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Jonathan Larson's Notes for Rent

Jonathan Larson's Notes for Rent

"Love = fire = disease = art = life"

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Mar 04, 2024
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Seeing Jonathan Larson’s (1960-1996) notes was a dream come true. For those of us who grew up in 1990s New York, Rent was the musical. My mother took me to see it on Broadway; afterwards, I listened to the CD so many times, I still know every song by heart. When I learned that Larson’s notes were at the Library of Congress, I had to go see them!

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