Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award: in 2003 as Best Director (Musical)
for "Hairspray," and in 2004 as Best Director (Play) for a revival of
Shakespeare's "Henry IV." He has also been nominated on four other
occasions: in 1977, as Best Director (Musical) for the acclaimed
Houston Opera revival of "Porgy and Bess;" in 1992, as Best Director
(Play) for "Two Shakespearean Actors;" and in 2001, dual nominations,
as Best Director (Musical) for "The Full Monty" and as Best Director
(Play) for "The Invention of Love."