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Jonathan Larson was born in the year 1960 in White Plains, New York.
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Life Cafe opened on Avenue B and East 10th.
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Both Jonathan Larson and Jonathan Burkhart had trouble paying rent for such run down apartments. Their apartment was the main apartment in Rent The Musical.
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Jonathan Larson hosted his first staged reading of Rent.
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Rent had its first two-week workshop.
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Rent had its staged production
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1996 Tony Awards:
Best Musical
Best Score
Best Book
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1996 Obie Awards:
Outstanding Book, Music, and Lyrics
Outstanding direction
Outstanding Ensemble Performance -
Jonathan Larson dies of an unexpected aortic aneurysm the same morning of Rent's first preview performance Off-Broadway.
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Rent opened at the New York Theatre Workshop.
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Rent The Movie came out as an adaptation of the play.
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The original cast reunited in 2006 to put together a one night performance in memory of the creator Jonathan Larson and raised over $2,000,000.
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