David Yazbek has become one of Broadway's preeminent composer/lyricists. Three of his shows, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown have been nominated for Best Score Tony Awards. He is a Tony Award winner for his most recent musical, The Band's Visit, which opened on Broadway to rave reviews and has been named to every Best of the Year list for 2017. The show also received 10 Tony Awards, as well as the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical. He's also received three Grammy nominations and a Drama Desk Award. Yazbek won an Outstanding Writing Emmy Award for his stint on "Late Night with David Letterman." He scored the last season of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," wrote the theme song to "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego," and has written hundreds of songs, scripts, scores and jingles for adult and children's TV. As a recording artist, Yazbek is responsible for five albums—The Laughing Man, Tock, Damascus, Tape Recorder, and Evil Monkey Man. He has written and/or produced for such acts as XTC, Ruben Blades, The Persuasions, Joe Jackson, Tito Puente and many others. As a performer, he and his band are engaged in an ongoing series of monthly shows at NYC's 54 Below club.
David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw
David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw
David YazbekDead Outlaw
David YazbekDead Outlaw
David Yazbek, Dead Outlaw
David Yazbek, Tootsie
David Yazbek, Tootsie
David Yazbek, Tootsie
David Yazbek, Tootsie
David Yazbek, Tootsie
David Yazbek, The Band's Visit
David Yazbek, The Band's Visit
David Yazbek, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
David Yazbek, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
David Yazbek, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
David Yazbek, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
David Yazbek, The Full Monty
David Yazbek, The Full Monty
David Yazbek, The Full Monty
David Yazbek has written 7 shows including Mojo (Music), The Full Monty (Composer), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Composer), Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (Lyricist), The Band's Visit (Music and Lyrics), Tootsie (Composer & Lyricist), Dead Outlaw (Music & Lyrics).
David Yazbek has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "Dead Outlaw." He also received nominations for Outstanding Orchestrations at the Drama Desk Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same show. Other nominations include Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "Tootsie," as well as Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for the same show. Yazbek was also nominated for Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "Tootsie" and "The Band's Visit." Additionally, he received nominations for Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Tootsie" and "The Band's Visit." Other nominations include Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations at the Drama Desk Awards for "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," as well as Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for the same show. Yazbek was also nominated for Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Full Monty," and received nominations for Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Full Monty."
David Yazbek has won several awards for his work in Broadway shows. He won Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "Tootsie," Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "Tootsie," Best Original Score at the Tony Awards for "The Band's Visit," Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Band's Visit," Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Full Monty," and Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Full Monty."
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