![]() “We took advantage of the fact that there’s no definitive version,” Miranda says. Miranda himself even played Larson in an early production of the show. In terms of creating the movie itself, Miranda praises his creative team and how they could bring this new version of the musical to life, which has had many different iterations. So I have just to get as much of ‘Why,’ and ‘30/90,’ and ‘Happy Birthday,’ which I struggled with, down.” And then with the piano, it was like I’ve always wanted to learn piano, but I know that that’s an indulgence that I can’t afford right now. I had Liz Caplan whenever I needed her to open up this vocal instrument for a year. “And thank god I had resources that Lin helped and that Netflix provided. “Thank god I had a year,” Garfield shares. Garfield wanted to ensure his piano-playing skills looked authentic and realistic, even when he wasn’t playing live. The film is based on the autobiographical musical by “Rent” composer Jonathan Larson, penned for the screen by Steven Levenson. In a conversation with film awards editor Clayton Davis for the Variety Streaming Room presented by Netflix, Miranda, and his star Andrew Garfield, who plays the talented musician and playwright Jonathan Larson, the two discuss Garfield’s experience learning how to sing and play piano for the role. “There were so many times when it didn’t look like we were going to finish it, it looked like the world was ending and maybe production would start again, but maybe our project wasn’t important enough to get back up.” “I can’t believe we finished it,” Miranda says. Director and producer Lin-Manuel Miranda worried that the actors and crew would never return to complete it. Afterall, no one would say so no to Miranda.When the pandemic hit in 2020, “Tick, Tick … Boom!” had only spent eight days of shooting. For theater buffs there are dozens of theater cameos, many composers play themselves and there are several Broadway stars in at as well. Vanessa Hudgens and Joshua Henry play two of Larson’s collaborators who play parts in the workshop presentation. Sondheim provided a voice-over for a message on Larson’s voicemail in the movie shortly before he died. ![]() Judith Light plays his eccentric agent Rosa Stevens and Bradley Whitford, in a small part, plays Stephen Sondheim. He can barely pull off being a supportive friend to Michael (Robin de Jesus) who gave up his acting dreams to be a successful advertising executive and was recently diagnosed with HIV. ![]() A dancer, she has artistic dreams of her own, and is woefully dissatisfied with her relationship with Larson, who is too consumed with his work to be anyone’s romantic partner. Conversely if you are an artist, or have loved an artist, tick, tick…Boom! is a brilliant, realized experience of what being an artist is.Īlexandra Shipp plays Larson’s poor put upon girlfriend, Susan. This is an intimate, immersive musical, focusing on the artistic process, and although it has some “bigger” numbers, those looking for a traditional “big” show may not enjoy it. Energetic, intense, tortured, vulnerable and defeated, but tenacious and irrepressible, Garfield can also sing, and his natural charisma doesn’t hurt either. The workshopped musical is called, Superba, and to my knowledge still hasn’t been produced.Īndrew Garfield who just won the Golden Globe for his performance here, does an excellent job as the passionate, messy, but hugely talented Larson. tick, tick…Boom! takes place before Larson wrote rent and focuses on the period when Larson was preparing for a crucial workshop production for possible backers at the famous off-Broadway theater, Playwright’s Horizon. If he hadn’t tragically died right before it opened off-Broadway. Jonathan Larson won the Pulitzer Prize and Tony, for the trailblazing musical Rent, which played on Broadway for 12 years and would have made him a fortune in royalties. ![]() Andrew Garfield plays the dedicated, hardworking young Jonathan who will sacrifice anything for his art. It is an intimate, tumultuous, glorious journey of the struggles of a young artist who feels the pressure of turning 30, unaccomplished, undiscovered, and of course poor. It is based on the late Jonathan’s Larson’s autobiographical musical. Tick, tick… Boom! is Lin Manuel Miranda’s feature film directorial debut. ![]()
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