American composer and musical arranger (born 1961)
Jeanine Tesori
Tesori at the 76th Tony Awards in 2023
Born
(1961-11-10) November 10, 1961 (age 62)
Port Washington, New York, United States
Education
Columbia University (BA)
Musical career
Genres
Musical Theatre
Occupation(s)
Composer, Musical Arranger
Years active
1995–present
Musical artist
Jeanine Tesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson,[1] (born November 10, 1961)[1] 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.[2] 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).[3] 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.
JeanineTesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson, (born November 10, 1961) is an American composer and musical arranger best known for her...
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Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by JeanineTesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film...
JeanineTesori and Lisa Kron's Fun Home (2014); Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (2017); and David Henry Hwang and JeanineTesori's Soft...
Animation's 1998 animated feature film Mulan, featuring songs written by JeanineTesori and Alexa Junge and a musical score composed and conducted by Joel McNeely...
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"The Girl in 14G" is a contemporary song by JeanineTesori and Dick Scanlan written for and best known being performed by Kristin Chenoweth. It is based...
Award-winning playwright Lisa Kron, and score composed by Tony Award-nominated JeanineTesori. The production, directed by Sam Gold, was called "the first mainstream...
Clark, principal vocalist; John Clancy, David Stone & JeanineTesori, producers; JeanineTesori, composer; David Lindsay-Abaire, lyricist (Original Broadway...
October 22, 2013. The score was by JeanineTesori and the book and lyrics were written by Lisa Kron. Kron and Tesori made history as the first all-woman...
or Change, the Drama Desk Award–winning musical by Tony Kushner and JeanineTesori (2003–2004), Costabile workshopped and performed in the original production...
in Los Angeles, California. The music and additional lyrics are by JeanineTesori. Its cast is largely Asian. It transferred to Off-Broadway at the Public...
York. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-11-27. "JeanineTesori-Lisa Kron Musical Fun Home, With Judy Kuhn, Begins Public Run Oct. 17"...
book by Mark Sable for Image Comics Grounded (opera), 2023 opera by JeanineTesori (music) and George Brant (libretto) Grounded (video game), a multiplayer...
off during i feel pretty with my favorite woman on the planet, miss jeaninetesori. (4) hugging richard beymer as he says "te adoro maría" to me over and...
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