His musicals include Ordinary Days (Roundabout, London's West End), The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre; book: Joe Meno) and Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory; book/co-lyrics: Octavio Solis.) His honors include the Kleban, Ebb, and Loewe awards for excellence in musical theater writing, the ASCAP Harold Adamson award, and the MAC John Wallowitch award, as well as commissions from Signature Theatre (Arlington), South Coast Repertory, Broadway Across America, and the EST/Sloan Project.