US EditionJeffrey Seller, metro Detroit native behind 'Rent' & 'Hamilton,' shines a light on his own journey
- Jeffrey Seller, a Broadway producer from a poor neighborhood in Oak Park, Michigan, produced Rent, Avenue Q, and Hamilton, and authored the memoir Theater Kid.
- His memoir reflects on his unlikely rise and the radical changes to Broadway after Rent debuted off-Broadway in 1996 when only one musical was Tony-eligible.
- Hamilton’s original cast album, written entirely by Lin-Manuel Miranda, became the first to reach 500 weeks on Billboard 200 and entered the National Recording Registry its first year eligible.
- Seller’s productions, especially Rent, are credited with opening doors to greater variety and experimentation, with Seller calling Rent “the biggest hit of my career.”
- Seller’s work and memoir provide a rare, emotional portrait of Broadway’s evolution from the gritty 1970s and ’80s to today’s thriving scene with over $1 billion box office seasons.
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Theater producer Jeffrey Seller, behind 'Rent' and 'Hamilton,' shines a light on his own journey
Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as “Rent,” “Avenue Q” and “Hamilton,” didn’t initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for himself, saying he had a personal need to tell his story. Seller’s “Theater Kid”…
Jeffrey Seller, metro Detroit native behind 'Rent' & 'Hamilton,' shines a light on his own journey
Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as Rent, Avenue Q and Hamilton, didn't initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for himself.I really felt a personal existential need to write my story. I had to make sense of where I came from myself, he says in his memento-filled Times Square office. I started doing it as an exercise for me and I ultimately did it for theater kids of all ages everywhere.Seller's Theater Kid wh…
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