And my mom felt a stronger appreciation for Larson’s struggle.īut“Tick, Tick…Boom!” is not about “Rent”, though it helps set the scene historically and culturally.
By the end of it, I was deeply inspired to go back into the historical records and give “Rent” another try. That depressing reality of life was too much for my Disney brain. I had tried watching “Rent” while in elementary school, but tuned out as soon as Collins was mugged in the opening scenes. I knew nothing about Jonathon Larson’s work, but my mom had seen the movie “Rent” multiple times and loves the songs. So as you can probably guess, when my mom and I settled in front of the TV a couple days ago, we didn’t watch the same musical. I wasn’t familiar with these stage musicals before they became movies, and I definitely don’t know the highlights of Broadway history, like “Rent”. Well, besides the movie adaptations that have burst into mainstream pop culture, like “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen”. But Garfield played his role beautifully, embodying the ambitious naïveté of a young playwright trying to make it in a hit-or-miss New York art scene.Īnother thing I didn’t know much about: Broadway. Like the fact that Andrew Garfield, who plays Larson, can sing until now, I’d only ever known him as one of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Men Marvel has bestowed upon us. I walked into this musical not knowing a lot of things. The screenplay by Steven Levenson is based on a semi-autobiographical musical by Larson. Three weeks ago, Netflix dropped “Tick, Tick…Boom!” Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the musical tells the story of Jonathon Larson, the creator of “Rent”, as he was writing his first play, “Superbia”.
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