Jeanine Tesori
Jeanine Tesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson, (born November 10, 1961) is an American composer and musical arranger best known for her work in the theater. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals and six Tony Award nominations. She won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play for Nicholas Hytner's production of Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center, the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for Caroline, or Change, the 2015 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Fun Home (shared with Lisa Kron), making them the first female writing team to win that award, and the 2023 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Kimberly Akimbo (shared with David Lindsay-Abaire). She was named a Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist twice for Fun Home and Soft Power.
Her major works include Kimberly Akimbo; Fun Home; Caroline, or Change; Shrek The Musical; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and Violet.
freezing
- 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000000Z
Tesori: Blue
- 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z
Broadway
- 2018-09-07T00:00:00.000000Z
Twelfth Night
- 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Get Happy
- 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Circle of Life
- 2005-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z
How Glory Goes
- 2000-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z
This Time
- 2023-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z
Similar Artists