SAG Awards-Nominated Actor Andrew Garfield and director/producer Lin-Manuel Miranda of “Tick, Tick... Boom!” joins Variety's Clayton Davis in the Variety Streaming Room presented by Netflix for an exclusive Q&A discussing the film on January 27.
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with “Tick, Tick…Boom!” an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent.
The film follows Jon (SAG Awards Nominated Actor Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic.
With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
