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20 Musical Theatre Songs Written by Women for Women on Broadway

Last updated March 8th, 2019 by Josh Ferri
20 Musical Theatre Songs Written by Women for Women on Broa…

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.

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