{"product_id":"making-rent-the-story-behind-the-music-that-changed-broadway-hardcover","title":"Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music That Changed Broadway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Weil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNeil Patrick Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Ashley Tepper\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the musical director of \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e comes a thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway's iconic grunge rock show and its music were made and how they would forever reshape musical theater.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years after \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking rock opera, opened on Broadway, you would be hard-pressed to find a musical theater fan who doesn't know at least some of the show's iconic tunes by heart. \"Take Me or Leave Me,\" \"Light My Candle,\" \"La Vie Boheme,\" and the ubiquitous \"Seasons of Love\" revolutionized the kind of music heard on the Broadway stage. Much of the impact comes from the show's musical style, a singular blend of grunge rock, power pop, gospel, and R \u0026amp; B that was brought to life by the show's onstage band, headed by the legendary musical director Tim Weil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his first day as audition accompanist through his elevation to musical director, Weil was a critical collaborator with Larson in developing \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e's unique sound. And when, on the eve of the company's first public performance, Larson died unexpectedly, Weil was there to finesse a still-unfinished show into the musical Larson had long dreamed of. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Rent \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how the music that has shaped generations of new American musicals grew out of Weil and Larson's intimate partnership and how, for the six years he worked \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e's Broadway run, Weil endeavored to preserve Larson's musical vision. Previously untold stories about some of the show's most iconic moments, accompanied by behind-the-scenes photos, capture the energy, ingenuity, and passion of \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e's company and creators while providing a unique level of insight into just how collaborative and innovative a process making \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e was and why it has had such a lasting impact on musical theater and fans the world over.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Weil\u003c\/b\u003e is a musical director, composer, arranger, and orchestrator who has worked on more than one hundred productions in New York City and around the world, including \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShrek the Musical, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Sally Marr . . . and Her Escorts\u003c\/i\u003e. His work in film includes \u003ci\u003eCamp \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Marc Pease Experience\u003c\/i\u003e and he composed songs for the children's television shows \u003ci\u003eSheep in the Big City \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBear in the Big Blue House\u003c\/i\u003e. Tim lives with his wife, the actor Randy Graff, in North Bergen, New Jersey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Patrick Harris\u003c\/b\u003e is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, director, and producer who has appeared on Broadway in \u003ci\u003eHedwig and the Angry Inch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAssassins\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProof\u003c\/i\u003e. He starred as Mark Cohen in the 1997 National Tour of \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e and directed \u003ci\u003eRent\u003c\/i\u003e at the Hollywood Bowl in 2010. He lives in New York City. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Ashley Tepper\u003c\/b\u003e is a musical theater historian and the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen Writing Musicals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Untold Stories of Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e. She conceived \u003ci\u003eThe Jonathan Larson Project\u003c\/i\u003e, an off-Broadway musical showcasing previously unheard works by the late composer, and was the historian consultant on the Jonathan Larson biopic \u003ci\u003etick, tick... 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