Jonathan Larson died before his musical struck gold. Was there more to come?On January 25 1996, after Rent's final dress rehearsal at the off-off-Broadway New York Theater Workshop, its composer Jonathan Larson he went home to his scuzzy loft round the corner, switched on the electric kettle and, before the water had boiled, keeled over with an aortic aneurism. Later that night his roommate found his body on the floo…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:12AM on December 8, 2016