With the slow ticking of a wooden clock, or a bomb clicking down to detonation, Garfield channels this hectic energy and ever-present pressure to succeed and be something in his performance. The stress of being a nobody at 30, while Stephen Sondheim was on Broadway by 27. This existential crisis lays at the heart of Tick…Tick…Boom, a man grappling with the idea of failure or stagnation. Garfield juggles this overwhelming feeling while the relationships in his life hang in the balance. Through this excruciating uncertainty pops out some of the most poignant, heartfelt songs ever put on a stage. … More Tick, Tick…BOOM! is Andrew Garfield channeling an existential crisis in riveting performance