From the music director of Rent comes a never-before-told, thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway\u2019s iconic grunge rock show was made and how it would forever reshape musical theater.<\/p>\n
Thirty years after Rent, Jonathan Larson\u2019s groundbreaking rock musical, opened on Broadway, you would be hard-pressed to find a musical theater fan who doesn\u2019t know at least some of the show\u2019s iconic tunes by heart. \u201cTake Me or Leave Me,\u201d \u201cLight My Candle,\u201d \u201cLa Vie Boh\u00e8me,\u201d and the ubiquitous \u201cSeasons of Love\u201d revolutionized the kind of music heard on the Broadway stage. Much of the impact comes from the show\u2019s musical style, a singular blend of grunge rock, piano pop, and alternative jazz that was brought to life by the show\u2019s onstage band, headed by the legendary music director, Tim Weil.<\/p>\n
In this affecting memoir, Weil recounts his journey with Rent in full for the first time, from his first day as audition accompanist, through the aftermath of Larson\u2019s death, which left an unfinished show in the hands of its creative team, and Weil\u2019s six years with the Broadway run. The page-turning result, artfully recounted in loving detail, reveals how the music that has been heard by generations of musical theater fans grew out of Weil and Larson\u2019s intimate partnership.<\/p>\n
Previously untold stories about some of the show\u2019s most iconic moments, accompanied by behind-the-scenes photos, capture the energy, ingenuity, and passion of its company and creators while providing a unique level of insight into just how collaborative and innovative a process making Rent was.<\/p>\n
Tim Weil<\/b> is a music director, composer, and orchestrator who has worked on more than a hundred productions in New York and around the world, including Rent, Shrek the Musical, Lady Day at Emerson\u2019s Bar and Grill, and Sally Marr . . . and Her Escorts. His work in film includes Camp and The Marc Pease Experience and he was the composer for the children\u2019s television shows Sheep in the Big City and Bear in the Big Blue House. Tim lives with his wife in North Bergen, New Jersey.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the music director of Rent comes a never-before-told, thirtieth-anniversary account of how Broadway\u2019s iconic grunge rock show was made and how it would forever reshape musical theater. Thirty years after Rent, Jonathan Larson\u2019s groundbreaking rock musical, opened on Broadway, you would be hard-pressed to find a musical theater fan who doesn\u2019t know at least […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[243],"product_cat":[242],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-11319","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-apollo","product_cat-translation-rights-catalogue","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n