Lippa wrote the music and lyrics for "The Man in the Ceiling", a musical based on Jules Feiffer's children's book of the same name, with book by Feiffer. The show, originally developed by Disney Theatrical and Tom Schumacher, had two readings in 2008 but didn't have its first full production until 2017, when it opened at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, New York. Ghostlight Records released the cast recording, featuring Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin, on April 18, 2019.