Video Round-Up: The Music of Jeanine Tesori
With five Broadway musicals and five Tony Award nominations under her belt, Jeanine Tesori is among the most accomplished and revered musical theatre composers in history. As we prepare for our first public performances of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, we are taking a look back at some of Jeanine’s most iconic works from the musical theatre canon.
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Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics:Brian CrawleyBook:
Brian Crawley (based on Doris Betts’s The Ugliest Pilgrim)
Off-Broadway Debut:1997
Broadway Debut: 2014
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Dick Scanlan
Book: Richard Morris & Dick Scanlan (based on the 1967 film)
Broadway Debut: 2002
Caroline, or Change
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Tony Kushner
Book: Tony Kushner
Broadway Debut: 2004
Shrek the Musical
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
Book: David Lindsay-Abaire (based on Shrek by DreamWorks Animation and Shrek! by William Steig)
Broadway Debut: 2008
Fun Home
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Lisa Kron
Book: Lisa Kron (based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel)
Off-Broadway Debut: 2013
Broadway Debut: 2015