Jeanine Tesori

January 9, 2024
Composer

Quick Facts

Jeanine Tesori
Full Name Jeanine Tesori
Occupation Composer
Date Of Birth Nov 10, 1961(1961-11-10)
Age 63
Country United States
Horoscope Scorpio

Jeanine Tesori Biography

Name Jeanine Tesori
Birthday Nov 10
Birth Year 1961
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Scorpio
Spouse Michael Rafter
Children(s) Siena Rafter

Jeanine Tesori is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on November 10, 1961 in United States.

Tesori made her Broadway debut when she arranged the dance music for the 1995 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. In 1997 she composed the score for the Off-Broadway musical Violet, for which she won an Obie Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, and arranged the music for the Johnny Mercer revue Dream, which she repeated with the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music and the 1999 revue Swing! She also served as associate conductor for the Broadway productions of The Secret Garden and The Who’s Tommy.

In 2000, Tesori joined forces with lyricist Dick Scanlan to write eleven new songs for a stage adaptation of Thoroughly Modern Millie. A successful run at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego resulted in a transfer to Broadway in 2002, and Tesori was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music.

Jeanine Tesori Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Composer
House Living in own house.

Jeanine Tesori is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeanine Tesori 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jeanine Tesori (born November 10, 1961, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson) is an American composer and musical arranger. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals five Tony Award nominations. 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, and 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. She was named Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist twice for Fun Home and Soft Power.

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Who is Jeanine Tesori Dating?

According to our records, Jeanine Tesori married to Michael Rafter. As of December 1, 2023, Jeanine Tesori’s is not dating anyone.

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The English-version of three songs in the 2016 Tokyo DisneySea stage show Out of Shadowland were written by Tesori. They were sung in Japanese by pop singer Angela Aki.

Facts & Trivia

Horace Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeanine Tesori celebrates birthday on November 10 of every year.

With book and lyrics by David Henry Hwang, Tesori’s new musical, Soft Power, began performances at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, in May 2018 and at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre in June. The musical opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater on September 14, 2019, directed by Leigh Silverman. The musical was named 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist.

What is Jeanine Tesori doing now?

She has produced sixty CD’s for Silver-Burdett Ginn’s Making Music and the original cast albums for Twelfth Night, Violet andCaroline, or Change and Fun Home. Ms. Tesori, a Barnard graduate, is on the council of the Dramatists Guild. She teaches musical theater composition for Yale.

What musicals did Tesori compose?

  • Violet (1997)
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (2000)
  • Caroline, or Change (2003)
  • Shrek The Musical (2008)
  • A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (2011)
  • Fun Home (2013)
  • The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me (2013)
  • Soft Power (2018)

Who wrote the music for Shrek The Musical?

Jeanine Tesori

Who wrote the music for fun home?

Lisa Kron

Who wrote Violet the Musical?

Brian Crawley

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