Has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award ten times, but has yet to
win. Her nominations are: as Best Choreographer, in 1981 for "The
Pirates of Penzance;" in 1984, for "The Rink;" in 1986 for "The Mystery
of Edwin Drood;" in 1990, with
Tina Paul for "Dangerous Games;" in 1991
for "Once on this Island;" in 1993 for "The Goodbye Girl;" in 1996 for
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold;" and in 1998 for "Ragtime;" as Best
Director (Musical), in 1991 for "Once on this Island;" and in 1996 as
co-author of Best Book (Musical), with Jim Lewis and
Michael John LaChiusa for
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold."