Tom Kitt (musician)

Tom Kitt
Kitt in May 2018
Born
Thomas Robert Kitt
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, orchestrator, musician
SpouseRita Pietropinto (m. 2000)
Children3
AwardsPulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award
Outer Critics Circle Award
Primetime Emmy Award
Grammy Award

Thomas Robert Kitt[1] is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey.[2] He has also won two Tony Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal, as well as Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations for If/Then and SpongeBob SquarePants. He has been nominated for eight Drama Desk Awards, winning one, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021.

  1. ^ "WEDDINGS - Rita Pietropinto, Thomas Kitt". The New York Times. 2000-10-29. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Drama". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2015-09-30.