 He was nominated for the Tony Awards for Best Score for both "Dreamgirls" and "Side Show", won a Grammy Award for the cast album of "Dreamgirls" and received three Academy Award nominations for the songs he wrote for the 2006 film.Born in New York City, Krieger grew up in White Plains and Ossining in Westchester County, New York and attended school at the Scarborough School in Scarborough, New York.There he played in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" and "Ruddigore".