Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson

Profile info

Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday4 February 1960
Died25 January 1996 (age 35)
Place of birthMount Vernon, New York, USA
Known credits8

Biography

Jonathan Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the rock opera Rent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Larson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.