"How much time do we have to do something great?"
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Andrew Garfield
Jonathan Larson
Alexandra Shipp
Susan Wilson
Robin de Jesús
Michael
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Carolyn
Ben Levi Ross
Freddy
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Ira Weitzman
Vanessa Hudgens
Karessa Johnson
Joshua Henry
Roger Bart
Bradley Whitford
Stephen Sondheim
Judith Light
Rosa Stevens
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