The trailer has landed for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical starring Andrew Garfield

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6 Oct 2021, 09:15

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Fans of Hamilton will be excited to learn that its creator has made an upcoming musical for Netflix. Entitled tick, tick... BOOM!, it stars none other than Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Andrew Garfield, and the first trailer for it has just landed.

The movie, which is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical, will mark Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film directorial debut. In it, Spiderman star Andrew Garfield will play Larson, the creator of Rent who died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm in 1996 on the day the musical was to have its first Off-Broadway preview performance, at just 35 years old.

The narrative sees Larson as a youthful theatre composer who, in 1990, waits tables at a New York City diner, working on what he hopes will be the next iconic American musical, amid the looming AIDS crisis.

The Netflix musical, which viewers can see from mid-November this year, also stars Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Robin de Jesús, Tariq Trotter, Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens.

Netflix describes the film, which will run at just under two hours, thusly: “Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan (Alexandra Shipp), who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael (Robin de Jesús), who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security. Amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, Jon feels the clock ticking and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?”

You can check out the trailer here.

And the trailer is not the only thing that has been shared from the upcoming movie. Also released is the cast’s performance of the musical’s opening song, 30/90.

So, if you were wondering whether Andrew Garfield can sing, then wonder no more, because that fellow has certainly got a set of pipes on him!