Overview

The first-ever book to tell the stories of the hundreds of inspiring women who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals A supplemental PDF is included with the audio. There were the women who pounded the pavement selling their songs in Tin Pan Alley at the turn of the twentieth century, to the women who broke new ground writing shows during the Great Depression, to the women who penned protest musicals fighting for social justice during the 1970s, to those who are revitalizing the landscape of American musicals today. Women Writing Musicals is the first-ever book to tell the story of the legacy that our history books left out. Author Jennifer Ashley Tepper offers here the definitive audiobook on the topic, covering prolific and celebrated writers in the theater canon, like Betty Comden and Jeanine Tesori, to women who wrote musicals but gained fame elsewhere, like Dolly Parton and Sara Bareilles, and names you have never heard of--but definitely should have. Among the gems shared here: The story of Clara Driscoll, who saved the Alamo and also wrote a Broadway musical The first all-female writing team for a musical--in 1924 The career of Micki Grant who, in 1972, became the first Black woman to write the book, music, and lyrics for the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, which became a giant hit

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""[A] treasure trove of stories...Lee's precise delivery complements Tepper's comprehensive research...This audiobook is a treat."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""A winning book on the unsung heroines of Broadway musicals that will be appreciated by readers of women's studies and theater lore."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""Each story about an individual writer who contributed to the fabric of the art form was illuminating, inspiring, or both! Anyone passionate about theatre will be galvanized to champion musicals, songs, and scripts written by women after reading this indispensable book."" -- ""Laura Benanti, Tony Award-winning actor and singer"" ""It's a fun, important book...a long-overdue tribute."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Tepper takes us on a glorious ride."" -- ""Ted Chapin, author of Everything Was Possible and co-founder of City Center Encores"" ""The stories about these amazing women are so inspiring!...How meaningful it is to put girl power where it belongs: in the spotlight."" -- ""Kristin Chenoweth, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer"" ""With Women Writing Musicals, she is putting the women back in the narrative where they belong and highlighting generations of unsung innovators and theater makers."" -- ""Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pulitzer Prize-winning American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist""

Author Information

Jennifer Ashley Tepper is a musical theatre historian and producer and has worked on Broadway shows including Godspell, The Performers, and Macbeth. She is the co-creator and writer of the Bistro Award-winning concert series If It Only Even Runs a Minute, which celebrates underappreciated musicals. In addition, Tepper is Managing Editor of The Best Plays Theater Yearbook. She is also the Creative and Programming Director at Feinstein's/54 Below, and the author of The Untold Stories of Broadway book series. She is the creator of The Jonathan Larson Project and historian consultant for the film version of tick, tick...BOOM! In 2020, Tepper received a 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award. Jenn Lee is an audiobook narrator. A former Broadway actress and current TV casting director for Silent Crow Arts, she began narrating after doing some documentary work for American Experience. Raised in New York City, Texas, and Denver, she currently lives in the Hudson Valley.

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