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  1. www.elle.com › jeanine-tesori-career-interviewJeanine Tesori on Her Career and Broadway Hit 'Kimberly Akimbo'

    Nov 3, 2022 · Her new Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, directed by Jessica Stone with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, opens at the Booth Theatre on November 10. “I think it’s a show that carves ...

  2. www.playbill.com › article › my-life-in-the-theatreVideo: How Jeanine Tesori Became the Most-Awarded Female ...

    Jul 3, 2023 · For Jeanine Tesori, looking back on her Broadway career so far is a spectral affair. “Every time I go into the St. James Theatre, I see ghosts of me having a great time, weeping, playing the ...

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  4. www.broadwayworld.com › washington-dc › articleInterview: Theatre Life with Jeanine Tesori - Broadway World

    Dec 3, 2023 · Today’s subject Jeanine Tesori is a two-time Tony Award winning composer whose work spans the gamut from large scale and chamber musicals for Broadway to grand opera and beyond. Her holiday ...

  5. www.centertheatregroup.org › news-and-blogs › newsFive Reasons Jeanine Tesori Inspires us to Go for our Dreams

    • Pioneer Woman. Tesori holds the most Tony Award nominations of any female composer in history, with nominations for Twelfth Night (1993), Caroline, or Change (2003) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (2004) (which ran on Broadway concurrently, another first for a woman), and Shrek the Musical (2008).
    • An Honorary Gilmore Girl? The recent reboot of Gilmore Girls featured a musical composed by Tesori. It was a whirlwind of an experience, with just four short songs (all under two and a half minutes)—the first of which was written in a week!
    • No Net Needed. At the age of 3, Tesori was able to play “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music by ear on the piano; she grew up fluent in both pop and classical music.
    • To the Lighthouse. Tesori was working as a Broadway conductor and arranger in 1992 when she felt like her career had hit a wall. She decided to do something kind of extreme about it: she moved to a lighthouse in Westport, New York for 10 months, where she committed to writing full-time.

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2021/12/29 › theaterJeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of ...

    Dec 29, 2021 · An Rong Xu for The New York Times. By Rob Weinert-Kendt. Dec. 29, 2021. Jeanine Tesori can take apart music and put it back together as well as any composer who’s put note to paper. She can ...

  7. www.npr.org › 2022/11/13 › 1136342559Composer Jeanine Tesori on the new Broadway musical ... - NPR

    Nov 13, 2022 · Jeanine Tesori is the Tony-winning composer behind "Shrek The Musical," "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Fun Home." "Kimberly Akimbo" is her second collaboration with the playwright David Lindsay ...

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  9. www.billboard.com › music › popComposer Jeanine Tesori on Broadway's 'Kimberly Akimbo'

    May 12, 2023 · Composer Jeanine Tesori on her career and Tony nominations for Broadway's 'Kimberly Akimbo' ... I think drum kits in Broadway pits don’t always mike really well, so I’m always looking for ways ...