David Yazbeck
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Tony Award-winning composer David Yazbeck will write original songs for Jen Silverman's Broadway premiere. Roommate, Previews have been running since August 29 at the Booth Theatre prior to the September 12 opening. Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow star in the show, which is directed by Jack O'Brien.
Yazbeck won a Tony Award for Best Original Score in 2018. Band visits, The show won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2018, and he was also nominated in the Musical category. The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scundles, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Toothy. Last season, Yazbek won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics in a Musical. Dead Outlaw. Roommate Yazbeck will be composing music for a Broadway show for Larry David's Fish in the dark 2015.
Description “A one-act play about a second act” Roommate It depicts the budding intimacy between two women from very different backgrounds as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention.
participate Roommate's creative team consists of wig, hair, and makeup designers Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, and associate directors Marsha Mason and Simone Sohl, with Sohl also directing movement direction. As previously announced, the design team includes set and costume design by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Natasha Katz, and sound design by Mikaal Sulaiman.