Only like 13 years ago, but he does look a little younger

He looks like teenager

It’s crazy that he’s 30 here but he looks like he’s in his late teens maybe early 20s

I love him

He’s great in Company.

Jonathan Larson created and sang most of if not all of these songs in the original Tick Tick Boom rock monologue that he did in 1990/1991 I’m pretty sure

@@GameReviewsXX Thank You

Check out these amazing demo tapes from Larson in 1989: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLtgm7eHubq5Zok.html

As long as Raul Is in it. But I wouldn't want him to take time off of SVU for it. I live in Mississippi and being a huge fan of Raul I would seriously go to New York to see this.

Jonathan is a very age specific character. Raoul, unfortunately will be way too old to play him.

yeah i guess, i just need to see hi in something

A few years ago there was a very limited run at City Center's Encores series, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Raul Esparza/Jonathan role and the wonderful Karen Olivo as his romantic interest. I was really lucky to see it, as it was a wonderful production. Miranda isn't the singer that Raul Esparza is, but he's an amazing dynamic performer and it's unbelievable to catch him live. I would have loved to see this earlier production too.

@@bethherstein9293 and now Lin's directing the movie! Full circle!

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You'll get more thumbs up now that the new movie came out. I knew about tick tick boom but didn't know Raul Esparza was on a revival of it.

@@aleks-33 Not a revival, he was the original off broadway cast!

Raul isn't cocky, Barba on SVU on the other hand...king of the courtroom, and ruler of Sass

+Rosemary Crafting That's what I was trying to say. :-)

I believe this was the cast from the first revival (interestingly enough done at the same theater as the original). I saw this iteration (with Molly Ringwald replacing Amy Spanger). Transformative experience!

Check out his Spotify page, which is free may I add

On spotify the cd art has "Original Broadway Cast" so i guess they are

All the songs were written by Jonathan Larson who died in 1996 so they're all old

Years are coming, what did you expect?

fvck you. It’s most passionate performance I’ve seen. Most of in the man

+James I think in this show he sounds a bit nasal. I didn't like it all that much, but if you listen to the actual Jonathan Larson singing, there is a distinct nasal quality that maybe Esparza was either consciously or unconsciously emulating.

On the recording, Raul sounds very much like Adam Pascal, so maybe Jonathan just liked a main character who emulated his singing voice in each of his shows.

James if you mean in comparison with Company, it's because TTB is a much rockier score, I guess. Raul's isn't a particularly trained voice, either, so the imperfections are quite blatant (I think is part of his charm and adds to his acting, though).

interesting...

James he sings with a mask. It is a little nuance that makes his voice more interesting, but sometimes can backfire (perhaps when he’s tired or having an off day) and the nasal quality becomes more obvious.

I thinks it’s fun to just see and enjoys all the different t performances for their own quirks you know.