13 must-read plays books like tick, tick ... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson

Cover of tick, tick ... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson

tick, tick ... BOOM!

By: Jonathan Larson

4.31

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

(Vocal Selections). An acclaimed three-person musical, tick, tick ... BOOM! is an autobiographical …

"What does it take To wake up a generation?"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

"What does it take To wake up a generation?"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

"Louder than words Why do we play with fire? Why do we run our finger through the flame? Why do we leave our hand on the stove Although we know we're in for some pain? Oh, why do we refuse to hang a light When the streets are dangerous? Why does it take an accident Before the truth gets through to us? Cages or wings Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words Why should we try to be our best When we can just get by and still gain? Why do we nod our heads Although we know The boss is wrong as rain? Why should we blaze a trail When the well worn path Seems safe and so inviting? How as we travel, can we See the dismay And keep from fighting? Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words What does it take To wake up a generation? How can you make someone Take off and fly? If we don't wake up And shake up the nation We'll eat the dust of the world Wondering why, why Why do we stay with lovers Who we know, down deep Just aren't right? Why would we rather Put ourselves through Hell Than sleep alone at night? Why do we follow leaders who never lead? Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution? If we're so free, tell me why? Someone tell me why So many people bleed? Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than Louder than, louder than Louder than, louder than Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder Louder than, louder than, ooh They speak louder Louder than, louder than, ooh Actions speak louder than"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

"Louder than words Why do we play with fire? Why do we run our finger through the flame? Why do we leave our hand on the stove Although we know we're in for some pain? Oh, why do we refuse to hang a light When the streets are dangerous? Why does it take an accident Before the truth gets through to us? Cages or wings Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words Why should we try to be our best When we can just get by and still gain? Why do we nod our heads Although we know The boss is wrong as rain? Why should we blaze a trail When the well worn path Seems safe and so inviting? How as we travel, can we See the dismay And keep from fighting? Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than words What does it take To wake up a generation? How can you make someone Take off and fly? If we don't wake up And shake up the nation We'll eat the dust of the world Wondering why, why Why do we stay with lovers Who we know, down deep Just aren't right? Why would we rather Put ourselves through Hell Than sleep alone at night? Why do we follow leaders who never lead? Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution? If we're so free, tell me why? Someone tell me why So many people bleed? Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love, baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder than Louder than, louder than Louder than, louder than Cages or wings? Which do you prefer? Ask the birds Fear or love baby? Don't say the answer Actions speak louder Louder than, louder than, ooh They speak louder Louder than, louder than, ooh Actions speak louder than"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

If you liked the plays plot in tick, tick ... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Falsettos by William Finn, James Lapine, Frank Rich

1. Falsettos

By: William Finn , James Lapine , Frank Rich

4.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

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  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Dear Evan Hansen by Steven  Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin  Paul

2. Dear Evan Hansen

By: Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life o… read more

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  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

3. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

By: Ross Gay

4.25

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the se… read more

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  • nonfiction
"...the mistake I say is a gift don’t be afraid see what it teaches you..."

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"I swore when I got into this poem I would convert this sorrow into some kind of honey with the little musics I can sometimes make with these scribbled artifacts of our desolation."

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"Of course she’s dead: Tina was her name, of leukemia: so I heard— why else would I try sadly to make music of her unremarkable kindness? I am trying, I think, to forgive myself for something I don’t …"

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"Don peered at me again with those sad eyes, or through me, or into me, the way my dead do sometimes, looking straight into their homes, which hopefully have flowers in a vase on a big wooden table, a…"

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Cover of Bug by Tracy Letts

4. Bug

By: Tracy Letts

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, the play centers on the meeting between Agnes, a divorced … read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Company: A Musical Comedy by Stephen Sondheim, George Furth

5. Company: A Musical Comedy

By: Stephen Sondheim , George Furth

2.86

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Sondheim's breakthrough play. read more

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  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

6. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

Cover of All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

7. All My Sons

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Into the Woods by James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim

8. Into the Woods

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"That joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affo… read more

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  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3) by Kate Quinn

9. Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3)

By: Kate Quinn

3.41

Format: 549 pages, Paperback

From the national bestselling author of Daughters of Romeand Mistress of Romecomes a tale of love, … read more

