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Productions

Shrek The MusicalShrek The Musical
 
[West End, 2024] [Replacement]
Music[Replacement]
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
 
[US Tour, 2024]
Music
Soft PowerSoft Power
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Composer
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[London, 2018]
Playwright
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSunday in the Park with George
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Producer
Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSunday in the Park with George
 
[New York, 2016]
Producer
Fun HomeFun Home
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Music
A Free Man Of ColorA Free Man Of Color
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Composer (Original Music)
Mother Courage and Her Children
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Composer (Original Music)
Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Vocal Music Arranger
Thoroughly Modern Millie
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2000]
Vocal/Incidental Arrangements
Swing!
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Music Arranger
The Sound of Music
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Dance Music Arranger
Dream
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Dance Music Arranger
Violet
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Associate Producer
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Dance Music Arranger

Writing

Fun Home
Composer
Caroline, or Change
Composer
Composer
Violet
Composer

Movies

Nights in Rodanthe
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[ 2021 ] Aspiring Composer and Lyricist #22

Awards and Nominations


winner
Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Best Musical

Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Score

Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo

Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Soft Power


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2020 - Outstanding New Score

Jeanine Tesori, Soft Power

The Pulitzer Prize - 2020 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Jeanine TesoriSoft Power


winner
The Lortels - 2015 - Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee

Jeanine Tesori


winner
Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home

Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home

The Pulitzer Prize - 2014 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home

Tony Awards - 2009 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Shrek The Musical

Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Shrek the Musical


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change


winner
Obie Awards - 2004 - Special Citations

Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change

Olivier Awards - 2004 - Best New Musical

Jeanine Tesori, Thoroughly Modern Millie

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change

Tony Awards - 2002 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Thoroughly Modern Millie

Tony Awards - 1999 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Jeanine Tesori, Twelfth Night

Drama Desk Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Music

Jeanine Tesori, Violet


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Musical

Jeanine Tesori, Violet


winner
Obie Awards - 1997 - Special Citations music for Violet

Jeanine Tesori


winner
Richard Rodgers Award - 1997 - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award

Jeanine Tesori

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO Comes to Kansas City in January 2026 Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO Comes to Kansas City in January 2026
by Stephi Wild - Dec 30, 2025

The touring Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo is scheduled to open in Kansas City in mid-January 2026 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, marking one of the first major performing arts events in the city’s new year.
SHREK THE MUSICAL Will Play Amsterdam With Happily Ever After Productions Photo
SHREK THE MUSICAL Will Play Amsterdam With Happily Ever After Productions
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 29, 2025

Happily Ever After Productions will present SHREK THE MUSICAL in Amsterdam at Het Amsterdams Theaterhuis. The English-language production follows the company’s previous stagings of Broadway musicals including Heathers and Avenue Q. The engagement brings the Tony Award-winning musical to Dutch audiences in an intimate theatre setting.
SHREK THE MUSICAL Is Coming To the Shea's Smith Theatre Photo
SHREK THE MUSICAL Is Coming To the Shea's Smith Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 24, 2025

O'Connell & Company will present Shrek The Musical at the Shea's Smith Theatre. Shrek the Musical features book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori.
Review: SHREK is a Triumph of Filipino Artistry, Skill, and Theatrical Vision Photo
Review: SHREK is a Triumph of Filipino Artistry, Skill, and Theatrical Vision
by Gilbert Kim Sancha - Dec 13, 2025

Newport Performing Arts Theater has been transformed into a fantastical swamp teeming with color, laughter, and heart.
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Berkeley Rep Photo
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Berkeley Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025

Kicking off the new year, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present its 90th world premiere production,  How Shakespeare Saved My Life — an autobiographical and music-filled tour de force written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent.
Tickets Now On Sale for KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Shea's Performing Arts Center Photo
Tickets Now On Sale for KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Shea's Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2025

Shea’s Performing Arts Center has revealed that individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, are now on-sale.
Video: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Gears Up For A New London Production Photo
Video: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Gears Up For A New London Production
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 28, 2025

David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori's five-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo will make its much anticipated European premiere in a brand new production in 2026! Watch a new video featuring the show's Tony-winning creative team Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, and the creatives behind the show's London production as they get ready to bring Kimberly's dream to life across the pond.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO European Premiere and More Come to Hampstead Theatre In 2026 Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO European Premiere and More Come to Hampstead Theatre In 2026
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 28, 2025

