Jonathan Larson's "TICK TICK ... BOOM" Raul Esparza / 3-Track Promo 2001 Cast CD

Description

This is a rare factory sealed, three-track advance CD of the Original Off-Broadway Cast recording of the JONATHAN LARSON musical "TICK, TICK ... BOOM!" on the RCA Victor label. (The production opened May 23rd, 2001 at the Jane Street Theatre in New York City and ran for 215 performances.) ..... The musical starred RAUL ESPARZA as "Jon", AMY SPANGER as "Susan" and JERRY DIXON as "Michael" ..... Written by JONATHAN LARSON, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of
Rent
, the musical tells the story of an aspiring composer named "Jon" who lives in New York City in 1990. Jon is worried that he has made the wrong choice in pursuing a career in the performing arts. The story, according to the composer's father, is autobiographical. Larson had been trying to establish himself in theatre since the early 1980's.
Tick, Tick ... Boom!
was originally produced as
a solo work in September 1990 at the Off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre and in November 1991 at the Village Gate Theatre. Larson performed the show as a "rock monologue", a new form of theatre at the time. His performance attracted the attention of a young producer named Jeffrey Seller, who became a fan of Larson's work. In early 1996, he saw the New York Theatre Workshop production of Larson's musical
Rent
and convinced his fellow producers to bring it to Broadway. After Larson's death in 1996, producer Victoria Leacock asked David Auburn, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Proof
, to reconfigure
Tick, Tick ... Boom!
Auburn restructured the monologue into a three actor musical, with one actor playing "Jon", and the other two actors playing "Michael" and "Susan" as well as several additional roles in the show. The revised show premiered at New York's Jane Street Theatre on May 23rd, 2001 and has since been seen throughout the United States and in productions in London, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, Copenhagen, Cologne and Madrid as well as in the Philippines, Hungary, Mexico and the Netherlands ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by JONATHAN LARSON; Script Consultant: DAVID AUBURN; Sets designed by ANNA LOUIZOS; Costumes designed by DAVID ZINN; Musical Staging by CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI; Directed by SCOTT SCHWARTZ; Produced by VICTORIA LEACOCK, ROBYN GOODMAN, DEDE HARRIS, LORIE COWEN LEVY and BETH SMITH ..... DETAILS: Released in 2001, the CD includes three tracks: (#1) "Louder Than Words", (#2) "Sugar" and (#3) "30/90 Playout" with a total playing time of 8:07. Comes factory sealed in a plain white sleeve. This rare CD will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado ..... CONDITION: This CD is brand new and still factory sealed and will be carefully packaged for safe transport.