Jonathan Larson News

The Company Theatre will present Jonathan Larson's award-winning, iconic rock musical, RENT. Learn more about the production and see how to attend.

George Street Playhouse has announced that Artistic Director David Saint will retire as Artistic Director at the conclusion of the 2024/2025 season.  George Street Playhouse will honor Saint at the 2025 Gala.

Previews are officially underway for The Jonathan Larson Project, which has an official opening on March 10 at the Orpheum Theatre for a 16 week limited engagement. Check out a first look at the cast in action here.

Discover the Cape Playhouse's 2025 'Season of Hope,' featuring productions like BUDDY, RENT, ANASTASIA, and more. The season will run June 4 to September 20 at the historic Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA.

Previews are now underway for The Jonathan Larson Project and fans who have checked out the new musical already have intel on the more than 20 undiscovered songs, as audiences are treated to a brief breakdown as they leave the Orpheum Theatre. BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive, in-depth version of the story behind each song, courtesy of the show's conceiver, Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

The Great Gatsby understudy Alex Prakken stepped into the spotlight this week at Inside Broadway. Check out his showstopping performance of, 'For Her' in new video from inside the event

The full cast has been set for the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel, The Great Gatsby, which will make its West End debut at The London Coliseum this spring. See who is starring and learn more!

Measure your life in love with the iconic music of RENT in Concert.  Segerstrom Center for the Arts will present this new symphonic experience of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical in March. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Great Gatsby on Broadway will welcome Linedy Genao (Bad Cinderella, On Your Feet!)  as Myrtle Wilson, and original cast member Austin Colby (Jersey Boys), who takes over the role of Tom Buchanan.

The Jonathan Larson Project will host a Digital Rush via TodayTix beginning Friday! Plus, additional casting has been announced. Learn more about the show here!

xThe Great Gatsby is headed to South Korea! The musical is set to open  in July at GS Arts Center in the Gangnam District of Seoul. The Great Gatsby is produced by OD Company, one of the three major musical production companies in Korea.

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical RENT will take over the main stage at Long Island's CM Performing Arts Center. Learn more and see how to attend.

TICK TICK...BOOM! is an inspiring hit musical at the award-winning Chance Theater in Anaheim through February 23rd.  Set in New York City in 1990, this is a poignant love letter to Jonathan Larson, composer of the Broadway mega-hit musical Rent. Surprisingly for something that is grounded in real life and in real struggle, there is so much reach-for-the-sky, genuine optimism in TICK TICK...BOOM! that it feels restorative. 

Sarah Hyland officially took her first bows as Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby last night, Monday, February 10. Check out video of her first bows here!

Theatre Now will host a Master Class with Jonathon Larson Award-winning writer Mindi Dickstein. The evening will include songs by Theatre Now Musical Writers Lab members Jonathan Keebler & Bob Kelly, plus more.

Sarah Hyland is returning to Broadway as Daisy Buchanan in the musical The Great Gatsby, beginning tonight Monday, February 10!  Hyland will star opposite Ryan McCartan as Jay Gatsby.

Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

The Great Gatsby' Tess Soltau is taking over our Instagram today! Follow along here as Soltau takes our Instagram followers behind-the-scenes of the hit Broadway musical. She recently joined the company as Catherine and the understudy for Myrtle.

Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning composer/lyricist Jonathan Larson’s profound impact on musical theater is in the spotlight for Louder than Words: The Songs and Legacy of Jonathan Larson, the next show of the Lyrics & Lyricists season. Learn more!

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season has officially begun. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending February 7, 2025 with videos from Urinetown, Just In Time, and more!