Jonathan Larson

Writing

Born: 1960-02-04
Died: 1996-01-25
From: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

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.

Awards & Nominations8 won · 4 nominated

Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

2002
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

2002
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Original Score

Rent

1996
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

1996
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

Rent

1996
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

1996
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Rent

1996
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

1996
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

1996
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

1996
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

1996
🏆 Won

Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre