In the movie, one of Jon’s coworkers is hospitalized for it, while his best friend Michael gives him the news that he’s HIV-positive in an emotional conversation about time running out.Īside from being the genius composer behind Rent, Larson was notable for the tragic circumstances behind his death. One aspect of Tick, Tick… Boom!'s true story that most clearly overlaps with Rent’s themes and Larson’s real experience is the AIDS epidemic, which had begun to affect many of his closest friends.
Just like in the musical, Larson’s dancer girlfriend would occasionally leave him for other men, though finally left him for another woman. As already touched on with the real-life inspiration for Susan in Tick, Tick.Boom!, Larson’s four-year-long girlfriend inspired the character of Maureen (originated by Frozen's Idina Menzel on Broadway) in Rent. In real life, Larson and his Bohemian-style roommate, Jonathan Burkhart, lived in a rundown apartment with an illegal wood-burning stove, just like Rent’s main characters, even down to the key that had to be thrown down outside.
Regarded as Larson’s most influential work, Rent featured several autobiographical elements, fulfilling the advice he gets in the true story of Tick, Tick… Boom! to write about what he knows. Boom!'s true story to commending Jon’s play and future as first-rate, with Sondheim even cameoing to voice himself in the scene. In a poetic appreciation of his once mentee, Sondheim decided to change the final voicemail in Tick, Tick. Director Lin-Manuel Miranda told The New Yorker that he originally wrote Sondheim’s voicemail to say “ I have a feeling you’re going to have a very bright future,” but Sondheim told him it sounded too cliché. The end of Tick, Tick.Boom! also features Jon getting a call from Sondheim, telling him Superbia is first-rate and has a future, just like Jon.
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Tick, Tick… Boom! is filled with homages and references to Sondheim, including the song “Sunday” - which features a plethora of iconic Broadway actors in the movie - that Larson composed as a tribute to Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. In an important moment, Stephen Sondheim (Bradley Whitford) shows up to see the workshop for Superbia, a show Sondheim really did give Larson notes on. Boom!, Andrew Garfield's character is constantly comparing himself to Sondheim’s timeline of achievements, proving just how much he idolizes the artist.
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