Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda and actor Andrew Garfield have had a busy 2021, owing to their initiatives In the Heights and The Eyes Of Tammy Faye. Now, the duo have teamed up for Miranda’s directorial debut, Tick, Tick…Boom!, an adaptation of Rent creator Jonathan Larson’s memoir musical of the identical title.
Andrew performs the position of Jon, a younger theater composer in New York City, on a quest to navigate love, friendships and the strain of life as an artiste. He is attempting to compose the subsequent American musical, however as strain quantities, he’s confronted with existential questions. Is the musical actually his endgame? The premise might sound done-to-death, however the trailer guarantees a contemporary perspective.
The synopsis of the movie reads, ” The movie follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a younger theater composer who’s ready tables at a New York City diner in 1990 whereas writing what he hopes would be the subsequent nice American musical. Days earlier than he’s attributable to showcase his work in a make-or-break efficiency, Jon is feeling the strain from in all places: from his girlfriend Susan, who goals of a creative life past New York City; from his buddy Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a lifetime of monetary safety; amidst a creative neighborhood being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the query everybody should reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we’ve got?”
Tick, tick…Boom! additionally stars Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Mj Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter aka Black Thought of The Roots, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens. The movie is written by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, Julie Oh, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Tick, tick…Boom! shall be in theatres on November 12, and on Netflix on November 19.
