Making Rent

Advance Praise for Making Rent ""Tim has truly given any fan of Rent, and any fan or student of contemporary musical theater generally, an invaluable record of a new musical's developmental process. And he's given us a detailed and beautifully frank account of the musical director's role in preparing and maintaining a Broadway show. Like Tim's invaluable contribution to Rent's success, this book is an extraordinary achievement."" --Michael Greif, Tony Award-nominated director of Rent and Hell's Kitchen ""I loved this book. Tim takes us down a path that is reserved for the very few, not only to the front row, backstage, the rehearsal room, or behind the piano--this is an unflinching look at all of it, the joys and the loss of creating a history-making show."" --Jeanine Tesori, Tony Award-winning composer of Fun Home and Kimberly Akimbo ""Tim writes with a laser-sharp memory--the specific details, but also the more ineffable experience, the moods, the feelings, the conflicts, the fears of those who were a part of Rent."" --Jim Nicola, former artistic director of the New York Theatre Workshop ""Making Rent is essential to anybody who cares about new musicals."" --Jeffrey Seller, Tony Award-winning producer of Rent and Hamilton, author of Theater Kid Praise for Tim Weil ""Rent could never have become what it was without the tireless efforts and creativity of our musical director, Tim Weil."" --Adam Pascal, Tony Award-nominated actor, Rent, Aida, and Something Rotten! ""Tim Weil was THE PULSE of each performance! We always had a powerful pulse, and that was definitely because of Tim."" --Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tony Award-nominated actor, Rent and Anna in the Tropics