‘The Jonathan Larson Project’ World Premiere Musical Sets Cast: Taylor Iman Jones, Andy Mientus & More

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EXCLUSIVE: The Off Broadway world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical featuring dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals and pop songs found in files and boxes of the late Rent composer, will star Adam Chanler-Berat, Taylor Iman Jones, Lauren Marcus, Andy Mientus and Jason Tam.

The casting was announced today by producers Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch and Marc Routh. The new musical will begin previews on Friday, February 14, at the Orpheum Theatre in Larson’s beloved East Village, with an official opening on Monday, March 10.

The Jonathan Larson Project is set for 16-week limited engagement. Conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and directed by John Simpkins, The Jonathan Larson Project features more than 20 previously unheard songs by the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Rent and tick, tick… BOOM!

writer. The new music was found among the hundreds of cassette tapes, scripts, music files and journals in Larson’s apartment after his shocking death from an aortic dissection at age 35 in 1996. “The intention throughout our process has been to assemble a cast who in some way share similar experiences and passions around art, love, activism, and humanity to the ones Jonathan was articulating in his work,” said Simpkins in a statement. “I am excited and confident that these five bold and powerful artists will provide a window into the piece that both honors and enhances Larson’s legacy and also reflects a contemporary perspective on the material that can be in dialogue with our modern lives.” The five-person cast includes: The Jonathan Larson Project will feature music supervision and orchestrations by Charlie Rosen and co-arrangements by Rosen and Natalie Tenenbaum,