Before he created RENT, Jonathan Larson was the genius behind this autobiographical masterpiece. On his 30th birthday, Jon, a young theater composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990, is writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. As he hears his biological clock ticking, he asks himself, will he be a success before time runs out? This stellar musical is filled with rock, ballads and musical parody!