Up in the Cheap Seats: A Historical Memoir of Broadway

by Ron Fassler

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Pub Date Jan 13 2017 | Archive Date May 15 2018

History | Nonfiction (Adult)

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Actor and theatre aficionado Ron Fassler recalls his upbringing on Broadway, in conversation with Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Sheldon Harnick, James Earl Jones, Austin Pendleton, Ken Howard, Hal Linden, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander and Mike Nichols among many others.

Actor and theatre aficionado Ron Fassler recalls his upbringing on Broadway, in conversation with Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Sheldon Harnick, James Earl Jones, Austin...

Advance Praise

“Sometimes the way forward is to look back and embrace the past. To ask yourself: What mattered most to me when I was young? And: How is that story mine? For Ron Fassler, the answer lies in meticulously kept notes he took between the ages of 11 and 16 (the years 1969-1973) when he attended more than 200 Broadway plays. In his charming theater memoir, UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS: A HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF BROADWAY, his knowledge and affection for the theater and the actors he saw perform comes through on every page.”

— Forbes Magazine

“Theatre is a transient art, here and then gone, but in his enormously entertaining book UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS, Ron Fassler has made it a little more permanent. Both a moving coming of age memoir and a compulsively readable memoir of Broadway itself, UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS pays homage to the men and women who devote their lives to making great theatre.”

— John Logan, Tony Award-winning playwright (Red)

“Ron Fassler has taken me back to my first experiences as a young theatregoer, filled with awe, longing to be on the other side of the footlights. This book is a passport, and more than a memoir, a window into the personalities of the greats who inspired me. It's a delightful read—for me, nostalgic; for young theatre lovers, essential.”

— Joanna Gleason, Tony Award winner (Into the Woods)

“Ron Fassler’s UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS reminds me why I am WHO I am. The introduction to live theatre, the spark that lit the creative flame inside me that has become the foundation of my life’s work on this planet. Everyday artists/warriors in the trenches transforming lives one person at a time.”

— Billy Porter, Tony Award winner (Kinky Boots)

“Sometimes the way forward is to look back and embrace the past. To ask yourself: What mattered most to me when I was young? And: How is that story mine? For Ron Fassler, the answer lies in...