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− | Notable for the play 'Rent' , which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1996 | + | 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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+ | * [[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/ | ||
+ | * http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Jonathan_Larson.aspx | ||
+ | * http://americantheatrewing.org/program/jonathan-larson-grants/ |
Latest revision as of 15:59, 22 September 2017
Contents
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.