TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seller,Jeffrey
TI  - Theater kid: a Broadway memoir 
SN  - 9781668064184
AV  - PN2287.S3476 A3 2025
U1  - 792.02/32092B 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Seller, Jeffrey.
KW  - Musical theater producers and directors
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Theater
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - American drama
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Musicals
KW  - Production and direction
KW  - Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N2  - "Before he was producing the musical hits of our generation, Jeffrey was just a kid coming to terms with his adoption, trying to understand his sexuality, and determined to escape his dysfunctional household in a poor neighborhood just outside Detroit. We see him find his voice through musical theater and move to New York, where he is determined to shed his past and make a name for himself on Broadway.  But moving to the big city is never easy--especially not at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis--and Jeffrey learns to survive and thrive in the colorful and cutthroat world of commercial theatre. From his early days as an office assistant, to meeting Jonathan Larson and experiencing the triumph and tragedy of Rent, to working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on In the Heights and Hamilton, Jeffrey completely pulls back the curtain on the joyous and gut-wrenching process of making new musicals, finding new audiences, and winning a Tony Award--all the while finding himself"--
ER  -