The Jonathan Larson Project continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical Rent has become a perennial hit since its debut in the mid-1990s, with a new West End revival due to open in September. The show’s success is partly due to […]
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Oscars Preview: Will West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose walk away a winner?
The red carpet rolls out for Hollywood’s big night on Sunday when all will be revealed at the 94th Oscars and the good news for lovers of musicals is that the fat lady is ready to sing for West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose. She’s the hottest of favourites in the Best Supporting Actress category for […]
CD Review: tick, tick…BOOM! – Soundtrack from the Netflix film
tick, tick…BOOM! – Soundtrack from the Netflix film (Sony Music Masterworks) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionised theatre as the creator of Rent. The film follows […]
Oscar nominations for West Side Story and tick, tick… Boom!
Seven Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg’s re-imagining of West Side Story, the show that changed the face of musical theatre in the late 1950s and became a record-breaking movie in 1962. And two for tick, tick… Boom! whose star, Andrew Garfield, is one of the favourites for the Best Actor gong. That was the news […]
Musical theatre lovers are baffled by the BAFTA nominations
Musical theatre lovers are baffled and shocked by the BAFTA nominations just announced – West Side Story (tipped as a close third favourite to win the Oscar) has been ignored in the Best Picture category, while the movie’s director Steven Spielberg and star Rachel Zegler have missed out on Best Director and Best Actress nominations. […]
‘There are giants in the sky’: The theatre community pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim
It feels pretty impossible to find the words to sum up the kind of influence composer Stephen Sondheim had on the world of musical theatre. There was of course the way he turned the genre on its head and made changes to form and content that had never been contemplated before. Then there was the […]
tick, tick… BOOM! – Netflix
tick, tick… BOOM! – Netflix. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Creators of art love to see themselves, so in every art form there is some form of light reflected back upon the creator, as if they are saying: “look how hard this is? It’s really tough, but I managed it, so […]
tick, tick… BOOM! – Bridge House Theatre
tick, tick… BOOM! continues at the Bridge House Theatre, London until 27 October 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s unusual for a single musical to cement a composer into the musical theatre canon, but that’s exactly what Rent did for Jonathan Larson. Famously, Larson passed away on the eve of his show’s first Off-Broadway […]
Bridge House Theatre’s tick, tick…Boom! – cast announced
Casting has been unveiled for the Bridge House Theatre SE20’s production tick, tick…BOOM!, the autobiographical rock musical that traces Jonathan Larson’s creation of his multi-award-winning Rent. Running from 30 September until 27 October 2019 and directed by the artistic director Guy Retallack, tick, tick…BOOM! will be the first musical produced by the Bridge House outside […]
Tick, Tick…BOOM! at the Park Theatre – cast details
Full casting has been announced for Park Theatre’s production of tick, tick…BOOM!, the autobiographical rock musical that traces Jonathan Larson’s creation of his multi-award winning Rent. Taking on the central role of Jon, Chris Jenkins returns to Park Theatre following his appearance in 2016’s quadruple Offie (Off West End Theatre awards) nominated musical The Burnt Part […]
tick, tick… BOOM! to feature in new Park season
Park Theatre’s new spring/summer 2017 season will include rock musical tick, tick… BOOM! by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Jonathan Larson (playing from 3-27 May 2017, press night is 10 May) . An aspiring composer questions his life choices on the eve of his 30th birthday in Larson’s autobiographical rock musical. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out […]
Tick, Tick…BOOM! – Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, New York
Tick, Tick…BOOM! continues at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, New York until 18 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The tribulations and passion involved in becoming a creator of musical theatre are nakedly and poignantly exposed in Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick…BOOM!, being given a gratifying revival by the Off-Broadway Keen Company. Larson’s […]
Seasons of Larson – Lyric Theatre
Seasons of Larson was performed at the Lyric Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There is little doubt about the cultural impact that Jonathan Larson’s Rent has had. The 1996 tale of New York’s Bohemian artist community won four Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and was the first musical to win […]
tick, tick…BOOM! – The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
tick, tick…BOOM! continues at The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham until 30 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Old Joint Stock Theatre presents a moving and spirited tribute the late Jonathan Larson, with productions of his two best-known musicals, tick, tick…BOOM! and Rent. We caught up with the opening of the […]
