From Byram to Broadway: Catching up with Byram Hills Alum Tom Kitt – The Inside Press

PHOTO BY CATHY PINSKY It’s the day after the 2025 Tony Awards, and I have the distinct pleasure to Zoom with Tony-, Emmy-, Grammy- and Pulitzer-winner, the uber-hyphenated (singer/songwriter/composer/lyricist/musical director-supervisor-arranger and orchestrator) artist, Tom Kitt. This is the first time in four years that Tom has not had a show in the evening’s lineup, and he laughingly shared that “muscle memory” almost kicked in to start him dressing for the event, only to realize he could watch, clap-for and be inspired by his friends and co-workers, all from the comfort of his couch. That said, he and his wife Rita Pietropinto-Kitt, did attend a number of afterparties, returning home late enough that it was almost morning, so I was doubly grateful for his time and graciousness in speaking with me. Born Thomas Robert Kitt in 1974, Tom, along with his two older siblings, spent his early years in Port Washington on Long Island but moved with his parents to Westchester and the Armonk school district as a middle school student in 1987. This is where and when the magic began, and Tom Kitt came into his own. As most of us know from our own childhoods and those of our
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