![]() ![]() ![]() But director Lin-Manuel Miranda and screenwriter Steven Levenson ( Dear Evan Hansen) have found ingenious ways to film Larson’s gangly riot, cogently and poignantly. From many angles, Tick, Tick would seem unfilmable, a jumbled collage of a life and a creative furnace that offers little cinematic possibility. Songs from Superbia feature in Tick, Tick…Boom!, but the latter show also has its own tunes, originally performed onstage by Larson. He’s been toiling away at a passion project called Superbia for the better part of a decade, a sci-fi sort of thing that is bristling with youthful passion but is perhaps too unwieldy in all its big swings. It’s a heavily autobiographical piece about a struggling musical theater writer in 1990 New York, trying to find the words and music that will connect with producers, audiences, and himself. The stage version of Tick, Tick…Boom! was written by the late Jonathan Larson just before he started work on his magnum opus, Rent. Somehow, the film shines through those many layers of metacontext. That is, essentially, all that’s wrapped up in Tick, Tick…Boom!, which debuts on Netflix on November 20. Classy.Finally, along comes a movie musical, based on a stage musical, about the writing of another musical, as its creator is on the way toward writing one of the most defining musicals (a third, different musical) of the last 50 years. He provides the actual voice message left for Larson, which comes at the emotional climax of the show. While the top-class actor Bradley Whitford does a stellar Sondheim taking on the role, the actual Sondheim also pops up at the end of the film – in perhaps one of his last appearances. Luis A Miranda – Miranda's father is the concierge in "No More", where Larson basks in the luxury of his best friend Michael's new apartment. Roger Bart and James C Nicola – Funnily enough, Bart, who appears in the opening number sat in Larson's diner, was a fellow waiter with the Rent creator in the '90s! He's sat opposite legendary director Nicola.ĭanny Burstein and Judy Kuhn – The two Broadway legends are Larson's parents in the filmĬhristopher Jackson and Jelani Alladin – Appear for Larson's final showcase – the two Broadway performers falling for Larson's great work.Īnna Louizos and Robyn Goodman – The vet set designer and three-time Tony Award-winning producer are both jamming along during Larson's apartment-set party, which is the setting for one of the early numbers "Boho Days". Lin-Manuel Miranda – after his role in In the Heights, the Hamilton creator is still dishing up grub! ![]() Wilson Jermaine Heredia (original Rent cast) Howard McGillin (longest-running Phantom on Broadway)īernadette Peters ( Sunday in the Park with George) ![]() Renée Elise Goldsberry (original Hamilton cast) This is truly the Avengers moment of the film – Larson's twist on "Sunday" from Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, an ensemble number set in Larson's diner, is basically transformed into a giant ode to Broadway, made all the more pertinent given the loss of "Sunday" creator Stephen Sondheim earlier this year. Utkarsh Ambudkar ( Freestyle Love Supreme) Imagine having this star power for your actual musical workshop! Appearing in Larson's Superbia rehearsal week are (all accompanied by MD Kurt Crowley):Ī very amusing scene sees Larson demo full-sell-out working in an ad-agency focus group – where he works alongside: These are largely made of legendary present-day composers, writers and creatives including: One moment in the movie sees Larson put his early attempts at his new musical in front of a panel, with an audience of creatives looking on. It's taken us a month to put this one together but hey, it's not like tick, tick.Boom! is going anywhere! Lin-Manuel Miranda's film version of Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical musical about his great push to make a giant musical, titled SUPERBIA, has made a massive stir, even being nominated for Golden Globes.īut did you know there is an absurd volume of cameos in the film? How many have you spotted? ![]()
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