Hampstead Theatre will present a 2026 season that includes the European premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, alongside five world and European premieres and the London stage directing debut of Stanley Tucci.
Review: The Huntington's FUN HOME Is That and More Photo
Review: The Huntington's FUN HOME Is That and More
by R. Scott Reedy - Nov 26, 2025

What did our critic think of FUN HOME at The Huntington? A funeral home may seem an unlikely setting for a Broadway musical, but it turns out to be an ideal backdrop for the deeply moving “Fun Home.”
Video: First Look at FUN HOME at the Huntington Theatre Photo
Video: First Look at FUN HOME at the Huntington Theatre
by Michael Major - Nov 26, 2025

The Huntington has released first-look video footage introducing the cast of Fun Home, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, and direction by Logan Ellis.
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre Photo
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
by Roy Berko - Nov 25, 2025

What did our critic think of SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre?
KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour To Make New Jersey Premiere At Count Basie Center For T Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour To Make New Jersey Premiere At Count Basie Center For The Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2025

The national tour of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical, will make its New Jersey premiere at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in May 2026.
Breaking News: Gustavo Barchilon, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Unveils an Ambiti Photo
Breaking News: Gustavo Barchilon, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Unveils an Ambitious 2026 Season Spanning Classics, Premieres, and a Tribute to Brazilian Icons
by Claudio Erlichman - Nov 21, 2025

Award-winning director Gustavo Barchilon, known for Barnum, Something Rotten!, Dreamgirls, Titaníque! and Funny Girl, unveils an ambitious 2026 season spanning revivals, premieres, and tributes. The reopening of Rio’s Teatro Ginástico will present Barchilon’s musical homage to Brazilian icon Bibi Ferreira. In São Paulo, Shrek – The Musical returns with Thiago Abravanel, while Barchilon leads the Brazilian premieres of The Seven Year Disappear and the Tony-nominated Mother Play. He also directs Into the Words, an intimate Sondheim project, and brings Laila Garin’s acclaimed solo show to São Paulo. Meanwhile, the hit comedy Curto-Circuito expands with a national tour and performances in Portugal and the U.S.
Tickets On Sale For The New Jersey Premiere Of KIMBERLY AKIMBO This Week Photo
Tickets On Sale For The New Jersey Premiere Of KIMBERLY AKIMBO This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

The Count Basie Center for the Arts has revealed that tickets are now available for the New Jersey premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Photos: First look at Sunbury Performing Arts Presents SHREK THE MUSICAL JR. Photo
Photos: First look at Sunbury Performing Arts Presents SHREK THE MUSICAL JR.
by Jerri Shafer - Nov 14, 2025

Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions.
Interview: Marcus Phillips of KIMBERLY AKIMBO at BJCC/American Theatre Guild Photo
Interview: Marcus Phillips of KIMBERLY AKIMBO at BJCC/American Theatre Guild
by Cade Lott - Nov 12, 2025

Just spoke with Marcus Phillips (Seth in @KimberlyAkimbo)! He promises the tour—the most Tony-winning show of its season—is an uproarious heartbreaker you won't forget. Don't miss this special show in Birmingham!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Jeanine Tesori written?

Jeanine Tesori has written 6 shows including Don Juan de Marco (Composer), Violet (Composer), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Composer), Caroline, or Change (Composer), Fun Home (Composer), Shrek the Musical (Composer).

What awards has Jeanine Tesori been nominated for?

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Soft Power, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Soft Power, Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Soft Power, Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels), Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Fun Home, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Fun Home, Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Fun Home, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Shrek The Musical, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Shrek the Musical, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Best New Musical (Olivier Awards) for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Caroline, or Change, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Twelfth Night, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for Violet, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Violet, Special Citations music for Violet (Obie Awards) and Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award).

What awards has Jeanine Tesori won?

Jeanine Tesori has won several prestigious awards throughout her career. She received the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Kimberly Akimbo and Fun Home. Kimberly Akimbo also earned the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Tesori won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Score for Soft Power. She was honored as a Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee by The Lortels. For Caroline, or Change, she received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and a Special Citation from the Obie Awards. Violet earned her the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and a Special Citation for music from the Obie Awards. Additionally, Jeanine Tesori was awarded the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award.

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