Jonathan Larson

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Jonathan Larson (born February 4, 1960 in White Plains , New York , † January 25, 1996 in New York City , New York) was an American composer and playwright .

Life

Jonathan Larson grew up in a Jewish family. After finishing school, Larson studied theater at Adelphi University , Garden City , New York State. During his studies, Larson began composing various pieces of music and musical works. Larson received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. After that, Larson moved to Manhattan . In the years that followed, Larson worked as a waiter on weekends and spent the week composing and writing musicals.

His works included Sacrimmoralinority (with David Glenn Armstrong ) and Superbia , for which he received the Richard Rodgers Production Award . In 1991 he presented his work tick, tick… BOOM! finished. His most important work was the musical Rent , which only appeared in 1996. For this musical, Larson received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996 and the 1996 Tony Award in the categories of Best Musical , Best Book , Best Score . In addition, the musical Rent received the Drama Desk Outstanding Musical Award and Drama Desk Outstanding Book Award in 1996. On January 25, 1996, the day of the premiere of Rents, Larson died of the causes of Marfan's syndrome through an aortic dissection .

Works (selection)

  • Sacrimmoralinority
  • Superbia ,
  • tick, tick ... BOOM!
  • Rent , musical

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama , 1996
  • Tony Award in the categories Best Musical , Best Book , Best Score , 1996
  • Drama Desk Outstanding Musical Award and Drama Desk Outstanding Book Award , 1996

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Larson, 35, Composer of Rock Opera and Musicals . In: New York Times (English)
  2. ↑ theater; Life, Death and Rent. Los Angeles Times
personal data
SURNAME Larson, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musical composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH White Plains , New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1996
Place of death New York City , New York, United States