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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
Mother Courage and Her Children
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Composer
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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SHREK THE MUSICAL & More Set for Emerson Colonial Theatre Fall 2024 Line-Up Photo
SHREK THE MUSICAL & More Set for Emerson Colonial Theatre Fall 2024 Line-Up

The Emerson Colonial Theatre has revealed it's fall season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
SHREK THE MUSICAL To Make Two Stops In The Bay Area in December Photo
SHREK THE MUSICAL To Make Two Stops In The Bay Area in December

An all-new version of SHREK THE MUSICAL will depart Duloc to embark on a cross-country national tour that includes two stops in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Video: Carolee Carmello and Miguel Gil Sing 'Now' at KIMBERLY AKIMBO Tour Sitzprobe Photo
Video: Carolee Carmello and Miguel Gil Sing 'Now' at KIMBERLY AKIMBO Tour Sitzprobe

Watch Carolee Carmello and Miguel Gil sing 'Now' during the Kimberly Akimbo North American Tour sitzprobe in the video here!
Interview: Theatre Life with Danny Troob Photo
Interview: Theatre Life with Danny Troob

Today’s subject, Danny Troob, has been living his theatre life for over 50 years as an accomplished orchestrator and dance music composer. You can currently hear his orchestral brilliance in Signature Theatre’s production of Soft Power. The show runs through September 15th in The MAX.
Works & Process to Present The Metropolitan Opera's GROUDED by Jeanine Tesori Photo
Works & Process to Present The Metropolitan Opera's GROUDED by Jeanine Tesori

Works & Process announced a presentation of The Metropolitan Opera's Grounded by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by George Brant at the Guggenheim's Peter B. Lewis Theater. Learn how to attend.
National Alliance For Musical Theatre Announces Grant Recipients For 2023/2024 Photo
National Alliance For Musical Theatre Announces Grant Recipients For 2023/2024

The cast for the upcoming production of THE LION KING at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco has been announced, featuring a mix of new and returning performers.
Shaina Taub Will Host Broadway for Harris Community Launch Photo
Shaina Taub Will Host Broadway for Harris Community Launch

Shaina Taub, creator and star of Broadway’s Tony-winning Suffs, will host the Broadway for Harris Community Launch Call tonight, Monday, August 26 from 6:00-7:00pm ET. The call will take place over Zoom and is open to the public.
Phillip Officer to Pay Tribute to Mabel Mercer in YOU FASCINATE ME SO at Birdland The Photo
Phillip Officer to Pay Tribute to Mabel Mercer in YOU FASCINATE ME SO at Birdland Theater

Phillip Officer will pay tribute to Mabel Mercer in 'You Fascinate Me So' at Birdland Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.
The Metropolitan Opera to Open 2024�"25 Season With Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED Photo
The Metropolitan Opera to Open 2024�"25 Season With Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED

The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 season opens with the company premiere of GROUNDED. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO To Have West Coast Debut At San Diego Civic Theatre Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO To Have West Coast Debut At San Diego Civic Theatre

The acclaimed musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO makes its West Coast debut in San Diego. Discover the story of a teenager with a rare condition navigating high school and family challenges.
70+ Broadway Stars Unite in Support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Photo
70+ Broadway Stars Unite in Support of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

New York’s theater community is organizing to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election. Broadway for Harris is a volunteer coalition of industry professionals and theater enthusiasts united to elect Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and down ballot Democratic candidates this November.
Original Cast Members Will Return For SWEPT AWAY on Broadway; Full Cast Revealed! Photo
Original Cast Members Will Return For SWEPT AWAY on Broadway; Full Cast Revealed!

The Avett Brothers’ new musical Swept Away will star the returning principal cast members from the show’s run at Berkeley Repertory and Arena Stage. Learn more about the full cast here!
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL JR at Studio 42 & Co Photo
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL JR at Studio 42 & Co

Based in Manila, which is just about as far northeast as you can go before driving into Missouri, Studio 42 & Co can be found fostering transformative experiences that nurture personal growth, creative expression, and collaborative skills in their young performers. This is true for their most recent production of SHREK THE MUSICAL, JR, which was presented in the Manila High School Auditorium August 1-4, and Directed by Executive Director Kennedy Joslynn Baker. Everyone from the young to young at heart was entertained by the humor, catchy songs, and relatable characters that graced the stage. We all had a great time.  
Review: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre Photo
Review: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre

Soft Power at Signature Theatre, is lush and polished, wacky and worrisome, absurdist and cautionary. It’s a tightrope of high political stakes and a zany montage of the US and China. As we head into high season of the 2024 election, the timing is perfect for staging the recently revised musical by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori.
Photos: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre Photo
Photos: SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre

Get a first look at photos of Soft Power at Signature Theatre. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
From Encores! to Broadway Photo
From Encores! to Broadway

This time, the reader question was: How often do City Center Encores! shows transfer to Broadway?
Exclusive Video: First Look at SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre Photo
Exclusive Video: First Look at SOFT POWER at Signature Theatre

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at Soft Power at Singature Theatre, a musical fantasia with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang. Check out the cast in action!
Full Cast Set For Carolee Carmello-Led KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour Photo
Full Cast Set For Carolee Carmello-Led KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour

As previously announced, Carolee Carmello will lead the cast of the National Tour of Kimberly Akimbo, which kicks off next month. Learn more about the full cast here!
SHUCKED, ALI World Premiere & More Set for Broadway In Chicago 24-25 Season Photo
SHUCKED, ALI World Premiere & More Set for Broadway In Chicago 24-25 Season

Broadway In Chicago has revealed its new season lineup featuring a mix of classic and contemporary shows. See the full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Whoopi Goldberg, Ariana DeBose, Patti LuPone, & More Named Honorary Co-Chairs For the Photo
Whoopi Goldberg, Ariana DeBose, Patti LuPone, & More Named Honorary Co-Chairs For the Black Theatre United 2024 Gala

Black Theatre United has announced a star-studded lineup of Honorary Co-Chairs for its second annual Gala on Monday, September 30, 2024 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Learn more here!
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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?

Jeanine Tesori has received numerous nominations for her work in musical theater. She was nominated for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for Kimberly Akimbo. Additionally, she received nominations for Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards and Outstanding Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, both for Kimberly Akimbo. She was also nominated for Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards and Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Soft Power, as well as receiving a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Soft Power. Tesori has been recognized as a Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee by The Lortels. Her work on Fun Home earned her nominations for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards, along with a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. For Shrek The Musical, she received nominations for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards. Her musical Caroline, or Change garnered nominations for Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards, as well as Special Citations at the Obie Awards. Tesori's work on Thoroughly Modern Millie was recognized with a nomination for Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards, and she received nominations for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for both Thoroughly Modern Millie and Twelfth Night. For her musical Violet, she was nominated for Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards and Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, along with receiving Special Citations for music at the Obie Awards. Lastly, she was honored with the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award.

What awards has Jeanine Tesori won?

Jeanine Tesori has received several prestigious awards, including: - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo - Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) 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 Caroline, or Change - Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Caroline, or Change - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Violet - Special Citations music for Violet (Obie Awards) - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award)

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