirty LGBTQIA+ artists.

While Chicago audiences have waited far more than 525,600 minutes for live theater to return to the city, it's now just a few weeks before the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour makes its way back. Javon King returns to the role of Angel for this latest tour engagement, and he reflected on how his relationship to RENT has changed since the pandemic and what he hopes audiences take away from Jonathan Larson's musical 25 years after it debuted.

Actor, activist and Tony Award-winner Karen Olivo has been added to the line-up of Collaboraction's 6th annual Peacebook Festival on Saturday, October 2 at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Chicago's Austin community.

Circle Theatre, Grand Rapids' go-to destination for exceptional theatrical arts in an intimate setting, has announced their 70th Main Stage and Concert Series season.

On Saturday, September 25, Adelphi University will introduce you to the work of rising composer-lyricist Benjamin Velez in his one-night-only showcase Benjamin Velez, a Larson Legacy Concert.

Peter Benjamin Foley died at home on August 27, 2021, after surviving ocular (uveal) melanoma, a rare cancer, for more than 10 years. He was 54.

This week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.