DESKTOP
BROADWAYSTARS
Today is Monday, July 6, 2026     Broadway Baby Birthdays:     Paul Guilfoyle     Geoffrey Rush     Geraldine James     Sylvester Stallone     Claude-Michel Schönberg     Ned Beatty     Dave Allen     Walter McGinn     Donal Donnelly     Susan Johnson     Janet Leigh     William Whitman     Merv Griffin     Louis Bellson     Earl William     Margaret Phillips     Marie McDonald     Dennis King, Jr.     Nancy Davis     Pfc. William Mauch     Pfc. Robert Mauch     June Gale     Jean Gale     Alois Havrilla     Ralph Morgan     George Meader     Will D. Cobb     Elaine Hyman     Jack Yellen     Jim Gaffigan     Nanci Griffith     Hilary Mantel     Phyllis Hyman     David Porter     Robert Black     Donald McKayle     Hanns Eisler
Contact
The Season
On Broadway
Login

Tonys 2015: Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron lead a big night for women in theater by Saba Hamedy

Although Jeanine Tesori's grandfather was a composer, she didn't realize writing music could be a career for women until she saw Linda Twine conduct "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" in 1981. Fast-forward 34 years to the 2015 Tony Awards, where Tesori and Lisa Kron made history for becoming...

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52am on October 15, 2015 ☆ ⚑

Please log in or create an account to report a problem with this listing.

« Back to BroadwayStars