Jeffrey Seller's I Wanna Be Like You!

About this episode

In this episode, Elbi Cespedes interviews Jeffrey Seller about his impact on the theater industry and his new memoir.

Jeffrey Seller has impacted the theater industry forever. Best known as the lead producer of Hamilton, Rent, In The Heights, and Avenue Q (all of which won him the Tony Award for Best Musical), Jeffrey is the only person to have produced two Pulitzer Prize winning musicals. On top of this, Jeffrey alongside his former producing partner Kevin McCollum created the rush and lottery discount ticket options 30 years ago with Rent! He's now written a memoir titled Theatre Kid which is available on paperback beginning May 6th! In this very special episode, we get to talking about the state of the industry, the job of a producer and how it's evolved over the years and what shows he's interested in producing.

People in this episode

Host: Elbi Cespedes

Guest: Jeffrey Seller

Topics covered

• theater industry
• producing
• musicals
• memoir
• Tony Awards
• Pulitzer Prize

Keywords

• theater
• producer
• musicals
• memoir
• Tony Award
• Pulitzer Prize
• Hamilton
• Rent

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hamilton, Rent, In The Heights, Avenue Q, Theatre Kid

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