‘Rent’ Producer Jeffery Seller Reveals How Adoption & Sexuality Influenced Broadway Work in New Memoir ‘Theater Kid’
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Acclaimed producer Jeffrey Seller has just released his memoir titled Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir, sharing a look into his life pre and post Broadway fame. The novel is currently number one on Amazon’s Broadway Biographies list and on sale for $22. The memoir is also available as an audio CD, retailing for $29.24 and on Kindle for $14.99.
Seller is a well-known American theatrical producer who knows the industry inside and out. The producer’s resume speaks for itself, with three Best Musical Tony Award-winning Broadway shows under his belt for his work on productions like Rent, Avenue Q and In the Heights.
Released May 6, the new memoir is a coming-of-age tale that follows a young Seller before the accolades and star-studded career, at a time when he was juggling life living in a poor neighborhood just outside of Detroit.
The book touches on Seller’s sexuality, adoption and his longing to create in a world that didn’t foster creativity, and how he found his place — and belonging — in the Broadway community. From his youth, we are transported to Seller’s life spent as an office assistant, to meeting stars like Jonathan Larson and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The memoir also touches on finding new audiences, to creating amidst the HIV AIDS crisis. Seller also takes the audience along for a look into his whirlwind Tony Awards journey.
Ultimately, the novel offers readers a look behind the glitz and glam, offering Seller’s perspective on the creation of musicals, all while juggling his own reality and struggles. This read is for those curious, Broadway-loving folk who long for an insider’s perspective on the inner workings of Broadway’s most beloved musicals.
Though he’s best-known for his work on Rent, Seller also produced Hamilton in 2015 alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, which he’d worked with previously on In the Heights. Seller also revolutionized theater accessibility with the creation of the $20 ticket lottery system he created for Rent, making theater available to anyone.
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