Lin-Manuel Miranda, his Hamilton director Thomas Kail and producer Jeffrey Seller are coming to the rescue of a beloved New York bookstore. Along with theater owner James L. Nederlander, the group has agreed to buy the beleaguered Drama Book Shop in Manhattan’s theater district. The new owners, with support from the…

NBC has opted not to renew its high school musical drama Rise for a second season. There were high hopes for the series, from former Friday Night Lights showrunner Jason Katims and Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, as a potential spiritual companion to This Is Us as another emotional drama. But Rise did not have the…

It was a logical question at TCA today given that one of the producers on the NBC high school drama series, Jeffery Seller, is also behind Broadway’s $300M-plus grossing musical. Joked Rise star Josh Radnor who plays teacher Lou Mazzuchelli, “It’s hard to get the rights” while Seller chimed in “maybe in season…

NBC has put in development an untitled family comedy from School of Rock: The Musical star Alex Brightman, Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and Universal TV. Written by Brightman, the comedy is set in New York City and centers on a struggling twentysomething who moves back home with his parents and a rotating roster…

EXCLUSIVE: As The Good Place kicked off its second season on NBC this week, the network has bought two high-profile new projects executive produced by The Good Place creator/executive producer Mike Schur. Both have received put pilot commitments with significant penalties attached. One, a musical, is a collaboration…

Following a top-secret read-through in January, Cher: The Musical is a go. The Emmy, Grammy and Oscar winner tweeted news about the stage version of her life last night. “Just got off phone w/writer & director of musical,” she wrote. “There will be performance in theatre with actors, dancers, singers!! It’ll be on Broa…

Friday Night Live executive producer/showrunner Jason Katims is returning to high school for a new drama at NBC, Drama High, on which he has teamed with Jeffrey Seller, producer of the smash Broadway hit Hamilton. Katims’ script, which was a late entry into the pilot race, has received a pilot order by the…

Delivering on a vow made last June, Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller confirmed Sunday that the Broadway production will double the number of $10 seats available via lottery for each performance. Beginning Tuesday, 46 seats per performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre will be available on the day-of, through the…

Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred. GERARD: It’s been more than a week since the death of Gordon Davidson and the Broadway League has yet to honor him with its one-minute dimming of the…

Jeffrey Seller, one of the three lead producers of Hamilton, announced this week that beginning in January, certain tickets to the Broadway juggernaut will be priced at $849. Also this week the show’s conceiver, author and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned his own version of the Federalist Papers with a New York Times…

Universal Television has signed a production deal with Jeffrey Seller, producer of smash Broadway musical Hamilton, and his producing partner, former NBC executive Flody Suarez. "Jeffrey's spectacular track record on Broadway and his knack for finding and nurturing brilliant new talent, such as the creative forces…

UPDATE, 6:40 AM with more information: American history just got a little sexier for 20,000 New York City high school students. A $1.46 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation will provide the NYC Department of Education with 20,000 $70 tickets to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s SRO rap-rooted Broadway musical about…