Jonathan Larson- Page 2

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:12pm

oh my gosh, i didn't realize that was today.
it doesn't seem like eleven years, such a long time ago. but then again i guess it really wasn't.

no matter what anyone may say about it, rent was and still continues to be one of the most powerful and groundbreaking shows in the theatre. it's like a right of passage to see rent, and everyone knows of the show. what an amazing accomplishment it is, and i'm sure jonathan is looking down and smiling at each and every performance of it. each time someone hums seasons of love and sings one song glory at the top of their lungs, jonathan is there. and from the opening notes of the first tune up to the closing harmonies of finale b, he lives on.
going from starving artist to a huge broadway success, even posthumously is just such an amazing feat. i am proud to know and have seen rent and i do and always will believe in all that it stands for. so live on rent, you're still doing great things out there onstage and off.

in loving memory, Jonathan.

rest in peace, love, and music.

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:19pm

I totally forgot that was today. May he rest in PEACE(are you listening Misterrussell?)

[Ariella]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:33pm

"It's not how long you're here but what you do while you're here."

Rest in peace, Jonathan Larson. His life and his contributions will not be forgotten.

[Marissa2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 5:34pm

RIP Jonathan.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 6:52pm

Thank you Jon.

"Hey, what a way to spend a day
I make a vow
Right here and now
I'm gonna spend my time this way"

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:03pm

As silly as I feel saying it, this is always a good day for me to pause the year-round analysis of casting and the fandom to stop and just realize how important this guy's work has been in my life. All the hours spent falling in love with the cast albums of Rent and tick, tick...BOOM!, the weekend treks to the Nederlander...it's easy to lose sight of sometimes, but Jonathan's music has had a huge influence on me and for that I'm ever thankful.

[BrunetteBombshell]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:06pm

I didn't even realize that today was the day that Jonathan passed away. Very sad, R.I.P.

[ThereIs1Director]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:15pm

what a shame. just a crying shame.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:18pm

Thank you JL from me all the way in the UK

I hope your making great music up there with the angels

You and your work will never be forgotten

XXXXXXXXXXX

[Broadway4Life2]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:52pm

I know Jonathan won't read this. But I just wanna say that RENT is still the biggest influence in my life. It made me look at my life in ways I've never seen it before. This next statement may seem a bit silly but I have never been more thankful for anything in my life. RENT is a HUGE part of the bond I share w/ my boyfriend. If we hadn't seen the movie on my 17th bday together (and then the tour July of last year), we wouldn't of found out how much more we had in common besides our love for this show. To this day our bond grows stronger. And I thank Jonathan 100% for that.

It's a silly thing to say but it's how I feel.

RIP Jonathan Larson. We miss you dearly.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:54pm

Sad day.

RIP

[alliez92092]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 7:57pm

It's the eleventh anniversary of Jonathan Larson's death. This day still makes me cry hysterically. Jonathan brought a whole new generation to the world of musical theatre. He wrote a show that has changed my life forever. I cannot believe that it has been eleven years now. There may not be as much hype as there was last year with the movie/Rent 10, but god is this day still important. I can't begin to put into the words the affect that Jonathan Larson has had on my life. I just listened to him sing "One Song Glory" and it made me sob. I am a changed person because of him. I have learned just from Jonathan's music that I have to live this moment as my last, there is no day but today, and that actions speak louder than words.

Thank you Jonathan Larson.

[TheaterAddict7652]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:00pm

The thing that always makes me so sad is how his friends and family members (and even himself in tick, tick...BOOM!) said that he wanted to creat a Hair for the '90's generation- which he did, only after his death.

Rest in peace, Jonathan. You will not be forgotten.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:16pm

That was beautiful post mattbrain it made me tear up. This whole thread is making me tear up. Forget regret.

[teka21]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:31pm

"two shows do not a legacy make"

Are you kidding me? Rent alone is legacy enough!
Jonathan Larson so brilliantly voiced the celebration of life and hope in the face of AIDS and hatred.

If there's only this-
that's quite a gift.
Thank you, Jonathan.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 8:37pm

Oh wow. I did not know today was 11 years either. Time certainly does go by fast. And RENT is still playing strong, performance after performance, affecting all who see it. We miss you Jonathan!

No Day But Today
RIP Jonathan Larson

[Craww]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:13pm

Oh, strange. I was just struck with the sudden urge to listen to TTB, after months of letting it rest, and Johnny Can't Decide was playing when I came here and read this thread. I had no idea that was today.

Nothing like a sweet coincidence to make you feel a little better about dates like this.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:28pm

I was just thinking today about how much great stuff he could have written were he still alive today.

Thanks for creating the first musical I ever loved, Jonathan.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 9:33pm

I had forgotten that this was today, too. I never really know what to say on occasions such as this, particularly this one as Rent has gained -- and continues to have -- a very significant place in my heart.

I fell in love with Rent about five or so years ago, (and the time since then has been a mind-altering journey), but it wasn't until quite a bit of time after that that I became familiar with tick, Tick... BOOM! and the rest of Jonathan's story. I think it was Tracie Thoms who said this, and I think she put it so beautifully -- so many artists say "I'm going to change the world, change people's lives. I'm going to out there and I'm going to do it." But how many really do? And Jonathan did; he touched and changed so many lives, but he never got to know it. Of all the things I've heard said about Jonathan, that's the most heartbreaking, to me. He never knew his success. From the standpoint of someone who loves the theater, it also breaks my heart that we'll never know what other gifts his talent might have given us, and that sense of unfairness in that he was gone much too soon.

I haven't been to the Nederlander in quite some time, but I've been feeling lately that it might be time to return -- revisit an old friend, so to speak. Every time I do return, I feel as though I had forgotten just what a thing of beauty it really is.

Updated On: 1/25/07 at 09:33 PM

[Broadway Baby4]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 10:02pm

I wore all black in his honor. Black rent tee, Black pants, black shoes, black socks! Oh and I watched Rent.

RIP Jonathan Larson!

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 10:42pm

I thought it was weird that when I put my shuffle mode on my iPod, Rent kept playing more than usual.

I don't care what anyone says. Rent will always mean something to me.

I want to write music
I want to sit down
Right now at the piano
And write a song that
People will listen to and remember
And do the same thing every morning
For the rest of my life.

-Thank you Jonathan Larson

[hellostar]

Posted: 1/25/07 at 11:27pm

RIP Jonathan...the saddest part is we'll never know what other amazing things you would have done for the theatre world.

[Dramaqueen93088]

Posted: 1/26/07 at 1:10am

Wow i didn't know that it was today either. R.I.P...what a shame he was so young with so much potential..He would be very happy to see how successful rent is and what a cult following it has...

[viola13]

Posted: 1/26/07 at 3:11am

I actually went and saw the show tonight without realizing that it was eleven years to the day. My friend remembered when we were sitting waiting for the show to start.

One song
Glory
One song
Before I go
Glory
One song to leave behind
Find one song
One last refrain
Glory...

RIP, Jonathan, I hope you know how many lives you've changed, including mine.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/27/07 at 8:49am

If I ever play Mark at the Company Theatre, I'm going to take a leaf out of Anthony Rapp's book and say, "We dedicate this and every performance to the memory of Jonathan Larson."