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Jeanine Tesori

American composer and musical arranger

Jeanine Tesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson, (born 1961) is an American composer and musical arranger best known for her work in the theater. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with six Broadway musicals, six Tony Award nominations, and five Grammy Award nominations for Best Musical Theater Album. She won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play for Nicholas Hytner's production of Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center, the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for Caroline, or Change, the 2015 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Fun Home (shared with Lisa Kron), making them the first female writing team to win that award, and the 2023 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Kimberly Akimbo (shared with David Lindsay-Abaire). She was named a Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist twice for Fun Home and Soft Power.

Her major works include Kimberly Akimbo; Fun Home; Caroline, or Change; Shrek the Musical; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and Violet.

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Works

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  • "I leapt out of the closet…”
  • "It was great to have you home…”
  • "Read a book…”
  • Blue
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Birth That Baby Boy to Term
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Damn, Girl!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Forgive Our Sistah. She Knows Not What She Do
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Ha! Ha, Ha, Ha!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: I Love Him
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: I Was in the Heyday of Being in Love
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: I'm Gonna Strap My Baby on My Back
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: I'm Having This Boy. I'm Keeping This Boy Close
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Scrape the Wax Off Your Wings
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Transition to Scene 2
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: Urgent! Drop Ev'rything!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: We Wish On Ev'rything You Can Wish On
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: What About Your Obsession?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: You Havin' a What?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 1: You Married a Cop?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 2: Cup Your Hand Under His Head and Neck
  • Blue, Act I Scene 2: Hello...Hello, My Son
  • Blue, Act I Scene 2: Hello...Mom!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 2: How You Doin', Baby?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 2: I'm Somebody's Mother
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: Go, Go, Go!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: Halftime! We're All Yours, Buddy
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: Here's a Toast
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: How Did You Produce a Son?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: How Do You Feel?
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: I've Got a Baby Boy
  • Blue, Act I Scene 3: Welcome to the Daddy Club!
  • Blue, Act I Scene 4: Introduction
  • Blue, Act I Scene 4: You Not Getting Off That Easy
  • Blue: Prologue
  • Changing My Major
  • Come to the Fun Home
  • Days and Days
  • Edges of the World
  • Flying Away (Finale)
  • Fun Home
  • Helen’s Étude
  • I'm a Believer
  • It All Comes Back (Opening)
  • Maps
  • Not Too Bad
  • Party Dress
  • Pony Girl
  • Raincoat of Love
  • Ring of Keys
  • Telephone Wire
  • Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue
  • “A flair for the dramatic…”
  • “Clueless in New York…”
  • “Just had a good talk with dad…”
  • “Let me introduce you to my gay dad…”
  • “Shortly after we were married…”
  • “Sometimes my father appeared to enjoy having children…”
  • “Thanks for the care package…”
  • “This is what I have of you…”
  • “You ready to go for that drive?…”