While still in his twenties, Mr. Krieger began composing for Off-Off Broadway, and met playwright-lyricist Tom Eyen. Together with director- choreographer Michael Bennett, they created the long running Broadway hit musical, DREAMGIRLS, which opened to rave reviews at the Imperial Theatre on December 20, 1981. DREAMGIRLS won six Tony Awards and Mr. Krieger was nominated for his now legendary score for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album. The film version of DREAMGIRLS stars Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy. Two years later, in December 1983, his popular musical THE TAP DANCE KID (Lyrics by Robert Lorick) opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, winning two Tony Awards. In February 2000, Mr. Krieger introduced a new musical at TheatreWorks of Palo Alto, California, entitled EVERYTHING'S DUCKY (Book by Bill Russell and Jeffrey Hatcher, Lyrics by Bill Russell). The show won the 2000 Backstage West Garland Award for Best Score as well as the Will Glickman Award for Best New Bay Area Play of 2000. EVERYTHING'S DUCKY has since had productions in St. Louis, Cincinnati and La Mirada. It had its Chicago premiere at the Northlight Theatre and was recently produced at the Old Globe Theatre under the title LUCKY DUCK.
