{"title":"David Yazbek","role":"Music and Lyrics","image":"","lede":null,"content":"<p><strong>DAVID YAZBEK <\/strong>(<em>Music and Lyrics)<\/em>. Broadway: Music and Lyrics for <em>The Band\u2019s Visit<\/em> (10 Tony Awards), <em>Dead Outlaw <\/em>(Drama Desk, Outer Critics, NY Drama Critics awards.) <em>Tootsie<\/em>, <em>Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty<\/em>. Larry David\u2019s <em>Fish In The Dark.<\/em> <em>The Roommate<\/em>. Albums: Solo Albums include <em>The Laughing Man, Tock, Damascus!, Tape Recorder, Evil Monkey Man.<\/em> He is currently completing a new album and continues to perform with his band. <em>The New York Times<\/em> called him \u201cA daredevil juggler catching spiked pins in the traveling carnival of his imagination.\u201c He has co-produced all of his cast-albums including <em>The Band\u2019s Visit<\/em> and <em>Buena Vista Social Club<\/em> (Grammy Awards for both.) TV and Film: <em>Boardwalk Empire, Late Night with David Letterman <\/em>(Emmy Award Outsanding  Writing), over 600 songs, including the infamous <em>Carmen Sandiego<\/em> Theme. Dozens of scripts for episodic TV and film. In the works are <em>Whiz-Bang<\/em>, a new musical with Jeffrey Lane- David Cromer directing, <em>A Dead Outlaw<\/em> documentary film, and a one-man show he\u2019s been workshopping at regional theaters across the country. Yazbek has received every major American Theater award, many grants and honors and, most recently, a thorough colonoscopy from Digestive Disease Associates of Rockland County.<\/p>","website":"","alt":""}