A Harvard graduate with an MFA in musical theater composition from NYU, David Javerbaum’s song credits include four Tony Awards opening songs (two with Neil Patrick Harris and two with James Corden), the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Cry-Baby, the Broadway show An Act of God starring Jim Parsons and then Sean Hayes, the Off-Broadway musical Suburb, dozens of songs for TV shows like The Late Late Show with James Corden and Disjointed on Netflix, holiday singles such as Kristen Bell’s "Text Me Merry Christmas” and holiday TV specials such as Stephen Colbert’s Grammy-winning A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. He wrote nearly 50 songs with the late Adam Schlesinger, his longtime collaborator. David is also a professional comedy writer with 13 Emmys, primarily for his work as head writer and executive producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

David has written songs for recording artists including Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Feist, Kathy Bates, Toby Keith, Kristen Chenoweth, Katharine McPhee, Adam Lambert and Bebe Neuwirth.

He has also written several bespoke songs for anniversaries and high-profile weddings, and is available to provide your next special event — be it a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, awards ceremony, milestone anniversary or birthday — with a funny, heartwarming and memorable song with lyrics written especially for and about the event honorees. The one-of-a-kind lyric can be set as a parody to a pre-existing tune, or as an entirely new original song written with an accomplished New York composer. A studio-quality recording of the song, with vocals, can also be provided.