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Cover of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Hugh Wheeler, Stephen Sondheim, Christopher Godfrey Bond

10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

By: Hugh Wheeler , Stephen Sondheim , Christopher Godfrey Bond

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

According to legend, Sweeney Todd had his barber shop at number 186 Fleet Street, next door to St. … read more

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  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama

11. Assassins

By: Stephen Sondheim , None

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Evoking a fraternity of political assassins and would-be assassins across a hundred years of our hi… read more

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12. Proof

By: David Auburn

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more

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13. Lady of the Eternal City (The Empress of Rome, #4)

By: Kate Quinn

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

National bestselling author Kate Quinn returns with the long-awaited fourth volume in the Empress o… read more

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14. Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)

By: Kate Quinn

3.76

Format: 205 pages,

A.D. 69. Nero is dead. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. With bloodshed spilling out of the pa… read more

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15. An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

An Enemy of the people (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian play… read more

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16. The Mousetrap: A Play

By: Agatha Christie

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer… read more

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17. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

By: John Cameron Mitchell , Stephen Trask

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Hardcover

On Valentine's Day 1998, Hedwig and the Angry Inch opened off-Broadway to rave reviews, revitalizin… read more

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18. Sunday in the Park With George

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Applause Libretto Library). This 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by the painting … read more

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19. Next to Normal

By: None , None

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

"A brave and breathtaking musical."--The New York Times read more

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20. Envelope Poems

By: Emily Dickinson , Jen Bervin , None

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Although a very prolific poet--and arguably America's greatest--Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) publish… read more

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21. The Normal Heart

By: Andrew Holleran , Larry Kramer , Joseph Papp

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

THE NORMAL HEARTis the explosive drama about our most terrifying and troubling medical crisis today… read more

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22. The Last Five Years

By: Jason Robert Brown

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in an… read more

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23. There Will Be Blood: Final Shooting Script

By: Paul Thomas Anderson

2.57

Format: None pages, ebook

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24. August: Osage County

By: Tracy Letts

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage Countyis a … read more

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25. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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Cover of Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

26. Hadestown

By: Anaïs Mitchell

4.60

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrica… read more

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  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of A New Brain by William Finn

27. A New Brain

By: William Finn

4.15

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Titles are: And They're Off * Change * Don't Give In * Eating… read more

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  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

28. Dead Collections

By: Isaac Fellman

3.63

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A whirlwind romance between an eccentric archivist and a grieving widow explores what it means to b… read more

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"...any reasonable person would want to be a librarian."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's not weird to make your body yours. It's not weird to want a custom body."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"It's cold in the archives, and there's nobody there. I belong in the archives. I am cold too."

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

"Those names, Ari and Sol - what is it about Jewish trans men that we all have to reach back to our roots, as if they are the only source of nourishment we have left?"

-Isaac Fellman, Dead Collections

Cover of Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay by Christopher      Nolan

29. Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

By: Christopher Nolan

4.78

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's  Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer centers on the life of th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • plays
"Albert Einstein: So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities, and needing certainty."

-Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

Cover of Barbie: The Screenplay by Greta Gerwig

30. Barbie: The Screenplay

By: Greta Gerwig

4.74

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

Barbie's perfect life spirals into existential chaos, prompting a soul-searching journey that chall… read more

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  • plays
Cover of tick, tick ... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson

31. tick, tick ... BOOM!

By: Jonathan Larson

4.31

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

(Vocal Selections). An acclaimed three-person musical, tick, tick ... BOOM! is an autobiographical … read more

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  • music
  • theatre
  • nonfiction
  • musicals
  • plays
  • drama
"What does it take To wake up a generation?"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

"Louder than words Why do we play with fire? Why do we run our finger through the flame? Why do we leave our hand on the stove Although we know we're in for some pain? Oh, why do we refuse to hang a l…"

-Jonathan Larson, tick, tick ... BOOM!

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Falsettos

William Finn , James Lapine , Frank Rich

4.22

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Dear Evan Hansen

Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Bug

Tracy Letts

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Company: A Musical Comedy

Stephen Sondheim , George Furth

2.86

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Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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Feed Them Silence

Lee Mandelo

3.52

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Hell Followed With Us

Andrew Joseph White

4.13

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Boys Weekend

Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

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