Away We Go
In addition to his three larger theatrical pieces written before "Rent", Larson also wrote music for "J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation"; numerous individual numbers; music for "Sesame Street"; music for the children's book cassettes of "An American Tail" and "The Land Before Time"; music for "Rolling Stone" magazine publisher Jann Wenner; a musical called "Mowgli"; and four songs for the children's video "Away We Go!", which he also conceived with collaborator and composer Bob Golden and directed. He performed in John Gray's musical "Billy Bishop Goes to War", which starred his close friend actor Roger Bart ("Desperate Housewives"). For his early works, Larson won a grant and award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation's Commendation Award.