Female Composers?

[Broadway Style]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:57pm

I was just thinking about all the musical theatre composers I know off-hand(not too many) and I was struck by the lack of estrogen. Is there a reason that there aren't very many female Broadway composers? or are there a lot that I, in my ignorance, am just unaware of?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 9:58pm

Jeanine Tesori

[Broadway Style]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:00pm

Ah- I forgot her. good point :) can you think of any others?

[Caleb]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:01pm

Just off the top of my head:

BROADWAY
Jeanine Tesori
Mary Rodgers
Lucy Simon

OTHERWISE
Jenny Giering
Georgia Stitt
Goldrich & Heisler

There are some female lyricists as well, including Lynn Ahrens, Marsha Norman, and Mindi Dickstein.

[MatthewAddison]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:02pm

Edit- DAMNIT. YOU BEAT ME TO IT.

I hate fast people. I just hate them. Updated On: 8/20/05 at 10:02 PM

[Broadway Style]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:05pm

Thanks Caleb (and Matthew for the effort) for pointing out some of the females most of which I am embarrased to admit I have never heard of. BUT, does anyone else think it is a mostly male-dominated profession?

[neocomposer]

Posted: 8/20/05 at 10:24pm

Hey this is where someone like me likes to come in...yay!

Im a female who is not primarily a composer, in fact I act more than compose and work with kids more than I act...however, I have been published. All that being said, yes you are absolutley right. Usually if a woman is involved with the music of a broadway show its the lyrics. Like Mindi Dickstein for Little Women.

But I hope to change that. Or at least add to the number of women involved.


someday...

Updated On: 8/20/05 at 10:24 PM