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to see him achieve this recognition
competing in the category Song of
the Year for “I Took a Pill in Ibiza.”
“My relationship with my mother
is probably the most important
one I have in my life,” said Posner,
a soulful hip-hop singer-songwriter
and poet who is preparing for a
new recording and podcast.
Posner, 29, a Birmingham Groves
and Duke University graduate
who grew up in Southfield and
found expression through drums,
most recently released Mansionz,
a collaboration with Blackbear
(Matthew Musto) that the duo calls
Mansionz. After a few months of
individual preparatory work, they
rented a cabin in Lake Arrowhead
and recorded the album in 12 days.
Posner, who lives in Los Angeles
and has developed his music using
instruments interacting with
music software, early on gained
wide attention with the hit “Cooler
Than Me,” which was an internet
sensation.
“You are the author of your life,”
said Posner, whose family has
been active with Workmen’s Circle
Arbiter Ring and taught him to
champion diversity among people.
“The amalgamation of all one’s
experiences create one’s identity
and one’s musical identity.”

JEFFREY SELLER

As a pre-teen growing up in Oak
Park, Jeffrey Seller appeared in pro-
ductions for Stagecrafters and cap-
tured local theatrical spotlight. But
it’s his behind-the-scenes theater
work much later in New York that
let him capture national limelight.
Seller, who attended Oak Park
High School and participated in
activities at Temple Israel, has
won an impressive number of Tony
Awards for his achievements as a
Broadway producer.
Most notably, he was honored in
the Best Musical category for the
record-breaking hit Hamilton in
2016, close to the time he visited
Michigan to help mark the 60th
anniversary of Stagecrafters as
the Royal Oak company’s guest of
honor.
Other productions bringing him
Tony recognition in the same cat-
egory are Rent (1996), Avenue Q
(2004) and In the Heights (2008).
Seller, who graduated from the
University of Michigan before mov-
ing to New York, worked in public
relations and on booking shows
before making his way into pro-

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Congratulations on your

Jeffrey Seller

ducer status.
In a 2015 interview with the
Jewish News, the developer of the
first rush ticket policy expressed his
outlook and goals.
“I am a student of the American
musical and am constantly driving
myself to do better,” he said. “You
will see more musicals from me. I
am going to try to affect audiences
emotionally and take them where
they haven’t been before.”

JAMES WOLK

The first big television role for
James Wolk was in Front of the
Class, a 2008 movie about Brad
Cohen, a real-life teacher coping
with Tourette Syndrome.
How different that part is from
the fictional character, Jackson Oz,
Wolk portrays in the third season
of Zoo, which has him helping
humans survive hybrid animals.
There have been lots of roles in
between for the actor who grew up
in Farmington Hills, studied reli-
gion at Temple Israel and graduat-
ed from the University of Michigan,
where he focused on his craft.
For television, he appeared in the
series Mad Men, Political Animals
and Lone Star among others. Film
credits include You Again, There’s
Always Woodstock and For a Good
Time, Call.
“North Farmington [High
School] had an incredible theater
department run by Dean Cobb,”
Wolk recalled for the Jewish News.
“He was instrumental to my con-
tinuing interest. High school was
a great time for me because I was
doing tons of theater and working
for Star Trax.”
As his career developed, Wolk
continued his interest in the mes-
sage of that early movie by making
time to work with the Brad Cohen
Tourette Foundation to help young
people coping with the syndrome. •