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Jonathan Larson died before becoming a Broadway legend. This Jewish 'RENT'-head feels obliged to continue the work.

JL;DR SUMMARY The legacy of Jonathan Larson, famed composer of 'RENT' and 'Tick, Tick... Boom!', is being revived through "The Jonathan Larson Project," spearheaded by theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Social JusticeTheaterJewish ThemesBroadwayMusical TheaterCultural LegacyJonathan LarsonRentJennifer Ashley TepperPosthumous Works

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New York City, New York, United States
"At the Orpheum Theater in Manhattans East Village, playwright Jonathan Larson is having a third act."
White Plains, New York, United States
"Larson was born to a Jewish family in White Plains, New York, and he was raised in a liberal, middle-class home."

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