Tom Kitt

Tom Kitt is a musical theatre composer and orchestrator whose award-winning work includes the Tony Award-winning score for the musical next to normal (New York, 2008; Broadway, 2009; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2010).

He has written the music for other Broadway shows, including If/Then, Almost Famous, Flying Over Sunset, High Fidelity and Bring it On, The Musical. His work for the stage has also been seen off-Broadway at Second Stage (next to normal, Superhero) and The Public Theater (The Visitor, Shakespeare in the Park).

In addition, his Broadway credits as an orchestrator include next to normal, The SpongeBob Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Almost Famous, Head Over Heels, Everyday Rapture and American Idiot.

His work for film and TV includes vocal arrangement on the Pitch Perfect films, music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for Grease Live, and contributions to Royal Pains, Penny Dreadful and Sesame Street. He also provided music supervision for the NBC series Rise, and served as a Supervising Music Producer on the musical television series Up Here. His musical adaptation of Freaky Friday, co-written with Bridget Carpenter and Brian Yorkey, was turned into an original movie musical for Disney Channel.

He recorded his debut album, Reflect, in 2021.