#26
Posted: 1/24/08 at 10:29pm
Tick, Tick... Boom! didn't play on Broadway. It played Off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre.
RIP Jonathan-Rent lives on.... — Page 2
#27
Posted: 1/24/08 at 10:39pm
I agree that Tick...Tick...Boom! can not be compared with Side by Side. Side by Side is a review and TTB is an actual book musical. But TTB played OFF-Broadway, not on. That, of course, doesn't make it any less great. 
#28
Posted: 1/24/08 at 11:36pm
RIP Jonathan! Here's to a wonderful 12 years of RENT being on Broadway and having the show live on for the future...
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
#29
Posted: 1/25/08 at 12:06am
RIP Jonathan. Though Rent may be closing, let's hope that the spirit and message of the show will live on forever!
#30
Posted: 1/25/08 at 6:52am
They should have something in his memory be on the theater even after the show closes like an eternal flame.
R.I.P. Jonathan
R.I.P. Jonathan
Rent
The best show on Broadway. I was at the closing. BEST night of my Life.
April 29th 1996-September 7th 2008
12 years of love
"No Day But Today"
#32
Posted: 1/25/08 at 7:38am
RIP Jonathan. God bless you and yours.
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LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#33
Posted: 1/25/08 at 9:25am
"So you're going to forget about all his hard work on it because it doesn't "sound" like his music? Right. "
Did I say Larson's music SOUNDED like Sondheim's? No. I said it felt like a compilation of discarded material (which is really is) and I don't count it among his major works. It's a revue show, a compilation. And I should change Side by Side by Sondheim to Marry Me A Little, which is a compliation of Sondheim's discarded material. Please read more carefully. Thank you. :)
Did I say Larson's music SOUNDED like Sondheim's? No. I said it felt like a compilation of discarded material (which is really is) and I don't count it among his major works. It's a revue show, a compilation. And I should change Side by Side by Sondheim to Marry Me A Little, which is a compliation of Sondheim's discarded material. Please read more carefully. Thank you. :)
#34
Posted: 1/25/08 at 11:34am
Can we not fight on this thread? Thanks.
RIP Jonathan Larson, and thank you. I only wish (just like so many others) that you were here long enough for us to thank you for your work to your face.
RIP Jonathan Larson, and thank you. I only wish (just like so many others) that you were here long enough for us to thank you for your work to your face.
#35
Posted: 1/25/08 at 11:42am
Wait, we're saying that tick, tick...BOOM! is a compilation of discarded material? Because it's not. It's an amalgam of several different versions of the same one-man show, which was obviously ultimately turned into a three-person musical. That's completely different than doing a revue comprised of songs that were cut from other major works, like Marry Me a Little. They're apples and oranges.
ANYway, thank you, as always, to Jonathan for his art and inspiration. I too wish he could have seen what it became...
A work of art is an invitation to love.
ANYway, thank you, as always, to Jonathan for his art and inspiration. I too wish he could have seen what it became...
#36
Posted: 1/25/08 at 11:49am
Thank you, Jonathan.
I actually saw Rent for the first time on January 25th.
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I actually saw Rent for the first time on January 25th.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#37
Posted: 1/25/08 at 12:12pm
Oh, so it's not a compilation show? Okay. I'm sorry then. My mistake.
And if the newbies that come on this board continue to act the way they do, we're going to see a lot of fights fetzles, so get used to it.
And if the newbies that come on this board continue to act the way they do, we're going to see a lot of fights fetzles, so get used to it.
#38
Posted: 1/25/08 at 12:16pm
Haha, fair enough jv. All of the "OMGZ RENT DONT LEAVE MEEE!!!1!" posts are getting out of hand. That, plus generally ignorant statements? I'll probably be fighting soon, too. ;]
#40
Posted: 1/25/08 at 1:58pm
Here here, fetzels, on all accounts. lol.
RIP, Jonathan, and thank you for all that you have given to the world so long past your life, and the inspiration that is worth more than anything.
<3
RIP, Jonathan, and thank you for all that you have given to the world so long past your life, and the inspiration that is worth more than anything.
<3
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
#41
Posted: 1/25/08 at 1:58pm
Just thought I would share a picture I found recently of Adam and I when I saw the OBC. I am in the process of taking digital pictures of all my old pics. :) I will miss Rent, I am a huge fan of the show.
#42
Posted: 1/25/08 at 2:04pm
Hahaha Adam's hair. :) God I wish I was old enough to have seen the OBC... (but RENT's not really appropriate for a six-year-old)
Measure your life in love, RENTheads, and keep it always in your heart.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
Avatar: Me with Al Larson, Jonathan Larson's father.
#43
Posted: 1/25/08 at 2:14pm
We miss you down here, John ...
Just thought you oughta know
Leave the light on.
Just thought you oughta know
Leave the light on.
#45
Posted: 1/25/08 at 5:38pm
"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."
What?? RENT did not change the world of musical theatre. OKLAHOMA! changed musical theatre. HAIR changed musical theatre. RENT did not.
And you really can't think of ANYONE who deserves to have a theatre named after them more than Larson? Really?
What?? RENT did not change the world of musical theatre. OKLAHOMA! changed musical theatre. HAIR changed musical theatre. RENT did not.
And you really can't think of ANYONE who deserves to have a theatre named after them more than Larson? Really?
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.
#46
Posted: 1/25/08 at 5:40pm
ummmm.....yeah! Larson was a genius!
#47
Posted: 1/25/08 at 5:44pm
That's wonderful, but there are many other geniuses who contributed far more to Broadway than Larson.
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.
#48
Posted: 1/25/08 at 6:09pm
RIP Jonathan
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#49
Posted: 1/25/08 at 7:30pm
wonderfulwizard11 writes:
"That's wonderful, but there are many other geniuses who contributed far more to Broadway than Larson."
If that that is your opinion than feel free to create a thread about someone you admire. Please don't come here to trash on someone who inspired me. Where's the love?
"That's wonderful, but there are many other geniuses who contributed far more to Broadway than Larson."
If that that is your opinion than feel free to create a thread about someone you admire. Please don't come here to trash on someone who inspired me. Where's the love?
#50
Posted: 1/25/08 at 7:43pm
R.I.P Jon Larson. He did change musical theatre! Rent will live on forever.
it may not be on broadway forever but the memory of it will ALWAYS AND FOREVER be around!
"thank you Jon Larson"
it may not be on broadway forever but the memory of it will ALWAYS AND FOREVER be around!
"thank you Jon Larson"
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