Jeanine Tesori
Jeanine Tesori is a composer whose BroadwayWorld credits include Kimberly Akimbo, Shrek The Musical, and Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity). Awards include Tony Awards for Kimberly Akimbo (2023).
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[ 2008 ] music by
[ 2021 ] Aspiring Composer and Lyricist #22
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Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo
Jeanine Tesori, Kimberly Akimbo
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Jeanine Tesori, Soft Power
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Jeanine Tesori, Soft Power
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Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home
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Jeanine Tesori, Shrek The Musical
Jeanine Tesori, Shrek the Musical
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Jeanine Tesori, Caroline, or Change
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Jeanine Tesori, Thoroughly Modern Millie
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Jeanine Tesori, Twelfth Night
Jeanine Tesori, Violet
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Video: Louise Pitre Leads Canadian Premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO
by Joshua Wright - 2026-01-22 11:12:19
Video: Sam Pinkleton Reacts to Tony Win for Best Director of a Play
by Joey Mervis - 2025-06-09 00:08:35
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by Stephi Wild - Aug 18, 2026
Festival Opera will present a three-concert Salon Series in Piedmont, featuring resident artists, an operatic mad scenes program, and the world premiere of BORDERS OF DREAMING by Juan Sebastián Cardona Ospina.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 13, 2026
Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn will star in Mozart's Don Giovanni, directed by Robert Falls and conducted by Enrique Mazzola, launching Lyric Opera of Chicago's new season.
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 12, 2026
On Thursday, August 27th at 7:30pm, Thanasis Theatre Company will be making its New York City debut with an industry staged reading of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in The Band at The Producer’s Club on west 44th St. Tickets are free.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 12, 2026
PRIMARY STAGES' 2026 Fall Gala will honor Ann Harada with the Einhorn Mentorship Award, Cherry Lane Alternative with the Andrew Leynse Commitment to New Plays Award, and Cathy Bendall with the inaugural Theater Service Award.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2026
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for Kimberly Akimbo ahead of its UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre. Michael Longhurst’s new production of the Tony Award-winning musical will begin previews in August.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2026
TCG Books has published The Balusters, a new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire, following its five Tony Award nominations including Best Play.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2026
Kennedy Caughell, currently starring as Jersey in the national tour of HELL'S KITCHEN, has released her debut album 'Just the Beginning' via Center Stage Records, featuring three world premiere recordings and guest vocalists including Jason Gotay and Shoba Narayan.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2026
After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2026
Luna Composition Lab announced its 2026-27 season, continuing the Luna Lab@10 anniversary initiative featuring over 90 new commissions for 50 alumni, with premieres by Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, and more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2026
Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company has revealed its 2026/27 Mainstage Season, featuring a lineup of distinct and wide-ranging productions, including reimagined songs by Bob Dylan to Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and more.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2026
Southbank Theatre Company announced an upcoming production of FUN HOME, the Tony Award-winning musical, set to run in September.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2026
Southbank Theatre Company will present the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, to launch its sixth season, Origin Stories, at Shelton Auditorium on the Butler University campus in Indianapolis.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 29, 2026
Daniela Candillari has revealed 2026–2027 season anchored by performances at Boston Lyric Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, alongside debuts with Seattle Opera and Baluarte Teatro in Spain.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2026
Mānoa Valley Theatre will present SHREK THE MUSICAL at Kaimuki Performing Arts Center in Honolulu, featuring Andrew Baker as Shrek and Alana Clayson as Fiona in the Tony Award-winning fairy tale musical.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 11, 2026
Stagedoor Manor and the Entertainment Community Fund will present Stagedoor 50: A One-Night-Only Concert celebrating 50 Years Of Stagedoor Manor Benefitting the Entertainment Community Fund.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2026
Tom Stoppard's Jumpers will be revived at Hampstead Theatre later this year, alongside the premieres of three new plays. Learn more about the lineup here!
by Greg Kerestan - Jun 10, 2026
I've always been a comics guy, ever since I was five years old and discovered my dad's shipping crate full of seventies and eighties cult titles like Howard the Duck and Doctor Strange.
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 4, 2026
Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International announced that Kimberly Akimbo, the winner of the most Tony Awards of the 2022–2023 season, including Best Musical, is now available for licensing.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2026
Olney Theatre Center announced two Tony Award-winning productions for its 2026-27 season: the musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO, directed by Ethan Heard, and John Patrick Shanley's DOUBT: A PARABLE, directed by Hallie Gordon.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2026
Farmers Alley Theatre announced its 2026/2027 mainstage lineup, featuring COME FROM AWAY, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, LOST IN YONKERS, and a Kalamazoo Premiere comedy as the Kalamazoo company enters its 19th season.
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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).
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).
- 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 for music (Obie Awards) for Violet - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award)
