From left, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, Nick Blaemire and Lauren Marcus rehearse for the “Jonathan Larson Project” concerts.CreditCreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times
Jonathan Larson wrote “Rent.” Lots of people know that. But in the years before that 1996 show — and his untimely death, at 35, hours before its first preview — he wrote dozens of other songs, most of which have never been heard by the general public.
That’s about to change.
The New York club Feinstein’s/54 Below is holding 12 concerts, starting Oct. 9, at which about 30 little-known Larson compositions will be performed, some by his collaborators, and some by artists who encountered his work only after his death.