: His single-minded obsession with his work strains his relationships with his girlfriend, Susan (Alexandra Shipp), who wants a life outside the city, and his best friend, Michael (Robin de Jesús), who left acting for a lucrative advertising career.
: Jon’s idol and mentor whose encouragement serves as a pivotal moment of validation.
: Set at the height of the epidemic, the film highlights how the crisis ravaged the artistic community, adding a literal sense of mortality to Jon's figurative "ticking clock". This is personalized through his friend Michael’s HIV-positive diagnosis.
: After years of work, the Superbia workshop is a critical success but fails to find a producer. Jon’s agent, Rosa (Judith Light), tells him the hard truth of an artist's life: "You start writing the next one". Key Characters
: An ambitious, often self-absorbed waiter at the Moondance Diner who is determined to revolutionize musical theater.
: Jon is haunted by a self-imposed deadline—to finish and produce his sci-fi musical, Superbia , before turning 30, fearing that failing to do so means his dreams are over.
: His single-minded obsession with his work strains his relationships with his girlfriend, Susan (Alexandra Shipp), who wants a life outside the city, and his best friend, Michael (Robin de Jesús), who left acting for a lucrative advertising career.
: Jon’s idol and mentor whose encouragement serves as a pivotal moment of validation. tick, tick...BOOM! 2021 - 115 min Dramma • ...
: Set at the height of the epidemic, the film highlights how the crisis ravaged the artistic community, adding a literal sense of mortality to Jon's figurative "ticking clock". This is personalized through his friend Michael’s HIV-positive diagnosis. : His single-minded obsession with his work strains
: After years of work, the Superbia workshop is a critical success but fails to find a producer. Jon’s agent, Rosa (Judith Light), tells him the hard truth of an artist's life: "You start writing the next one". Key Characters Key Characters : An ambitious, often self-absorbed waiter
: An ambitious, often self-absorbed waiter at the Moondance Diner who is determined to revolutionize musical theater.
: Jon is haunted by a self-imposed deadline—to finish and produce his sci-fi musical, Superbia , before turning 30, fearing that failing to do so means his dreams are over.