Editing Jonathan Larson (section)

===''Superbia''===
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In 1983, Larson planned to write a musical adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s book ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', which he planned to get produced in the year 1984; however, the Orwell estate denied him permission. Larson then began the process of adapting his work on 1984 into a futuristic story of his own, titled ''[[Superbia (musical)|Superbia]]''.<ref name=heard>{{Cite news | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/5-jonathan-larson-songs-youve-probably-never-heard | title=5 Jonathan Larson Songs You've Probably Never Heard | first=JENNIFER ASHLEY | last=TEPPER | work=[[Playbill]] | date=October 9, 2018 | access-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401005117/https://www.playbill.com/article/5-jonathan-larson-songs-youve-probably-never-heard | url-status=live }}</ref>

''Superbia'' was modified many times. In the first drafts, the story, set in the year 2064, followed the character Josh Out, a member of OUTLAND, a society where emotions are erased from everyone at birth. Due to complications at birth, Josh maintained his emotions, and spent his life as an inventor, searching for something that could wake up the rest of his family and society. One day, Josh discovers a Music Box, which has the power to bring emotions to the other members of OUTLAND. He meets Elizabeth In, a girl his age from INCITY, who convinces him to spread the power of the music box. Josh travels to INCITY, where the INs live. The INs are the celebrities of this society who spend their days having their scripted lives filmed and transmitted to the OUTs as entertainment. In INCITY, Josh must face the temptations of fame in order to succeed on his mission. By the time Larson finished his final draft of the show, it was a much darker piece that took a deeper look into the power of emotions and mankind's attachment to technology. In this version, Josh was already married to Elizabeth at the beginning of the story and they are both OUTs. Like the other OUTs, Elizabeth is addicted to technology, and is unable to truly love. As the story begins, Josh leaves Elizabeth in order to find a greater life. Elizabeth wakes up from her technological trance and pursues Josh.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K8akDwAAQBAJ | title=Boho Days: The Wider Works of Jonathan Larson | first=Jonathon | last=Collis | publisher=Outer Obscurity | date=July 17, 2018 | isbn=9783000591129 | access-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401164143/https://books.google.com/books?id=K8akDwAAQBAJ | url-status=live }}</ref>

''Superbia'' won the Richard Rodgers Production Award and the Richard Rodgers Development Grant.<ref name="melg">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/26/nyregion/jonathan-larson-35-composer-of-rock-opera-and-musicals.html | title=Jonathan Larson, 35, Composer of Rock Opera and Musicals | last=Gussow | first=Mel | author-link=Mel Gussow | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 26, 1996 | url-access=limited | access-date=April 1, 2022 | archive-date=April 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402170256/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/26/nyregion/jonathan-larson-35-composer-of-rock-opera-and-musicals.html | url-status=live }}</ref> However, despite performances at [[Playwrights Horizons]] and a rock concert version produced by Larson's close friend and producer Victoria Leacock at the [[Village Gate]] in September 1989, ''Superbia'' never received a full production.<ref name=heard/>

In the 2001 three-person musical version of Larson's monologue TICK, TICK... BOOM, the 11 o'clock number from the Musical Comedy version of Superbia, "Come to Your Senses" was included. Another song from ''Superbia'' ("LCD Readout") was included on the 2007 album "[[Jonathan Sings Larson]]". In 2019, the song "One of These Days", originally sung by Josh near the beginning of the early drafts of ''Superbia'', was included on the album "[[The Jonathan Larson Project]]".

On February 4, 2022, "Sextet Montage" was released on streaming platforms as a single.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LISTEN-TICK-TICKBOOM-Releases-Sextet-Montage-From-SUPERBIA-20220204 | title=LISTEN: TICK, TICK...BOOM! Releases 'Sextet Montage' From SUPERBIA | work=[[BroadwayWorld]] | date=February 4, 2022 | access-date=February 5, 2022 | archive-date=February 4, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204201755/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/LISTEN-TICK-TICKBOOM-Releases-Sextet-Montage-From-SUPERBIA-20220204 | url-status=live }}</ref>