David Yazbek
Sound1961 (65)New York City, New York, USA
David Norman Yazbek (born 1961) is an American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals The Full Monty (2000), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2004), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010), The Band's Visit (2017), Tootsie (2019), and Dead Outlaw (2025). He won a Tony Award and a Grammy Award for The Band's Visit. He also consulted on the musical Buena Vista Social Club, for which he won another Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
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2026Starlight ExpressMovieLyricist
2026Original SoundMovieas Hugo
2023LeoMovieThanks- 2014What Cheer?MovieExecutive Producer
1997Bear in the Big Blue HouseTV showSongs · 1 episodes
1996Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?TV showOriginal Music Composer · 99 episodes- 1993The ContendersMovieOriginal Music Composer
1991Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?TV showOriginal Music Composer · 119 episodes
1988Lip ServiceMovieOriginal Music Composer- —Dead OutlawMovieas Self · Songs · Original Music Composer