Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larsonwas an American composer and playwright noted for exploring the social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia 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 musical Rent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth4 February 1960
CountryUnited States of America
motivational regret missing
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.
peace war opposites
The opposite of war isn't peace, it's creation.
community faces celebrate-life
Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS, at the turn of the century.
world calling neverland
The world is calling, it's now or neverland.
circles feet justice
The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building: four metal circles that interlock. The wheels of justice, as it were, frozen in legal and social gridlock.
community world faces
In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.
pain heart past
The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease and I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as, my last.
wall achievement rooms
His achievements read like the graffiti on the walls of a hangman's changing room.