Netflix released a teaser trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda's movie musical tick, tick... BOOM!.
The teaser features Andrew Garfield as Jon, a wannabe theater composer who's plunged into a personal crisis as he approaches his 30th birthday while living in New York City in 1990. In the days leading up to a performance that could finally make his carer, Jon struggles to avoid buckling under the pressure, even as everyone from his girlfriend Susan (Alexandra Shipp) to his artistic community, which is dealing with the AIDS epidemic, are faced with challenges of their own.
Adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1990 stage musical by Rent writer/composer Jonathan Larson, tick, tick... BOOM! was written for the screen by Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen) and marks Miranda's feature directorial debut. The movie version of the Hamilton creator's own hit stage musical, In the Heights, will make its way to theaters and HBO Max on June 11, with Miranda playing a supporting role.
“Jonathan Larson’s captivating storytelling in ‘Rent’ first taught me that musicals could be contemporary, true to life, and depict your own experiences,” said Miranda. “But it was ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ that solidified that drive in me to hone my own voice as a playwright.”
The official synopsis for the film reads,
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon, a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, tick, tick... BOOM! stars Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford and Tariq Trotter. It premieres on Netflix and in select theaters this fall.
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