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BIO

David Lindsay-Abaire was most recently nominated for two Tony Awards for his work on Shrek The Musical: Best Book of a Musical and Best Score (with composer Jeanine Tesori). Prior to that he was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre lyricist and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway at MTC. Rabbit Hole also received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His other shows include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole is scheduled for release this month. It stars Nicole Kidman and is directed by John Cameron Mitchell. David is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council.

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Productions

The Balusters
 
[Broadway, 2026]
Writer
Shrek The MusicalShrek The Musical
 
[West End, 2024] [Replacement]
Book and Lyrics[Replacement]
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
 
[US Tour, 2024]
Book
RipcordRipcord
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Writer

Writing

Fuddy Meers
Playwright
Kimberly Akimbo
Playwright
Rabbit Hole
Playwright
Good People
Playwright
Ripcord
Author
High Fidelity
Bookwriter
Bookwriter
Shrek the Musical
Bookwriter
Lyricist

Awards and Nominations


winner
Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Book of a Musical

David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo


winner
Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

David Lindsay-AbaireKimberly Akimbo

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lyrics

David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Best Musical

David Lindsay-AbaireKimberly Akimbo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Score

David Lindsay-AbaireKimberly Akimbo

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Play

David Lindsay-Abaire, Good People

Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Play

David Lindsay-Abaire, Good People

Tony Awards - 2009 - Best Book of a Musical

David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek The Musical

Tony Awards - 2009 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek The Musical


winner
- 2008 - Most promising musical theatre lyricist

David Lindsay-Abaire

Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek the Musical

Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Lyrics

David Lindsay-Abaire, Shrek the Musical


winner
The Pulitzer Prize - 2007 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Play

David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole

Helen Hayes Awards - 2001 - The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

David Lindsay-AbaireWonder of the World

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2000 - John Gassner Playwriting Award

David Lindsay-Abaire, Fuddy Meers

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HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Berkeley Rep Photo
HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE World Premiere is Coming to Berkeley Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 3, 2025

Kicking off the new year, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present its 90th world premiere production,  How Shakespeare Saved My Life — an autobiographical and music-filled tour de force written and performed by Jacob Ming-Trent.
Tickets Now On Sale for KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Shea's Performing Arts Center Photo
Tickets Now On Sale for KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Shea's Performing Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2025

Shea’s Performing Arts Center has revealed that individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, are now on-sale.
Video: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Gears Up For A New London Production Photo
Video: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Gears Up For A New London Production
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2025

David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori's five-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo will make its much anticipated European premiere in a brand new production in 2026! Watch a new video featuring the show's Tony-winning creative team Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, and the creatives behind the show's London production as they get ready to bring Kimberly's dream to life across the pond.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO European Premiere and More Come to Hampstead Theatre In 2026 Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO European Premiere and More Come to Hampstead Theatre In 2026
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2025

Hampstead Theatre will present a 2026 season that includes the European premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, alongside five world and European premieres and the London stage directing debut of Stanley Tucci.
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre Photo
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
by Roy Berko - Nov 25, 2025

What did our critic think of SHREK THE MUSICAL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre?
KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour To Make New Jersey Premiere At Count Basie Center For T Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour To Make New Jersey Premiere At Count Basie Center For The Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2025

The national tour of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical, will make its New Jersey premiere at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in May 2026.
Breaking News: Gustavo Barchilon, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Unveils an Ambiti Photo
Breaking News: Gustavo Barchilon, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Unveils an Ambitious 2026 Season Spanning Classics, Premieres, and a Tribute to Brazilian Icons
by Claudio Erlichman - Nov 21, 2025

Award-winning director Gustavo Barchilon, known for Barnum, Something Rotten!, Dreamgirls, Titaníque! and Funny Girl, unveils an ambitious 2026 season spanning revivals, premieres, and tributes. The reopening of Rio’s Teatro Ginástico will present Barchilon’s musical homage to Brazilian icon Bibi Ferreira. In São Paulo, Shrek – The Musical returns with Thiago Abravanel, while Barchilon leads the Brazilian premieres of The Seven Year Disappear and the Tony-nominated Mother Play. He also directs Into the Words, an intimate Sondheim project, and brings Laila Garin’s acclaimed solo show to São Paulo. Meanwhile, the hit comedy Curto-Circuito expands with a national tour and performances in Portugal and the U.S.
Tickets On Sale For The New Jersey Premiere Of KIMBERLY AKIMBO This Week Photo
Tickets On Sale For The New Jersey Premiere Of KIMBERLY AKIMBO This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

The Count Basie Center for the Arts has revealed that tickets are now available for the New Jersey premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Meet the Cast of MARJORIE PRIME, Now Playing on Broadway Photo
Meet the Cast of MARJORIE PRIME, Now Playing on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2025

