Tom Kitt (musician)

Tom Kitt
Kitt in 2024
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 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. 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 he won two Grammy Awards for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021 and Hell's Kitchen in 2025.