He’s equally at home in rock, jazz, gospel or classical music; and best known for creating theatrical works with distinctive and memorable melodies. Highlights: Avenue X the a cappella musical at Playwrights Horizons in New York and over 50 productions around the world; Standup Shakespeare directed by Mike Nichols on Broadway; A Good Man at the Vienna Chamber Opera; Educating Rita with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre; Palestine at New York Theatre Workshop; The Three Musketeers national tour; Romeo & Juliet For Orchestra & Actors with the Buffalo Philharmonic and the New Haven Symphony Orchestras; A Chamber Christmas Carol at the Morgan Library & Museum; Maya Songs (the poems of Maya Angelou); to name a few.