 He composed lyrics and music for "Three Postcards", with a book by Craig Lucas, which was staged off-Broadway by Playwrights Horizons in 1987 and revived by Circle Rep in 1994.For the musical "Sweet Smell of Success" (2002), he teamed with composer Marvin Hamlisch, with whom he also composed songs for the 2002 Nora Ephron play "Imaginary Friends".He has received the Johnny Mercer Award, "Emerging American Songwriter", the first annual Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award, and the Kleban Award.