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David Zippel
American musical theatre lyricist, director and producer
b. 1954age 72Living
A lyricist who won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for City of Angels in 1990, then took his sharp, witty style into animation, co-writing songs for Disney's Hercules and Mulan and earning an Academy Award nomination for "Go the Distance." His theater credits span The Goodbye Girl to the 2020 Cinderella revival, working alongside composers including Cy Coleman and Andrew Lloyd Webber.