Superbia is an unproduced musical with book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. Stemming from an earlier attempt at writing a musical based on Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Larson spent a
Stephen Sondheim was Larson's mentor and one of the few advocates for Superbia.
Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group
Superbia (musical)
…which for numerous reasons never went beyond the workshop stage of development. Eventually, Larson set aside Superbia for other projects, including Rent, and died in 1996 before he could return to working on it. Superbia was a science fiction musical set in the year 2064 in a world dominated by TVs and…
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Rent at David Nederlander Theatre in Manhattan, New York City
The 2005 cast of Rent performing "Seasons of Love" at Broadway on Broadway