Tick Tick Boom: Lin-Manuel Miranda's fear of death kept him on a creative edge
Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp in Tick Tick Boom, due in cinemas and on Netflix.
The night before his musical was due to debut off-Broadway, Jonathan Larson died of an aortic aneurysm, aged just 35. That musical was Rent, which went on to become one of the all-time greats in musical theatre, winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama and numerous Tony awards.
It was a bittersweet success for Larson, who never got to see it soar following years of trying unsuccessfully to bring his storytelling to audiences.
