So it was music to the ears of fans of the genre when news broke that not only was there a cinematic adaptation of Tick, Tick…Boom!, Jonathan Larson’s fantastic autobiographical musical in the works, but that it was being directed by the Pulitzer Award and Tony Award-Winning broadway icon, Lin Manuel Miranda, making his feature directorial debut.Ī man with an intimate knowledge and appreciation of the source material, (he played the role of Jon Larson himself in a New York City Revival of Tick, Tick…Boom! in 2014) Miranda was an inspired choice to helm this exciting new cinematic musical and with the help of a who’s who of Broadway talents and Netflix he has brought Larson’s empowering and emotional story to the silver screen with aplomb, breathing some new life into the genre in the process. Cinematic musicals have been experiencing a bit of a renaissance in recent years, with what it has to be said, have been wildly varying results.
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