Jeffrey Seller

And I want to also say at the time, I didn't even know it.

I just knew we could do better.

And I started reading plays every weekend.

I would read all these different plays.

And that's where I started to learn what makes a good play and a bad play.

The one thing that I look back on with Jonathan and his goals to write stories about our characters, our stories, our music, is that that value...

started with Rent, and it continued on from Avenue Q and In the Heights to Hamilton, but it also continued on through so many other shows that I didn't produce, like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal or Dear Evan Hansen, and even in its own fun way, maybe Happy Ending, which is now about two robots who fall in love.

So when I look at Broadway and I see all these contemporary musicals, I say, bless you, Jonathan, because every single one of these musicals is standing on his shoulders in some way, shape, or form.

And I think if we keep making musicals about who we are today, and by the way, Hamilton does that too, even though it's telling a story that's 250 years old.

So if we keep making those musicals, I think we're going to be in great shape.

Thank you so much.

It's been my great, great delight and pleasure.

Jeffrey Seller. Good afternoon. Jeffrey Seller here. I am the producer of Hamilton on Broadway and all over the world.

Jeffrey Seller. Good afternoon. Jeffrey Seller here. I am the producer of Hamilton on Broadway and all over the world.

Jeffrey Seller. Good afternoon. Jeffrey Seller here. I am the producer of Hamilton on Broadway and all over the world.

I came to New York with my bar mitzvah money. I had maybe $1,100, $10,000 of student debt, and my first job netted me $205 a week in 1986. So I had no money. I had no family money. There was no one in my family I could ever call to say, could you put $20,000 or $10,000? I mean, that would be a joke.

I came to New York with my bar mitzvah money. I had maybe $1,100, $10,000 of student debt, and my first job netted me $205 a week in 1986. So I had no money. I had no family money. There was no one in my family I could ever call to say, could you put $20,000 or $10,000? I mean, that would be a joke.

I came to New York with my bar mitzvah money. I had maybe $1,100, $10,000 of student debt, and my first job netted me $205 a week in 1986. So I had no money. I had no family money. There was no one in my family I could ever call to say, could you put $20,000 or $10,000? I mean, that would be a joke.

Those are investors who we rely on. And by we, I mean the audience relies upon them. Us holistic producers rely upon them. Historically, they were called dilettantes. And it wasn't necessarily a pejorative. It was just a description of an arts lover and an arts supporter. Is there a relatively infinite supply of the people formerly known as dilettantes?

Those are investors who we rely on. And by we, I mean the audience relies upon them. Us holistic producers rely upon them. Historically, they were called dilettantes. And it wasn't necessarily a pejorative. It was just a description of an arts lover and an arts supporter. Is there a relatively infinite supply of the people formerly known as dilettantes?