David Yazbek
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.
Movies (7)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express: Live on Stage
2026 · Lyricist

Original Sound
2026 · Hugo

Leo
2023 · Thanks
What Cheer?
2014 · Executive Producer
The Contenders
1993 · Original Music Composer

Lip Service
1988 · Original Music Composer
Dead Outlaw
· Self, Songs, Original Music Composer


