Jonathan Larson
Birth date
February 4, 1960
Death date
January 25, 1996
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Profession
Writing
Age
35 years
Biography
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.
