RIP Jonathan-Rent lives on....

It's Jonathan.

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Rent is closing.

It's not living on.

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I think, instead of naming the theatre after him, as some have suggested, that they should put some sort of candle memorial outside the theatre. One of those candles that never burns out. An eternal flame.

You're going to name the theatre after a man who, despite the unfortunate circumstances, wrote ONE show? ONE, and it isn't really that good to begin with before you rename the Imperial after Ethel Merman? My goodness! I can think of five people who deserve to have the Nederlander named after them more than the late Mr. Larson.

He wrote Tick Tick Boom before he died didn't he? Or am I loosing it.

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Tick Tick Boom feels more like Side By Side By Sondheim than an original musical to me. That's why I didn't include it as a part of his work.

Jonathan Larson is like Tupac Shakur.

I meant, he did write it didn't he?

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"Jonathon Larson is like Tupac Shakur."

LMAO! That made my day, jaystarr.

R.I.P Jonathon

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EDIT: I meant to put JonathAn instead of JonathOn. I took some cold medicine, so I really didn't proof read my post. Ha.

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"Tick Tick Boom feels more like Side By Side By Sondheim than an original musical to me. That's why I didn't include it as a part of his work."

So you're going to forget about all his hard work on it because it doesn't "sound" like his music? Right.

Jonathan's first musical "Sacrimmoralinority" was co-written while in college. It was retitled "Saved!-An Immoral Musical on the Moral Majority" when it played in Manhattan. His next musical was "Superbia," and although it was never fully produced, it won the Richard Rodgers Production Award. "tick, tick... BOOM!" was next to be written. It is an original musical about Jonathan's life while writing "Superbia." "tick, tick... BOOM! played on Broadway and on tour to critical acclaim after Jonathan's untimely death, and is nothing like the musical revue "Side By Side By Sondheim." There is no denying "Rent" changed the world of musical theater forever, and I personally cant think of anyone more deserving of an accolade like having a theatre named after him than Jonathan Larson.