Second Stage Theater's production of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime begins previews tonight, November 20, on Broadway, directed by Tony Award Nominee and Obie Award-winner Anne Kauffman. Meet the cast of Marjorie Prime here!
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Video: Renée Elise Goldsberry Talks Returning to Broadway in THE BALUSTERS
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 17, 2025

On The Jennifer Hudson Show, Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry shared her excitement for returning to Broadway in The Balusters next Spring. Check out the interview now.
Photos: First look at Sunbury Performing Arts Presents SHREK THE MUSICAL JR. Photo
Photos: First look at Sunbury Performing Arts Presents SHREK THE MUSICAL JR.
by Jerri Shafer - Nov 14, 2025

Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek. One day, Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits who have been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions.
Photos: First Look at SHREK at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre Photo
Photos: First Look at SHREK at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 12, 2025

Newport World Resorts’ production of 'Shrek the Musical,' based on the Dreamworks animated film, has officially launched with a sold-out opening weekend and delighted audiences on its official gala night.
Exclusive: Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Zachary Pang Talk KIMBERLY AKIMBO Photo
Exclusive: Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Zachary Pang Talk KIMBERLY AKIMBO
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 1, 2025

'Kimberly Akimbo,' featuring the engaging music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics and book by David Lindsay-Abaire, is not your ordinary musical.
SHREK THE MUSICAL Comes To Kwinana Photo
SHREK THE MUSICAL Comes To Kwinana
by Stephi Wild - Oct 31, 2025

Koorliny Arts Centre will bring the larger-than-life Broadway hit Shrek The Musical to the stage this November. This production is packed with laughter, heart, and a whole lot of swamp magic.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO Will Play The Segal Centre Photo
KIMBERLY AKIMBO Will Play The Segal Centre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2025

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts and David and Hannah Mirvish will co-present Kimberly Akimbo, a musical that is as original as it is deeply moving, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori.
Photos: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Now Plays in Singapore Photo
Photos: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Now Plays in Singapore
by Oliver Oliveros - Oct 26, 2025

Pangdemonium’s production of the 2023 Tony Award-winning musical 'Kimberly Akimbo' now plays at the Victoria Theatre through Nov. 2, 2025.
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by Joshua Wright - Oct 23, 2025

Mark Twain Tonight!, is a Tony Award-winning one-man show in which finds the noted author presenting a dramatic recitation of his various writings. Starring Richard Thomas, Broadway alumnus of Our Town and television star of The Waltons, brings this giant character to life in a stage experience full of laughs, introspection, and good old-fashioned fun.
Photos: First look at King Avenue Players’ SHREK THE MUSICAL Photo
Photos: First look at King Avenue Players’ SHREK THE MUSICAL
by Jerri Shafer - Oct 23, 2025

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Good people, draw near! Our story is for all to hear! King Avenue Players proudly presents 'Shrek the Musical', based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig with Music by Jeanin Tesori and Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions.
& JULIET, KIMBERLY AKIMBO and More Single Tickets On Sale At Barbara B. Mann Performi Photo
& JULIET, KIMBERLY AKIMBO and More Single Tickets On Sale At Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2025

Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW has announced that single tickets for all productions in the 2025-2026 Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series are now on sale. 
Tickets For KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Marcus Performing Arts Center to go on Sale This Week Photo
Tickets For KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Marcus Performing Arts Center to go on Sale This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2025

​Marcus Performing Arts Center has revealed that individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 17 at 10:00 a.m.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has David Lindsay-Abaire written?

David Lindsay-Abaire has written 15 shows including Betty Boop Project (Bookwriter), My Man Godfrey (Bookwriter), Fuddy Meers (Playwright), Wonder of the World (Author), Kimberly Akimbo (Playwright), The 24 Hour Plays 2003 (Playwright), The 24 Hour Plays 2004 (Playwright), The 24 Hour Plays 2005 (Playwright), Rabbit Hole (Playwright), High Fidelity (Bookwriter), The 24 Hour Plays 2007 (Playwright), Good People (Playwright), Ripcord (Author), The Balusters (Writer), Shrek the Musical (Bookwriter).

What awards has David Lindsay-Abaire been nominated for?

Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Kimberly Akimbo, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Good People, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Good People, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Shrek The Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Shrek The Musical, Most promising musical theatre lyricist () for , Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Shrek the Musical , Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Shrek the Musical, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Rabbit Hole, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Rabbit Hole, The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play (Helen Hayes Awards) for Wonder of the World and John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Fuddy Meers .

What awards has David Lindsay-Abaire won?

David Lindsay-Abaire has won several prestigious awards, including the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Kimberly Akimbo and the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Kimberly Akimbo. He also received the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Kimberly Akimbo. Additionally, he was recognized as the Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist. Furthermore, Lindsay-Abaire was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rabbit Hole.

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