Jonathan Larson News

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you Skylar Astin's performance of 'La Vie Boheme' from 2010.

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you Wayne Brady and Telly Leung's performance of 'You Okay Honey?' and 'Today 4 U' from 2010.

The Jonathan Larson Grant recipient is excited to be a part of the 2013 hit's return engagement.

 The whole family will fall in love with WST for Kids' killer production of Zombie in Love. Based on the popular book series by Kelly DiPucchio, this hour-long musical teaches us that everyone has a 'ghoul-mate' out there! Love will rise from the dead just in time for Valentine's Day. Zombie in Love runs February 4th through February 13th, 2016 at Walnut Street Theatre.

New Generation Theater Company brings the works of Jonathan Larson's 'Rent' and 'tick...tick...Boom' back to New York City in a two night only performance. LOUDER THAN WORDS, a musical tribute to one of Broadway's most celebrated composers, runs tonight and tomorrow, January 15th and 16th 9:30PM, at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre.

The Old Globe presents the Third Annual New Voices Festival, featuring readings of new American plays by professional playwrights this weekend, January 15 - 17, 2016.

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you Rosario Dawson's performance of 'Without You' from 2005.

The 2016 season at BSC will include the world premieres of two new musicals - Jonathan Larson Award winning composer Joe Iconis's Broadway Bounty Hunter and Presto Change-O, directed by Marc Bruni of Broadway's Beautiful The Carole King Musical, BroadwayWorld has learned.

The life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson will be celebrated in a special one-off concert on Monday 25 January 2016, when Seasons of Larson will play for one night only at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

New Generation Theater Company brings the works of Jonathan Larson's 'Rent' and 'tick...tick...Boom' back to New York City in a two night only performance. LOUDER THAN WORDS, a musical tribute to one of Broadway's most celebrated composers, runs on January 15th and 16th 9:30PM, at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre.

This month we are all RENT-heads again, because BroadwayWorld is paying homage to the musical with 20 days of RENT! Be sure to check back daily to get your fix with videos of performances from Broadway, the big screen and beyond. Today, we're bringing you Vanessa Hudgens' performance of 'Out Tonight' from 2010.

Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director) will continue its 2016 weekend family performance series this Sunday, January 17th, with Seussical, a condensed one-act version for young audiences of the Broadway musical, adapted from the works of Dr. Seuss, the Off-Broadway premiere of Seussical was nominated for Outstanding Revival by the Lortel Awards in 2008

Final names are announced today for Seasons of Larson, a one-off concert celebrating the life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson. The concert will take place on Monday 25 January 2016 at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Today, we're bouncing back to the 2008 Broadway cast to check out Michael McElroy's performance of 'Santa Fe' from 2008. This version also features Adam Cantor, Justin Johnston and Marcus Paul James.

In Episode 402 of 'Something New' -- a podcast that interviews theatre artists and premieres original songs -- award-winning musical theatre writer Joel B. New sat down with not one but two guests: Michael Gilboe, host of 'Broadway Bullet'; and James Ludwig, co-host of 'The Happy Hour Guys.'

The opportunity to showcase some of Jonathan Larson's best work and also some lesser known brilliant pieces is an absolute honour. His work changed the dynamics of new writing for a whole generation; challenging composers, playwrights, creatives and actors to find new and exciting ways to tell brilliant stories.

What's better than the original? Nothing. Surely no one can rival original cast member Adam Pascal when it comes to Roger, and that's why today is all about 'One Song Glory.' Watch below as he performs the song in 2009, during his stint in the national tour! 

What role is a further departure from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's Motel? You can't get much farther than Mark Cohen, and Adam Kantor has tackled them both! Today, watch as he performs 'Tango: Maureen' opposite Tracie Thoms as Joanne back in 2008.

Today, we're we're taking a trip across the pond to one of Shoshana Bean's latest London concerts. In the below clip, she partners with Eva Noblezada (MISS SAIGON's Kim) to perform 'Take Me or Leave Me.' Have either of these ladies been in RENT? No. But it doesn't matter, because they're that good! 

Really- does it get any better than Jesse L. Martin? Today, we're highlighting the original Collins in perhaps the most emotionally stirring song of the whole show- 'I'll Cover You (Reprise).' This clip is from the 2005 film and we dare you not to shed a tear!