TICK TICK...BOOM!

Composed by the creator of hit musical RENT Jonathan Larson, TICK TICK...BOOM! will have its first professional production in Australia, playing for one week only at NIDA’s Parade Playhouse, Parade Theatres from 12 to 16 July.

A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams, Tick Tick...Boom! is Jonathan Larson's autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. His girlfriend (Melle Stewart) wants to get married and move out of the city (TICK,), his best friend (Justin Smith) is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (TICK...), yet Jon (Tyran Parke) is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical (BOOM!).

Containing fourteen songs, ten characters, three actors, and a band, Tick Tick...Boom! takes you on the playwright/composer's journey that led to the Broadway blockbuster, RENT.

In the words of the media release, TICK TICK...BOOM! is “filled with instantly appealing melodies, and a unique blend of pop and musical theatre styles, everyone, regardless of age, will love this youthful, endearing, and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges.”

Director: Jay James-Moody. Musical Director: Alex Ash. Choreographer: Simone Salle.

Bookings:www.ticketek.com.au or phone 132 849.

Top Image: Melle Stewart, Tyran Parke and Justin Smith

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Competition over. Winner Jacqui Dark

Win  a pair of tickets to the performance at 8pm on Friday July 15.

Tick Tick…Boom! Great name for an autobiographical musical.

What would you call your autobiographical musical?

Return to the Facebook link and type in the title of your autobiographical musical as a comment.

Likes will help us select the winner. To be announced on Wednesday around 6pm.

Not from Sydney? We’ll throw in an Editor’s Mystery Prize for a winner outside the Sydney Metropolitan area (just type NS in brackets after your show title).