tick tick ... BOOM!: The Complete Book and Lyrics

by Jonathan Larson

Overview

(Applause Libretto Library). 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! ).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557837448
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/2008
Series:	Applause Libretto Library Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	102
Sales rank:	478,212
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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.