ALEFF PRODUCTIONS
BROADWAY PRODUCING & INVESTING
Aleff Productions is a Broadway production company founded by Allie Rakos and Jeff Kahn. We started as investors who fell in love with the process, and we've been working our way closer to the table ever since. We were honored to receive our first Tony nomination for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).
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"We want to feel different when we leave the theater."
WHO WE ARE
A shared passion.
A real business.
Allie and Jeff started Aleff Productions in 2024 because we kept falling in love with shows and wanting to do more than just watch them. The name is a blend of ours, and a nod to the Hebrew letter aleph (א), the first letter of the alphabet. A beginning felt right.
We're early in our journey as producers, but we take it seriously. We look for projects we genuinely believe in, work closely with the teams making them, and invest our own capital in everything we touch. We're actively building our slate and are always open to conversations, whether you're a creative team looking for a producing partner, or an investor who shares our love of the form and wants to be part of bringing something to life.
ALLIE
Allie grew up in Connecticut and her love for Broadway was cultivated at an early age through family trips to NYC. She works in FP&A for an apparel company and brings the same eye for detail and creative instinct to every production Aleff takes on.
JEFF
Jeff has wanted to do this his whole life. Growing up playing piano, he found himself accompanying and music directing shows, and never looked back. A career in private equity never dulled that love. Aleff is what happens when that passion finally has a home.
HOW WE EVALUATE
Three things we look for
in every project.
Passion for the material
The projects we work on have to make us feel different than we did before. The story has to grab us, the characters have to stay with us, and the score has to move us. If it doesn't all resonate for us, we're probably not the right partners for it.
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Trust in the team
Theater is a team sport. We need to believe in, and genuinely want to collaborate with, the creative team, the other producers, and everyone in between. Strong work comes from strong relationships.
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A viable path to profit
Great art and sound business aren't mutually exclusive. We invest our own capital in every show, and we hold each project to the same standard: there must be a realistic model that works.
PRODUCTIONS
Our projects
past, present, and future.
FOR INVESTORS
Why we continue to
invest in Broadway.
Broadway investing is not for everyone, and we'd never pretend it's easy. The odds are hard, the capital is genuinely at risk, and most shows don't recoup. We know that, and we invest anyway.
For us it starts with the art. There's something about being part of bringing a show to life - being in the room, knowing the people making it, watching it find an audience - that you simply can't get any other way. That's what drew us in, and it's what keeps us coming back.
The financial upside is real when a show connects. And there are other things that come with it: being close to the process, opening night, moments you wouldn't otherwise have access to. But those are the bonus. The work is the thing.
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Love of the arts
You want to be part of creating something, not just watching it. There is no substitute for that feeling, and it's why most of our investors stay involved show after show.
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A front row seat
Opening night galas, house seats, dress rehearsals, backstage tours, cast meet-and-greets. These experiences are part of what makes Broadway investing unlike anything else.
Financial returns
The path to profitability is real on the right shows. We are selective, we build rigorous cases, and we invest our own money first.
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GET IN TOUCH
Let's start a
conversation.
Whether you're exploring Broadway investing for the first time or a creative team looking for a producing partner, we'd love to hear from you.