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Billy Aronson is an American playwright and writer, who originated the concept of the rock opera Rent, which was based on Puccini's opera La bohème.
This site is dedicated to my collaborators — the directors, actors, artists, producers, composers, editors, everybody. The laughs we share are the great joy of my career. billy@billyaronson.com.
Billy Aronson was born on 3 July 1957. He is a writer and production manager, known for Peg+Cat (2013), Wonder Pets! (2006) and Rent (2005). He has been married to Lisa Vogel since 28 April 1990. They have two children.
Original Concept and Additional Lyrics of the Broadway musical. In 1988 I had an idea for a musical based on Puccini’s La Boheme, in which the luscious splendor of Puccini’s world would be replaced with the coarseness and noise of modern New York.
Jun 20, 2014 · "Rent" 20 Years Later: Co-Creator Billy Aronson Looks Back. In September 1994, a rock musical about young artists living under the shadow of AIDS, based partly on Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, was seen for the first time in a limited three-week workshop production at the New York Theatre Workshop.
The classic fairytale, thoroughly bastardized. One-act play (2M/3W) published in Best American Short Plays 1992-1993 (Applause Books). Monologue selected for publication in Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays, volume 1. Revised version published in Funny Shorts .
May 1, 2016 · Billy Aronson (co-creator and playwright): I came to New York in the early ’80s, lived in Hell’s Kitchen, but I also used to go to the Met Opera and saw La Bohème. Walking home felt so ...
