The Nederlander is one of the eight theaters featured in volume 2 of "Untold Stories of Broadway". During closing weekend of Newsies, Ben Fankhauser took me backstage to see the famous "Rent wall," signed by thousands of people during the show's 12-year run. The Nederlander chapter shares stories from people who worked there in the 1940s and 1950s (including Hal Prince and Len Cariou), stories from people who worked there when the theater was falling apart and used mostly as rehearsal space (including Casey Nicholaw, Hunter Foster, and Michael Berresse), stories from people who were part of Rent saving the theater (including Kevin McCollum, Bernie Telsey, and Michael Greif), and stories from people who have left their mark on the 'new' Nederlander since then (including Alan Menken and Brynn O'Malley who is about to start Honeymoon in Vegas there).
Jennifer Ashley Tepper