![]() ![]() There was Superbia, his original dystopian world musical written in response. There was a stage version of George Orwell's 1984 that never saw the light of day because of rights issues. ![]() His unexpected death from a heart defect on the morning of the show's first off-Broadway preview in 1996 robbed the community of a singular talent, while simultaneously shifting the path of an entire genre into the future.Īt the time of his passing, Larson left behind an extensive catalogue of stand-alone songs and unproduced musicals. ![]() Rent, a rock opera based on Puccini's La Bohème, put Larson on the map and earned the kinds of awards - both physical and financial - that any struggling young writer who had spent years pounding the pavement could only dream about. Jonathan Larson's name is synonymous with the American musical theater of the 1990s. ![]()
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