Tick, Tick… BOOM!

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Music Direction by Joey Chancey
Choreographed by Christine O’ Grady
Directed by Jonathan Silverstein

2017 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

October 4 — December 18, 2016

Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick… BOOM! This autobiographical musical, by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Jonathan Larson, is the story of an aspiring composer questioning his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, but Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. This exhilarating, funny, and moving work by the late Larson will speak to anyone who's ever gotten lost on their way to finding their dreams.

“★★★★ A charming, touching, relevant, and well-performed piece of musical theater. I wouldn't have missed it.”

— New York Theatre Guide

“Heart-grabbing! Larson’s songs thrum with the intense feeling, larky humor, and musical vitality that are the hallmark of enduring theater.”

— New York Times

“The sense of time running out is obviously present in the text, but it's even more apparent in the hands of director Jonathan Silverstein and his electric cast.”

— TheaterMania

Performance Venue

Acorn Theatre in Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Between 9th & 10th Ave

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Show Schedule

Tuesdays at 7pm
Wednesdays at 7pm
Thursdays at 7pm
Fridays at 8pm
Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm
Sundays at 3pm

Keen Conversations

Our series of free post-show talkbacks!

10/26: Victoria Leacock, Larson's producer
10/27: Jonathan Burkhart, Larson's best friend
11/10: Matt O’Grady, Larson's inspiration for the character of Michael
12/1: David Auburn & Stephn Oremus
12/8: Julie Larson, Larson's sister
12/15: Meet the Cast