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EXCLUSIVE: Choreographer Ryan Heffington, whose work on Sia\u2019s 2014 video for her hit \u2018Chandelier\u2019 earned him the second of two Grammy nominations, has boarded Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s Netflix musical tick, tick\u2026BOOM! Heffington will choreograph all dance sequences in the film based on the Off Broadway musical by Rent creator Jonathan Larson.<\/p>\n
tick, tick\u2026BOOM! marks the directorial debut of Hamilton\u2018s Tony-, Grammy-, Emmy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning creator Miranda.<\/p>\n
In addition to the worldwide hit and VMA Award winning \u2018Chandelier,\u2019 Heffington received his first Grammy Award nomination for choreographing the 2013 Arcade Fire video \u2018We Exist.\u2019<\/p>\n
In addition to those and other music videos (for, among others, Beck, Florence + The Machine, Kesha + FKA Twigs), Heffington has done choreography work for Netflix\u2019s The OA, the musical finale for HBO\u2019s Euphoria, Edgar Wright\u2019s Baby Driver, and Spike Jonze-directed commercials for Apple\u2019s Homepod and Kenzo World Parfum.<\/p>\n
tick, tick\u2026BOOM! will star Andrew Garfield as the Larson-based Jon, an aspiring theater composer waiting tables in New York City while writing \u201cwhat he hopes will be the next great American musical.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Netflix synopsis continues: Jon is also feeling pressure from his girlfriend Susan, who is tired of continuing to put her life on hold for Jon\u2019s career aspirations. Meanwhile, his best friend and roommate Michael, has given up on his creative aspirations for a high paying advertising job on Madison Avenue and is about to move out. As Jon approaches his 30th birthday, he is overcome with anxiety \u2013 wondering if his dream is worth the cost.<\/p>\n
Also in the cast will be Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus and Vanessa Hudgens. Tony Award winner Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hansen, Fosse\/Verdon) is adapting the screenplay based on Larson\u2019s original stage show.<\/p>\n
Larson began performing tick, tick\u2026BOOM! as a solo piece Off Off Broadway in 1990, with various incarnations Off Broadway following. After Larson\u2019s death from an aortic dissection in 1996, just before his Rent debuted Off Broadway, tick, tick\u2026BOOM! was revamped in 2001 with Proof playwright David Auburn for an expanded cast (headed by Raul Esparza) in the first of several revivals. (Miranda himself starred in a 2014 concert-style Encores! presentation of the musical in New York.)<\/p>\n
tick, tick\u2026BOOM! is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Julie Oh for Imagine Entertainment, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Executive producers are Julie Larson, Steven Levenson and Celia Costas. The Netflix film is being developed with the support of Julie Larson, the creator\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n
Heffington is repped by CAA.<\/p>\n
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