About Life Support
--The support group depicted in Rent
is based on Friends in Deed, a SoHo
based support group
--During a FID meeting Jonathan
attended, a member asked "Will
I lose my dignity?", inspiring
"Will I?"
--Gordon,Ali,and Pam were all real
AIDS positive friends of Jon, who
appeared by name in the show.
"This is a show about my friends,so
you are all playing my friends"
---Jonathan Larson
Miscellaneous
--In "biographies" Jonathan wrote for
each character, the following things
were established:
1)Mark + Benny were roommates
at Brown University.
2)Roger's band's name is "Well
Hungarians"
3)Mimi left home when she was 15
4)Maureen dreamed of being
Patti Smith
--"Without You" was originally
intended for Joanne and Maureen.
Then J+M had a song called "Female to
Female".Now, of course, they have TMOLM.
The preceeding information was obtained
from:
Rent
by Jonathan Larson
Published by:
Rob Weisbach Books
1350 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10019
