Proceeds from Jennifer Ashley Tepper's THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY to Benefit TDF

Dress Circle Publishing has announce a partnership with Theatre Development Fund (TDF). Part of the proceeds of The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 by Jennifer Ashley Tepper will benefit education programs at TDF, one of the nation's largest not- for profit performing arts service organizations dedicated to the audience.

"We're honored to have been chosen to be the recipient of such a generous contribution," says Victoria Bailey, Executive Director of TDF. "Not only are the hundreds of theatrical anecdotes funny, enlightening and moving, but readers will be happy to know that author and publishers have committed to contributing a portion of each sale to TDF's education programs to help TDF ensure there is a new generation of theatre lovers who will also enjoy this volume and, I'm sure, many volumes to come!"

The second book in a multivolume collection The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 examines eight Broadway theaters and over 70 years of theatrical history through the voices of such Broadway greats as Jason Robert Brown, Joanna Gleason, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Laura Linney, Joe Mantello, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert Morse, Harold Prince, Charles Strouse, Julie Taymor, Robert Wankel, George C. Wolfe and more. The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 is available at amazon.com

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TDF is one of the nation's largest not-for-profit performing arts service organization dedicated to the audience. TDF provides online information for audience members of all levels of experience, offer affordable ticketing and accessibility programs, and introduce theatre and dance to future audiences through award-winning theatre education programs. TDF education programs serve over 10,000 students each year and are offered at no cost to students and schools. In partnership with over 100 New York City and tri-state area public schools in need of arts programming, TDF's education programs include interactive in-class workshops, playwriting classes, post-performance discussions, mentorship by renowned theatre professionals, and of course, tickets to Broadway, off Broadway, off-Off Broadway and dance performances.

Have you ever wanted to sneak behind the curtain of some of Broadway's greatest hits, including Wicked, Rent, and A Chorus Line? Do you wonder what Patti LuPone revealed to Raúl Esparza about Broadway dressing rooms or wish you were a fly on the wall during Audra McDonald's big break audition? Are you dying to know why Laura Linney would watch Stockard Channing from the rafters each night?

From opening nights to closing nights. From secret passageways to ghostly encounters. From Broadway debuts to landmark productions. Score a front row seat to hear hundreds of stories about the most important stages in the world, seen through the eyes of the producers, actors, stagehands, writers, musicians, company managers, dressers, designers, directors, ushers, and door men who bring The Great White Way to life each night. You'll never look at Broadway the same way again.

This is the second book in a multi-volume series that will tell the stories of all of the Broadway houses. Volume 2 includes the Barrymore Theatre, the Circle in the Square Theatre, the Criterion Center Stage Right, the Gershwin Theatre, the Nederlander Theatre, the Palace Theatre, the Shubert Theatre, and the Vivian Beaumont Theatre: eight Broadway theaters that light up New York City.

Jennifer Ashley Tepper is a Musical Theatre Historian and Producer and has worked on Broadway shows including [title of show], Godspell, The Performers and Macbeth. She is the co-creator and writer of the Bistro Award- winning concert series, If It Only Even Runs A Minute which celebrates underappreciated musicals. In addition, she co-produced Hit List, the live concert version of the fictional musical from Smash. Other credits include projects and shows with Ars Nova, NAMT, The Producing Office, PBS, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, NYMF, Second Stage Theatre Company, The York Theatre, and The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards. Tepper collaborates often with the group known as "Joe Iconis & Family" and is currently the Director of Programming at 54 Below. Follower Tepper on twitter @jenashtep