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A composer and lyricist for the Broadway stage, Yazbek wrote the scores for The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown before The Band's Visit (2017) won him a Tony Award and a Grammy. He returned to Broadway with Tootsie and Dead Outlaw, and separately won a second Grammy consulting on the Buena Vista Social Club musical.