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American History Tellers
Jonathan Larson and Billy Aronson discussed adapting the opera for a musical. The original story follows a group of creatives in Paris struggling to find meaning in a world indifferent to their plight, a predicament familiar to Billy and Jonathan.
Billy groans in understanding and says that he's actually tinkering with a new idea himself, an adaptation of Puccini's opera La Bohme.
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Jonathan Larson and Billy Aronson discussed adapting the opera for a musical. The original story follows a group of creatives in Paris struggling to find meaning in a world indifferent to their plight, a predicament familiar to Billy and Jonathan.
Billy groans in understanding and says that he's actually tinkering with a new idea himself, an adaptation of Puccini's opera La Bohme.
The original story follows a group of creatives living in Paris, struggling to find meaning in a world that's ambivalent to their plight.