Person

Jonathan Larson

Writing

Known for: Writing
Born: Feb 4, 1960
Died: Jan 25, 1996
From: Mount Vernon, New York, USA

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.