Larson then began the process of adapting his work on 1984 into a futuristic story of his own, titled Superbia. In 1983, Larson planned to write a musical adaptation of George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which he planned to get produced in the year 1984 however, the Orwell estate denied him permission. It played a four-week showcase run at Rusty's Storefront Blitz, a small theatre on 42nd Street in New York, Manhattan, and won both authors a writing award from ASCAP.Īfter graduating, Larson participated in a summer stock theatre program at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, as a piano player, which resulted in his earning an Equity card for membership in the Actors' Equity Association. After Larson and Armstrong graduated in 1982, they renamed it Saved! - An Immoral Musical on the Moral Majority. It was first staged at Adelphi University in the winter of 1981. During his college years, he began music composition, composing music first for small student productions, called cabarets, and later the score to a musical entitled The Book of Good Love ( Libro de Buen Amor), written by the department head, Jacques Burdick, who was also Larson's college mentor.Īs a student at Adelphi University, Larson co-wrote Sacrimmoralinority, a Brechtian-themed cabaret musical and his first musical, with David Glenn Armstrong. Larson stopped acting to focus on compositions. Larson attended Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, with a four-year scholarship as an acting major, in addition to performing in numerous plays and musical theatre, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Larson attended White Plains High School, where he was also involved in acting, performing in lead roles in various productions, graduating in 1978. He also loved Pete Townshend, The Police, Prince, Liz Phair, and The Beatles. His early musical influences and his favorite rock musicians included Elton John, The Doors, The Who, and Billy Joel, as well as the classic composers of musical theatre, especially Stephen Sondheim. At an early age, Larson played the trumpet and tuba, sang in his school's choir, and took piano lessons. His grandfather, Bernard Isaac Lazarson, who was born in Russia, changed the family surname from Lazarson. Vernon, New York to Nanette ( née Notarius) and Allan Larson of White Plains, New York, on February 4, 1960. He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent. Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia. Jonathan David Larson (Febru– January 25, 1996) was an American composer, lyricist and playwright most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick.
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