Musical Theater
- Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward) – London revival
- Chess (Tim Rice, Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus) – Broadway production
- The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production
- Sarafina Broadway production
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