Published February 4, 2022

BWW EXCLUSIVE: JONATHAN LARSON’S COLLEGE ROOMMATE, EMMY WINNER TODD ROBINSON, PENS ESSAY ABOUT THE COMPOSER

After watching Tick…Tick… BOOM!, Robinson took pen to paper and wrote a moving essay about his friendship with Larson and Larson’s impact.

Emmy Award winning screen writer and director Todd Robinson is known for his work on White Squall, Lonely Hearts, The Last Full Measure and more. But a little known fact about Robinson is that he was the college roommate and best friend of Jonathan Larson. After watching Tick…Tick… BOOM!, Robinson took pen to paper and wrote a moving essay about his friendship with Larson and Larson’s impact.

Read the essay in its entirety below:

Jonathan and Todd in Nantucket, circa 1982