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Jeanine Tesori

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Composer b. 1961

Prolific composer known for emotionally rich scores across diverse subjects.

Also credited on8 works

Thoroughly Modern Millie
Caroline, or Change
Fun Home
Shrek the Musical
Kimberly Akimbo
Violet
Swing!
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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In the literature8 passages

  • He interested Michael Mayer, the eventual director, and in 1997, both of them approached Jeanine Tesori to coordinate the music. Later they’d ask her to write a little. Later still they asked her to write substantially more. The dozen songs she composed had lyrics by Scanlan.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Caroline, or Change (2003–2004) had Tony Kushner of Angels in America fame as its book writer/lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, whose Thoroughly Modern Millie (2001–2002) won Best Musical and lost Best Score (to Urinetown ) composed.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • That book writer/lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire and composer Jeanine Tesori slavishly followed the film’s template made it seem a little dull. Once again, Shrek was an ogre whose lack of looks made people fearful of him, which made him rationalize that he didn’t need anyone or anything.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • It was a good experience because Jeanine Tesori and Ted Sperling got together and did a fabulous arrangement of “Brotherhood of Man.” People think I won a Tony Award for that.ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt
  • Of course, he brought a new musical with him: Violet, by the 36-year-old composer Jeanine Tesori and the 35-year-old lyricist Brian Crawley. Violet opened at Playwrights in March 1997. The story of a facially scarred teenaged girl down South in the '6os who sets off on a bus journey in search of a televangelist she believes has the power…ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • Jeanine Tesori's view was similarly optimistic but grounded in a very particular pragmatism. "1 have to believe in the future," Tesori said, "I'm the mother of a six-year-old."ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt

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