Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we celebrate March 8 by spotlighting 22 incredible women who broke the male dominated-world of musical theatre writing and created the music and/or lyrics to some truly incredible, original Broadway scores. Lose yourself in these songs created by women for women on Broadway.
Mary Rodgers, Music for Once Upon a Mattress
Betty Comden, Lyrics for Bells Are Ringing
Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, Music & lyrics for The Secret Garden
Cyndi Lauper, Music & lyrics for Kinky Boots
Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics & music for Fun Home
Dolly Parton, Music & lyrics for 9 to 5
Sara Bareilles, Music & lyrics for Waitress
Jeanine Tesori, Music for Caroline, or Change
Irene Sankoff, Music & lyrics for Come From Away *
Carol Hall, Music & lyrics for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Nell Benjamin, Music & lyrics for Legally Blonde *
Edie Brickell, Music & lyrics for Bright Star*
Lisa Lambert, Music & lyrics for The Drowsy Chaperone*
Amanda Green, Music & lyrics for Hands on a Hardbody*
Lynn Ahrens, Lyrics for Once On This Island
Mindi Dickstein, Lyrics for Little Women
Jill Santoriello, Music & lyrics for A Tale of Two Cities
Brenda Russell & Allee Willis, Music and lyrics for The Color Purple*
Markéta Irglová, Music & lyrics for Once*
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Music & lyrics for Frozen*
* denotes that the score had additional writing team partners.
