Anecdotes

Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award: in 1982, as Best Score, both music and lyrics, for "Nine;" and in 1997, as Best Original Musical Score, both music and lyrics, for "Titanic." He was also nominated in 1990, as Best Score (Musical), in collaboration with Bob Wright and Chet Forrest, both music and lyrics, for "Grand Hotel, the Musical."

Received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University in 1967 and 1974, respectively.

His musical, "Titanic" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2015 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award for Musical Production.