Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Director (Musical)
three times: in 1994 for a revival of "She Loves Me," in 1997 for
"Steel Pier" and in 1998 for a revival of "1776."
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 (1994 season)
for Best Director of a Musical for "She Loves Me".
He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.