Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/LMMTTB
After a week in theatres, Lin-Manuel Miranda's much-anticipated adaptation of tick, tick...BOOM! is officially available to stream on Netflix!
"tick, tick... BOOM! landed on me like a mega-ton bomb when I was 21 years old," explained Miranda in a recent interview with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge. "I was a senior theatre major at Wesleyan University and my trip into the city to see it at the Jane Street Theatre with the brilliant Raul Esparza, Jerry Dixon and Amy Spanger was one of my first into the city after the terrorist attacks of September 11."
"Everyone was questioning everything and I was questioning what I was doing with my life. And then here was this show from the guy who made me want to write musicals in the first place, saying, 'Here's what your 20s are gonna look like!' It was clarifying for me. It strengthened my resolve to want to do this. It was even more specific than Rent about what I wanted to do with my life. I hope the movie lands on other artists, wherever they are in their journey."
tick, tick... BOOM! is the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent.
The film marks the directorial debut of In the Heights and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The film stars Academy Award nominee & Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Emmy Award winner Bradley Whitford, The Roots' Tariq Trotter, with Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens.
Andrew Garfield plays Jon, a young theater composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he's due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan (Alexandra Shipp), who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael (Robin de Jesús), who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
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