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by: Jonathan Larson

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Average Rating: Rating: - No need to come to your senses while listening. Far better than the overblown Rent, with which Jonathan Larson truly made his name, tick, tick...BOOM! is a human-sized musical, and has produced a heartfelt, human-sized recording. The disc contains practically the entire score heard in the theater, presented more or less as a pop album, so if you're expecting to get a really good idea of the story just from listening, that's not going to happen. But the theatricality of the music comes across on the recording, and the music itself is excellent. From the driving rhythm of "30/90" through the hilarious "Sunday" and the haunting, moving finale of "Louder Than Words," there are almost no musical missteps here. Raul Esparza, Amy Spanger, and Jerry Dixon are all superb, and it's impossible to imagine the music being sung by anyone else, let alone performed in a one-man show as it originally was (a track of Larson performing a song entitled "Boho Days," which was not present in the final version of the show, is included). The disc doesn't bring across all the drama and emotion of the actual show, which prevents it from receiving a higher rating, but is one recording every lover of Rent or contemporary musicals must have in their collection. Rating: - 30/90 OK, WOW. I first found out about this musical when I saw a commercial for it coming to my city on tour. The commercial said that it was by Jonathan Larson. Jonathan Larson?? But he's dead! Well, he wrote it before he wrote RENT. It was originally a one man show... he performed it alone. After he died, different versions of this musical (originally titled 30/90) were put together to make this three person show. This autobiographical musical is amazing. Just listening to the soundtrack, I get goosebumps and am floored that this wonderful music was Jonathan's EARLY stuff. Some of the songs you can tell that later on Jonathan might have gone back and tweaked a bit to make better. Even so... it's amazing. In the song "No More", there are obvious similarities to the title song in RENT. They sing about the horrible apartment and living conditions. The songs "Real Life", "30/90", and "Johnny Can't Decide" are probably the best songs in this show. They are complex and moving. The song "Green Green Dress" is a song that many people criticise because of it's awkward lyrics. Lyrics were not Jonathan's strongpoint, but I still like this song. It's a fun song to listen to. The other songs in this show are wonderful and you will be moved from laughing at some of the lyrics to being moved greatly. This musical is full of ups and downs and you will not be dissappointed with this. It's great to listen to and watch this show and see how Jonathan's writing grew with time. If he had lived, who knows what other wonderful masterpieces he could have come up with? Rating: - THE musical cd Okay, so I've seen RENT over 50 times. It changed my life. I was going on a theatre vacation to NYC and was looking on line at what there was to see. I stumbled upon TICK, TICK....BOOM! I instantly knew it was Jonathan Larson's show. I went. To say that I was blown away doesn't even begin to cover it. It is as good as RENT...that's saying A LOT for me. Jerry Dixon is great. Amy Spanger, who I saw about 30 times as Maureen in RENT, just rocks the house. Raul Esparza, though. He's a Chicago boy...which is where I'm from...so I've seen him for years. NEVER have I seen him like this. I thought he was just INCREDIBLE. The songs just get better and better. My personal favorite is "Why." I cried so hard during it in NYC that I thought I would have to leave the theatre. The finale, "Louder Than Words," is just true Jonathan Larson. SO hopeful. 30/90 opens the cd, and the show, in such a wonderful, fun, powerful way. The song that Jon actually sings on the cd, "Boho Days," is wonderful, too. Hearing HIS voice really makes it. This, to me, is just a perfect cd. Seeing the original cast just made it all for me. They are 3 people whose voices just meld perfectly together. Yeah, I think I like this cd!!

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