Jonathan Larson's Award-winning Musical RENT.

There is a truly profound and compassionate story about Jonathan Larson, the musical playwright and composer of the musical Rent; that is difficult to capture in words.

His story is about personal struggle and social rejection. A story about his friends dying of AIDs and his crusade to find a way to capture these events and create a heightened awareness among everyday individuals. A story about a little guy, with a big heart and a big dream.

Jonathan Larsons story is incredible and yet deeply saddened. While he was on the brink of achieving his lifelong dream, which was to have his musical RENT shown on Broadway; he unfortunately died 1-week before his dream was to appear to the audience.

RENT went on to win a Pulitzer Price for Drama, four Tony Awards including best musical and best musical score, six Drama Desk Awards including best musical and best music, and other major awards including Outer Critics Circle Awards, New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, Obie Awards, Stephen Sondheim Award and several others.

Jonathans accomplishments, while short lived, were incredible and if he had lived on he could have become one of the greatest musical playright and composers of our lifetime.

Below is a scene from the movie Rent: