Episode 37: Jeanine Tesori

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Tony nominated composer of "Fun Home" talks her five-year journey with the piece -- how she and book writer Lisa Kron worked tirelessly to turn Alison Bechdel's graphic novel into the groundbreaking Tony-nominated musical. She also shares stories from her tremendous career composing the music for such shows as "Violet," "Caroline, or Change," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," and "Shrek."

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0:00.0	Hey podcast listeners, there are just two days left in our Kickstarter campaign. We are so, so
0:05.5	grateful for everyone who's donated so far. If you've been meeting to donate and you haven't yet,
0:10.1	please do before time runs out. We are grateful for any amount you'd like to toss our way.
0:14.9	We still have a ton of great rewards for donating, including a complete headshot session with
0:18.9	the great Diana Bush, who's offering her services
0:21.4	at a huge discount.
0:22.9	There are still a few tickets to our next live show, which we've already started planning.
0:26.1	It's going to be epic, I promise.
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0:32.3	You can find the link to the Kickstarter on our website, which is www.
0:35.7	www.deaterpeople.com. That's theater within ERPPL.com or by searching
0:42.6	Kickstarter for the theater people podcast. What an amazing journey this has been. We love you theater
0:48.9	people. Okay, now to the show. Yeah. I'm Lynn Manuel Miranda. I'm Celia Keanu Bolger.
0:54.9	This is Queen Leslie.
0:55.9	I'm Robin DeHsuz.
0:56.9	I'm Aaron Davy.
0:57.6	Hi, this is Ellen Marie Marsh.
0:59.1	I'm LaShaan.
0:59.9	I'm Telle Leong.
1:00.8	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
1:02.1	I'm Laura Osniz.
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