Thank You Jonathan Larson

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.

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.

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.

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

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yeah!!! it was amazing

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

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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.

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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.

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best12bars thanks so much for sharing that. Happy Thanksgiving.

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

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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

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

Thank you, Jonathan Larson.

Thank you Jonathan. :)