Jeffrey Seller

And I thought, oh, Lin is a genius. How is he making these raps up on his feet? So I knew I was in the presence of sheer brilliance. When I experience a new musical, I want the music to prick my ear in a different way. And we created a reading of In the Heights with a small band. And this was my first experience of it.

When Lynn came out and started that warm, enveloping rap, Lights Up on Washington Heights up at the break of day.

When Lynn came out and started that warm, enveloping rap, Lights Up on Washington Heights up at the break of day.

When Lynn came out and started that warm, enveloping rap, Lights Up on Washington Heights up at the break of day.

And then this gorgeous chorus joined behind him singing In the Heights.

And then this gorgeous chorus joined behind him singing In the Heights.

And then this gorgeous chorus joined behind him singing In the Heights.

It made the hair on my arms stand up. And I was in.

It made the hair on my arms stand up. And I was in.

It made the hair on my arms stand up. And I was in.

I'm an atheist, but it felt like there was divine intervention. I mean, if God was over Michelangelo's shoulders, then he was over Lynn's shoulders as well.

I'm an atheist, but it felt like there was divine intervention. I mean, if God was over Michelangelo's shoulders, then he was over Lynn's shoulders as well.

I'm an atheist, but it felt like there was divine intervention. I mean, if God was over Michelangelo's shoulders, then he was over Lynn's shoulders as well.

A full price ticket, Sweeney Todd, $229. Okay. Why? Why does that ticket have to be $229? Correct. Because I employ, to do that show every night, almost 100 people. The good news is that every single one of those people is making well over $2,000 a week. And because they have a great union, they are making benefits that drive their salary closer to $3,000 a week.

A full price ticket, Sweeney Todd, $229. Okay. Why? Why does that ticket have to be $229? Correct. Because I employ, to do that show every night, almost 100 people. The good news is that every single one of those people is making well over $2,000 a week. And because they have a great union, they are making benefits that drive their salary closer to $3,000 a week.

A full price ticket, Sweeney Todd, $229. Okay. Why? Why does that ticket have to be $229? Correct. Because I employ, to do that show every night, almost 100 people. The good news is that every single one of those people is making well over $2,000 a week. And because they have a great union, they are making benefits that drive their salary closer to $3,000 a week.

And as a producer, not as a human, but as a producer, how do you feel about that? I am concerned today that we're losing the ability to hit, in baseball terms, a double. When I did Avenue Q, the show cost $3.5 million to put on Broadway, same capitalization as Rent did six years before that. We could operate the show. That means how much it costs every single week to run for about $325,000.

And as a producer, not as a human, but as a producer, how do you feel about that? I am concerned today that we're losing the ability to hit, in baseball terms, a double. When I did Avenue Q, the show cost $3.5 million to put on Broadway, same capitalization as Rent did six years before that. We could operate the show. That means how much it costs every single week to run for about $325,000.

And as a producer, not as a human, but as a producer, how do you feel about that? I am concerned today that we're losing the ability to hit, in baseball terms, a double. When I did Avenue Q, the show cost $3.5 million to put on Broadway, same capitalization as Rent did six years before that. We could operate the show. That means how much it costs every single week to run for about $325,000.

So if we were grossing $500,000 a week, we were making a nice little profit. And by the way, Avenue Q won the Tony, ran on Broadway for six years, and was what I call a solid double. Same exact formula for In the Heights, which came five years after that. However, it was more expensive.