Making Rent: The Story Behind the Music that Changed Broadway by Rent's original music director, Tim Weil, will be released January 13, 2026.

Featuring forwards by Neil Patrick Harris and Jennifer Ashley Tepper, the book will explore Weil's journey from audition accompanist through music director on Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking rock opera. When, on the eve of the company’s first public performance, Larson died unexpectedly, Weil was the one to finesse the still-unfinished show into the musical Larson had long dreamed of.

Said Michael Grief, Rent's director: “Tim has truly given any fan of Rent, and any fan or student of contemporary musical theatre generally, an invaluable record of a new musical’s developmental process. And he’s given us a detailed and beautifully frank account of the musical director’s role in preparing and maintaining a Broadway show. Like Tim’s invaluable contribution to Rent’s success, this book is an extraordinary achievement.”

Making Rent will be Apollo Publisher's debut title with Macmillan distribution in 2026. The next is now available for preorder through all booksellers.