“I’m the future of musical theater…”
Genre: Adaptations Of Autobiographical Musicals
Release Date: 2021
Where I Watched: Netflix
Story: Jonathan Larson is about to turn thirty- mazel! But he feels like a failure; his idol Stephen Sondheim had done so much more at that age. Jon’s been working on a musical for the last eight years, and now that it seems as though a workshop is on the horizon, his life starts to crumble. His girlfriend may take a job in upstate New York, his BFF gives up on theater and takes a job in advertising, and another friend is hospitalized with complications due to AIDS. 1990 is shaping up to be the year Jon has to make Big Decisions…that he doesn’t want to make.
Talky talk: I love the theater. I love Broadway. But I seldom get my seat in a seat. Why? Because I’m a little bitch? No. Because I’m a lazy little bitch. I hear great things about a show, make a mental note…and then find some way to talk myself out of taking the Amtrak/driving to DC/calling up an Uber to get to the Hippodrome. I promise to do better, but for now it is what it is, and I tend to get my fix thanks to proshots and film adaptations. Boom, of course, fits into the latter category, and it’s a prime example of how to do stage-to-screen right.
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