Jonathan Larson
publication date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (part of Spring 2012)
category: Theater
clue: The rent was too damn high for this New York playwright, who passed away three months before his most successful show opened in 1996.
explanation: Larson wrote Rent. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Aaron Shurtleff, Ryan Dunn, and Laurie Laczkowski

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