David Norman Yazbek was born on 1961 and is an American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist.
18 Facts About David Yazbek
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David Yazbek wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Band's Visit, and Tootsie.
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David Yazbek's father is of Lebanese descent, and his mother was of half Italian and half Jewish ancestry.
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David Yazbek began cello lessons in elementary school and took up the piano as a teenager.
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David Yazbek directed a production of Hair with the student theatre group Production Workshop, for which he composed an original song to complement the classic score.
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David Yazbek won an Emmy Award as part of Letterman's writing team in 1986, but quit to pursue his love of music.
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An accomplished musician, David Yazbek has released five rock albums to date which highlight his unique perspective and wry sense of humor.
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David Yazbek has written many songs and background music for children's television shows, especially those produced for Disney's cable television channel.
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David Yazbek has produced tracks for the band XTC, and its lead singer Andy Partridge has collaborated on David Yazbek's solo albums.
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David Yazbek has written for or produced recordings by Spacehog, Tito Puente, The Persuasions, and Queen Sarah Saturday.
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The Full Monty ran for two years before closing, and for his work David Yazbek was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music.
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David Yazbek wrote the music and lyrics to the musical adaptation of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which opened on Broadway in 2005, featuring John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, Joanna Gleason, and Gregory Jbara.
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David Yazbek was again nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for Best Original Score, and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics.
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David Yazbek wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the 1988 Pedro Almodovar film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
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David Yazbek won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for his efforts on this show.
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David Yazbek wrote the music and lyrics for the musical adaptation of the 1982 film Tootsie, with a book by Robert Horn.
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In 2007, David Yazbek began developing the music and lyrics for Bruce Lee: Journey to the West, a stage musical based on the life of martial artist Bruce Lee.
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On June 12,2013, it was announced that David Yazbek would be replacing the Barenaked Ladies to write the score to the musical adaptation of National Lampoon's Animal House, with a book by Michael Mitnick.