ITW/Rent Book Question

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ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:05pm

okay so, I was reading the RENT book for like the fifth time, and in one of Johnathan's letters he metions being Stephen Sondheim's "witness" in ITW? What did he mean?

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

I think that Stephen Sondheim knew Johnathan Larson and they helped each other. Heck, Stephen Sondheim might've even wrote the lyrics for Rent, had Johnathan said he could do it on his own. Seriously.

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re: ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/28/05 at 6:06pm

If I remember correctly, Jonathan was like Steve's apprentice for ITW. He was there for the rehearsals and whatnot, observing. Steve and Jon did know each other, as Steve is thanked on the CD for ttB and did a voice-over for the show.

re: ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:18pm

Thanks!

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

re: ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:42pm

Steve was also his mentor and (as mentioned in the Rent Bible) really put Jon in his place when he was having collaboration issues during Rent

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Posted: 10/28/05 at 8:47pm

Does anyone else ever think about the genius work that could have come out of Larson had he survived. He got the attention of Sondheim when he was very young and I just think of what it must have been like for him to collaborate with a man like Sondheim.

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

re: ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/28/05 at 10:42pm

I agree whole-heartedly jacobtsf. If only ... I feel like he would have accomplished so much, and the theatre world might be different than it is today had he lived.

re: ITW/Rent Book Question

Posted: 10/29/05 at 7:15am

Since we're taling Sondheim/Larson...

Larson's "Sunday" from TICK TICK BOOM is one of the most brilliant tributes/parodies of Sondeheim ever written. It p[okes fun at the original song, and makes you appreciate its genius even more.

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