Lilli Cooper joins the cast of Tick, Tick...BOOM! tonight

Tom Millward
Tom Millward

The Obie Award-winning Keen Company's acclaimed New York revival of Jonathan Larsen's Tick, Tick... BOOM! welcomes Broadway alum Lilli Cooper to the cast tonight. She assumes the role of Susan from Ciara Renée, who played her final performance on 20 November.

Lilli Cooper has appeared in the Broadway production of 'Spring Awakening' and both the Broadway and National Tour productions of 'Wicked.' Off-Broadway credits include the Atlantic Theater production of 'The Threepenny Opera' and 'The Wildness Sky Pony's Rock Fairy Tale' at Ars Nova.

Tick, Tick... BOOM! began previews at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre on 4 October 2016, before officially opening on 20 October, and plays an extended run through to 18 December 2016.

Synopsis: "Before RENT, there was Tick, Tick... BOOM! This autobiographical musical, by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Jonathan Larson, is the story of an aspiring composer questioning his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, but Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical. This exhilarating, funny, and moving work by the late Larson will speak to anyone who's ever gotten lost on their way to finding their dreams."

The cast of Tick, Tick... BOOM! currently includes Nick Blaemire (Jon), Lilli Cooper (Susan) and George Salazar (Michael).

The Keen production is directed by Jonathan Silverstein and features musical direction by Joey Chancey, choreography by Christine O'Grady and script consultation by David Auburn.

- by Tom Millward

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