Jeffrey Seller

But what I mean by that is setting the table for them to do the great work.

And giving them that space and giving them that praise when it was necessary, giving them that reinforcement and encouragement when it's necessary.

And then sometimes knowing when can I make a suggestion or not can I, sometimes knowing when is the right time to make a suggestion.

Tell us a suggestion you made that you think was really helpful.

You know, in the case of Hamilton, I would say I made less suggestions than I ever had before.

But, you know, one very important one was cutting the third rap battle in Act II.

You know, we had not two rap battles, but we had three rap battles.

You know, another situation was cutting the Dear Theodosia reprise in Act II.

I also seem to remember talking deeply about

about how the set would be realized, which came later with David Korins and Thomas Kael.

I also remember talking a lot about the staging of Washington on Your Side, which may not have been in its best form the first time they did it.

How much can we as audience members take in?

We are not equipped for three-hour musicals.

And our musical already had a first act that was an hour and 15 minutes.

And believe it or not, the second act was even longer, which actually breaks the rule that Oscar Hammerstein once said, which was that the first act is usually gonna be twice as long as the second act.

Or, let me put it another way, the second act is going to be half as long as the first act.

And in our show, the second act was actually longer.

And one of our jobs is to really try to feel how the audience is going to stay with the show through every moment of the show.

And there's a moment where the audience, they can't take anymore.

Where are we redundant?