 In the spring of 2004, he directed a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun", starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald in his Broadway debut.At the end of that year, he directed the Broadway premiere of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean".In 2005, he directed Margaret Garner, an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.