Essay Archive - Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larson
January 21. The time is around 6:45 pm. Writer, composer Jonathan
Larson was sitting in the very last few rows listening as cast he had chosen for
his "about to be" Broadway musical, "Rent" went through one of the final dress
rehearsals in The New York Theater Workshop. He and the Director of "Rent"
Michael Grief began to sing one of the songs form the show when Larson began to
feel a pain in his chest. The pain worsened. Larson (being the compulsive
worrier and hypochondriac close friends and relatives knew him as) turned to an
actor and said,"You bette....
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