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Lilli Cooper Set to Join Tick, Tick… BOOM!

Cooper will take on the role of Susan.

Lilli Cooper will take on the role of Susan in the new off-Broadway revival of Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Lilli Cooper will take over the role of Susan in the new off-Broadway revival of Tick, Tick… BOOM!
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Broadway vet Lilli Cooper begins her run in Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick… BOOM! at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre beginning tonight, November 22. Cooper will take on the role of Susan, replacing Ciara Renée, who departed November 20.

Tick, Tick… BOOM! is an autobiographical musical by the late Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Jonathan Larson (Rent). It is the story of an aspiring composer questioning his life choices on the eve of his 30th birthday. Directed by Keen Company's Jonathan Silverstein, the production has musical direction by Joey Chancey and choreography by Christine O'Grady. David Auburn serves as script consultant.

Directed by Jonny Silverstein, Tick, Tick… BOOM! also stars Nick Blaemire and George Salazar. It runs through December 18.

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