Time's running out for Andrew Garfield in trailer for Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of tick, tick... BOOM!
Tony-winner Andrew Garfield plays Rent creator Jonathan Larson in the autobiographical musical
In the full trailer for Netflix’s tick, tick… BOOM!, starring Andrew Garfield, we see young playwright Jonathan Larson grasping for glory with his next musical creation. In addition to the trailer, the first song from the soundtrack, “30/90,” premieres today, performed by Garfield.
tick, tick… BOOM! follows Jon (Garfield), 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 (hint, it’s Rent! and it did indeed become a hit). After eight years of composing, writing, and rewriting, Larson begins to feel the pressure from from everywhere. His girlfriend Susan dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City and his friend Michael has moved on from his creative dream to a life of financial security. All the while, the community surrounding him continues to be ravaged by the AIDS epidemic.
As the clock keeps ticking toward his make-or-break performance, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?