Jonathan Larson's musical, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Boheme", won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, friends in Manhattan's East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams.  Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally.  Facing the problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.