David Yazbek: A Few Cheery Songs About Death
January 4, 2026
7 Broadway shows, 5 albums, Tony®, Emmy and Grammy Awards- How does he do it? He has no idea but he’ll try to figure it out and maybe you can help. When he’s not unloading on you, The Band’s Visit composer David Yazbek will play and sing songs from his shows and albums. It’ll be great therapy for Yazbek and the best part is, you’re paying!
David Yazbek’s Broadway credits include music and lyrics for The Band’s Visit (10 Tony® Awards), Dead Outlaw, Tootsie, Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Larry David’s Fish In The Dark, The Roommate, and Buena Vista Social Club (Producer/Creative Consultant.)
Solo albums include The Laughing Man, Tock, Damascus!, Tape Recorder, and Evil Monkey Man.
He is currently completing a new album and continues to perform with his band. The New York Times called him “A daredevil juggler catching spiked pins in the traveling carnival of his imagination.“ He has co-produced all of his cast albums including The Band’s Visit (Grammy Award).
TV and film: “Boardwalk Empire,” “Late Night with David Letterman” (Emmy Award Best Writing), hundreds of songs, including the infamous “Carmen Sandiego” Theme. Dozens of scripts for episodic TV.
In the works are a new musical with Jeffrey Lane, A Dead Outlaw documentary film and other secret exciting stuff.
Yazbek has received every major American Theater award, many grants and honors and, most recently, a successful colonoscopy from Digestive Disease Associates of Rockland.
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