Thank You Jonathan Larson

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:13am

Better yet with all the threads being started, I personally feel this man DESERVES a thank you. He started this incredible journey for all of us. His dream and his legacy gave me the confidence and courage to pursue my own dreams. I can't thank him enough for changing my life in so many ways.

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:16am

Good call Amneris,

Thank JL for the sensational musical that made it this far. The amount of people that have been touched the by the musical, and now film, is just incredible.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:17am

Jonathan Larson went before his time, it's such a pity.

Thanks Jonathan, for all you've done for musical theatre, you've defined a generation as far as I am concerned.

Never seeing a show have I felt such emotion as RENT, nothing so powerful.

Thank you.

[iheartcheyenne123]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:19am

i was actually going to post something like this.

Jonathan Larson was an amazing man, who really made RENT come to life. He is a complete genius and inventor. Thank you Jonathan.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:21am

Thank You Jonathan Larson.

Your words have brought joy to many people, and changed the lives of countless others.

And as corny as this may sound, RENT is one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

[starsinger]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:21am

here here, thank you Jonathan. You make rent what it is, and you make it what it will be forever.
xoxo
Sarah

[cudramacat]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:23am

Thank you, Jonathan! What you created is truly amazing and life changing! I am so grateful for what you did!

[jam_man]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:26am

starsinger, I don't know if you ment to say "You MADE Rent what it is" or not, but saying "make" I think is just as fitting. His memory continues to MAKE Rent what it is.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:55am

yeah!!! it was amazing

Updated On: 2/27/06 at 01:55 AM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:56am

Go listen to Tick, Tick...BOOM!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:59am

???

[kates422]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 2:00am

Thank you, Jonathan!!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 2:01am

Tick, Tick... BOOM! -- one of Jonathan Larson's other musicals. About his life. Began as a one-man show, and different versions were spliced together to be a show about his life after he died.

Listen to it. Learn a little something.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 2:04am

ok...im gonna get the cd.

Updated On: 2/27/06 at 02:04 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 11:02am

I was lucky enough to know Jon when I lived in New York in the mid-'80s. We actually worked at the same theatre in Michigan, but he got his union card a year before I started there. After I became "unionized" myself and moved to the Big Apple, we got to know each other for a short period of time, through our mutual "Michigan" friends.

I remember sitting in a living room in midtown with about 10 people listening to his latest song playing on a demo tape (sung by his very close friend Marin Mazzie). He was so excited to describe it to us and explain what was going on in the scene. We called him "Marv" (a nickname after Marvin Hamlisch). It was a running joke with Marin, Scott Burkell and our other friends... and even Jon seemed to laugh at that and enjoy it.

My brief time in the city knowing Jon Larson is something I will never forget. He was as good a person as he was an artist. A deeply sincere, nice guy.

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:51pm

that's awesome best12bars!

jonathan is great. much love.

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:51pm

best12bars thanks so much for sharing that. Happy Thanksgiving.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:53pm

yes...thanks for sharing!

[greenegirl87]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 12:56pm

It is unfair that Jonathan Larson will never know how many people he affected, this movie is only furthering his legacy.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:00pm

Oh, he knows.

[ihearttheatre]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:01pm

My eyes welled up when I started reading this thread. I'm not even an emotional person. It just makes me so sad to know that he is so loved but will never feel that love. thanks, Jonathan

[Amneris]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:11pm

What's ironic in "Tick Tick Boom".. Jonathan states this:

"I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my 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." - Jonathan Larson

And he did.

[changinandhow]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:15pm

That's exactly how I ended my looong review, and I'll say it again:

Thank you, Jonathan Larson.

[xoxRogue]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:16pm

I can not seem to put into words everything that I want to say. You have changed the lives of many, and you will live on and be remembered forever.

With all my heart and soul, thank you.

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 11/24/05 at 1:17pm

Thank you Jonathan. :)