Has twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1982, as Best
Score, his music with Tom Eyen's lyrics, for "Dreamgirls;" and in 1998,
for Best Score, his music with Bill Russell's lyrics, for "Side Show."
His musical, "Dreamgirls" at the Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Mid-Size Musical Production.
Bill Russell and his musical, "Side Show" at the Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Midsize Musical Production.