David Zippel

David Zippel is an American Tony Award-winning Musical theatre lyricist. Credits include:
* Going Hollywood (1981): unproduced adaptation of Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Book by Zippel and Joe Leonardo, music by Jonathan Sheffer.
* 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 (based on his 1977 screenplay and music by Marvin Hamlisch.
* Princesses (2003): loosely inspired by A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Zippel also conceived and directed. Book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, music by Matthew Wilder.
* 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 (music by Alan Menken; the song "Go the Distance" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song) and Mulan (music by Matthew Wilder).

Current unproduced projects include Buzz! (with Menken and Gelbart), The Private Lives of Napoleon and Josephine (with Coleman and Gelbart) and Pamela's First Musical (with Coleman and Wendy Wasserstein, based on Wasserstein's children's book).

Attended Harvard Law School. According to his official biography, "he is delighted not to practice law."