tick tick ... BOOM!
The Complete Book and Lyrics
Published on 15. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
978-1-55783-744-8 (ISBN)
Description
Before the revolutionary rock musical Rent, Jonathan Larson had another story to tell... his own. tick, tick ... BOOM! is a three-chapter pop rock musical about facing crossroads in life and holding on to your dreams that was first produced off Broadway in 2001. It tells the story of young Jonathan, a promising young composer on the eve of his 30th birthday. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city (tick); his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (tick); and he's still waiting tables and trying to write the great American musical before time, and life, passes him by (BOOM!).
Reviews / Votes
"An intimate and emotionally revealing look at the breakthrough talent that paved the way for a new generation of Broadway composers." - Phillip Brandes, Los Angeles Times"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
143 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55783-744-8 (9781557837448)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jonathan Larson received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent, the libretto to which is available from Applause (978-1-55783-737-0.) Larson first performed tick, tick ... BOOM! as a rock monologue at Second Stage Theatre, The Village Gate, and New York Theatre Workshop. He died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm on January 25, 1996, 10 days before his 36th birthday.