First full-length play produced Off-Broadway, "Advice From a Caterpillar" starring Ally Sheedy

First produced screenplay, "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar"

Co-founded Drama Dept., Inc., a New York theater company; served as first artistic director

Had hit Off-Broadway with the play "As Bees in Honey Drown"; screen rights sold to Universal

Signed deal to write two scripts for New Line Cinema

His play "The Country Club" produced at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut

Penned screen version of his play "Advice From a Caterpillar"

Wrote the play "Music From a Sparkling Planet"

Directed stage adaptation of "Free to Be ... You and Me"

Helmed the Broadway play, "The Little Dog Laughed"; earned a Tony nomination for Best Play

Wrote the book for a stage musical adaptation of the 1980 film, "Xanadu"; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Book of a Musical