[1] As a director, he is notable for winning the 2008 Israeli National Theatre Prize (Israel's TONY Award equivalent) for his work in the Cameri Theatre production of Fiddler On The Roof, in Tel Aviv.

As an actor, he made his Broadway debut in the 1979 production of Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan and George Rose.

[5][6][7] Subsequent Broadway/National Tour/Production credits include Shenandoah with John Raitt (1984),[8] Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1984), Roza (1987) and Starlight Express (1989-1990).

[12] In March 2017 he directed the pre-Broadway workshop production of The Last Adam, a new musical by George Alex Livings and Jonathan Hickey.

He currently resides in New York City and has homes in Sarasota, Florida and Palm Desert, California.