Honors

WINNER

2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre
2016 Distinguished Alumni Award – UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television, for Distinguished Leadership, Vision, and Commitment to Education
2015 Big Apple Award – NYU Tisch School of the Arts, for Outstanding Achievement in the Theatrical Arts
2014 Tony Award – Best Book of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Watch Acceptance Speech
2014 Drama Desk Award – Best Book of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Watch Acceptance Speech (starts at 2:01:13)
2014 Drama Desk Award – Best Lyrics of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Watch Acceptance Speech (starts at 2:10:55)
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Book of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
2014 Drama League Award – Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
2006 Fred Ebb Award
2006 Edward Kleban Award
2006 California Musical Theatre Award – Campaign of the Century
2001 Golden Satellite Award – Best TV Movie or Miniseries, Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Broadcast Critics Association Award – Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Television Critics Assocation Award – Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 GLAAD Award – Best TV Film, What Makes A Family
1996 Silver Plaque, Chicago International Television Festival – What Love Sees
1994 Writers Guild Award – Outstanding Television Children’s Show, A Deadly Secret

NOMINEE

2014 Tony Award – Best Score of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award – Best Score of a Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
2002 Writers Guild Award – Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Golden Globe Award – Best TV Movie or Miniseries, Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Emmy Award – Outstanding Miniseries, Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Emmy Award – Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries/Movie, Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
2001 Finalist, Humanitas Prize – What Makes a Family
1999 Writers Guild Award – Outstanding Children’s Script, R & H’s Cinderella