| First Broadway credit as a choreographer was 1993's Kiss of a Spider Woman. |
| As a kid, would sneak into theater dance rehearsals and observe. |
| Made home movies with his sister as a child. |
| Joined a local musical-theater company at age 12. |
| Took time off from college to join a touring company of A Chorus Line. |
| In the early '80s, moved to New York City, where he performed in Broadway shows and worked behind the scenes as a dance captain and assistant choreographer. |
| Suffered an injury while performing in Cats, so he decided to stop performing and focus on choreography before eventually moving into directing theatrical productions. |