David Zippel is an American Tony Award-winning Musical theatre lyricist. Credits include: CITY OF ANGELS (1989): original musical with book by Larry Gelbart and music by Cy Coleman. Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, Best Actor (James Naughton Best Featured Actress (Randy Graff), and Best Set Design (Robin Wagner). THE GOODBYE GIRL (1993): musical with book by Neil Simon. PRINCESSES (2003): loosely inspired by A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnett. THE WOMAN IN WHITE (2004): adaptation of the novel by Wilkie Collins. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Charlotte Jones. Zippel also wrote the lyrics to the Disney films HERCULES and MULAN.
