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"[applause]"
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"Hi. I'm Jon."
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"I'm a musical-theater writer."
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"One of the last of my species."
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"[laughter]"
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"Sorry. So... so, you know, lately, I've been hearing this sound."
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"[slow ticking]"
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"Everywhere I go, like a tick, tick, tick..."
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"Like a time bomb in some cheesy B-movie or Saturday morning cartoon."
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"The fuse has been lit. The clock counts down the seconds"
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"as the flame gets closer, and closer, and closer,"
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"until... all at once..."
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"[boom]"
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"[mimicking trumpets]"
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"[laughs]"
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"[mimicking trumpets]"
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"[woman] This is Jonathan Larson's story."
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"Happy anniversary, I love you so much."
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"[woman] Before the Tony Awards."
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"Before the Pulitzer Prize."
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"Before..."
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"We dedicate this opening night and every performance"
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"to our friend, Jonathan Larson."
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"- [cheers] - [woman] ...we lost him."
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"[both scream]"
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"[woman] Everything you're about to see is true."
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"Except for the parts Jonathan made up."
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"[jovial tune playing]"
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"The date is January 26th, 1990."
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"The setting, the barren, unfashionable no-man's-land"
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"between SoHo and Greenwich Village."
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"I have two keyboards, a Macintosh computer."
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"- A cat. - [meows]"
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"An impressive collection of compact discs,"
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"cassettes, and records of other people's music."
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"Bookshelves sagging under the weight of plays and novels I didn't write."
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"I have an original, dystopian rock musical..."
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"[tune stops]"
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"...that I have spent the last eight years of my life writing..."
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"[deep breathing]"
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"- ...and rewriting, and rewriting. - [laughter]"
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"[moans]"
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"I have rejection letters from every major and minor producer,"
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"theater company, record label, and film studio in existence."
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"And in just over a week..."
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"I will be 30 years old."
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"Older than Stephen Sondheim when he had his first Broadway show."
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"Older than Paul McCartney when he wrote his last song with John Lennon."
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"By the time my parents were 30, they already had two kids,"
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"they had careers"
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"with steady paychecks, a mortgage."
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"And in eight days, my youth will be over forever."
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"And what exactly do I have to show for myself?"
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"[sighs]"
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"Happy birthday!"
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"♪ Stop the clock ♪"
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"♪ Take time out ♪"
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"♪ Time to regroup ♪"
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"♪ Before you lose the bout ♪"
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"♪ Freeze the frame ♪"
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"♪ Back it up ♪"
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"♪ Time to refocus ♪"
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"♪ Before they wrap it up ♪"
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"♪ Years are getting shorter ♪"
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"♪ Lines on your face are getting longer ♪"
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"♪ Feel like you're treading water ♪"
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"♪ But the riptide's getting stronger ♪"
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"♪ Don't panic, don't jump ship ♪"
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"♪ Can't fight it, like taxes ♪"
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"♪ At least it happens Only once in your life ♪"
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"♪ They're singing "Happy Birthday" ♪"
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"♪ You just want to lay down and cry ♪"
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"♪ Not just another birthday, it's 30/90 ♪"
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"♪ Why can't you stay 29? ♪"
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"♪ Hell, you still feel like you're 22 ♪"
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"♪ Turn 30, 1990 ♪"
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"♪ Bang! You're dead What can you do? ♪"
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"♪ What can you do? ♪"
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"♪ What can you do? ♪"
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"I made ten copies."
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"You are an angel on earth."
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"- This is the last time. Seriously. - I know. Thank you."
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"- No, no, no, I got you. - I'm gonna pay."
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"- [Jon] I don't want you to pay. - Somebody needs to take out this trash."
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"So I hear you're moving out of Jon's place."
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"That's the end of an era."
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"We hear him sobbing in the fridge most mornings. It's very sad."
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"[Jon] No, no, no. We are not talking about that."
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"Wait, Carolyn, you're coming next Friday, right?"
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"What's happening Friday?"
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"- [both] The Superbia workshop. - Surprised he hasn't mentioned it."
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"That sounds vaguely familiar."
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"Guys, this is the biggest break I've ever had. This is that moment."
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"It's the first time people are gonna see the show that aren't just us."
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"It's good you're not putting too much pressure on it."
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"- [all chuckling] - [Jon] But it's true, though."
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"It's like, you get to a certain age and you stop being a writer who waits tables"
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"and you become a waiter with a hobby."
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"Boo-Boo, you need to ask yourself, in this moment,"
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"are you letting yourself be led by fear or by love?"
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"[gasps]"
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"♪ Clear the runway ♪"
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"♪ Make another pass ♪"
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"♪ Try one more approach ♪"
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"♪ Before you're out of gas ♪"
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"♪ Friends are getting fatter ♪"
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"♪ Hairs on your head are getting thinner ♪"
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"♪ Feel like a cleanup batter ♪"
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"♪ On a team that ain't a winner ♪"
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"♪ Don't freak out, don't strike out ♪"
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"♪ Can't fight it, like City Hall ♪"
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"♪ At least you're not alone ♪"
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"♪ Your friends are there too ♪"
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"♪ And they're singing "Happy Birthday" ♪"
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"♪ You just wish you could run away ♪"
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"♪ Who cares about a birthday? ♪"
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"♪ But 30/90, hey ♪"
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"♪ Can you be optimistic? ♪"
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"♪ You're no longer the ingénue ♪"
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"♪ Turn 30, 1990 ♪"
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