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.