"If you've ever been a theater-obsessed teenager, this book is for you. If you're a theater-obsessed adult of a certain age this book will bring back many sweet memories and remind you why you became a theatre-obsessed teenager. An utterly charming and thoroughly entertaining memoir that draws back the curtain on many famous and infamous Broadway shows, all through the eyes and thanks to the chutzpah of a budding actor and critic who never met a stage doorman he couldn't schmooze."

"I relished every word of "Up in the Cheap Seats" and tried to read it as s-l-o-w-l-y as possible, simply because I didn't want it to end. It's a must-read for anyone who has even a passing interest in the theatre. It should be required reading in theatre departments worldwide. I intend to buy several copies as gifts, as it is one of my all-times faves, right along with The Season, by William Goldman."

"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."