ITW/Rent Book Question

[wonderfulwizard11]

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?

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 10/28/05 at 5:07pm

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.

[almostxfamous]

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.

[wonderfulwizard11]

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

Thanks!

[broadwaystar2b]

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

[jacobtsf]

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.

[almostxfamous]

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.

[Jon]

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.