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==Description==
 
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Notable for the play 'Rent' , which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1996
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Notable for the play 'Rent' , which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1996 and three Tony Awards.  Family and friends started the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation to provide monetary grants to artists, especially musical theatre composers and writers, to support their creative work.
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==See Also==
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* [[LGBTQ Lyricists and Composers for Theatre and Film]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/jonathan-larson/
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* http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Jonathan_Larson.aspx
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* http://americantheatrewing.org/program/jonathan-larson-grants/

Latest revision as of 15:59, 22 September 2017

Jonathan Larson

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1960 - 1996

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Pulitzer Prize

Tony Award

Description

Notable for the play 'Rent' , which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1996 and three Tony Awards. Family and friends started the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation to provide monetary grants to artists, especially musical theatre composers and writers, to support their creative work.

See Also

Further Reading/Research