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Craig Lucas was born on 30 April, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., is an An american male dramatist and playwright. Discover Craig Lucas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Occupation Writer, actor, playwright, director
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April 1951
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1951

Craig Lucas (born April 30, 1951) is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.

Born on April 30, 1951, he was found abandoned in a car in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lucas was adopted when he was eight months old by a conservative Pennsylvania couple.

His father was an FBI agent; his mother was a painter.

She was born Jewish but suppressed the identity, which Lucas relates in his storytelling.

1960

In the 1960s and 1970s, Lucas became interested in the political left and discovered an attraction toward men.

He is openly gay, and recalls that his coming out made it possible for him to develop as a playwright and as a person.

1969

He graduated in 1969 from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

1973

In 1973, Lucas left Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and creative writing.

His mentor Anne Sexton urged him to move to New York City to become a playwright.

He worked in many day jobs while performing in Broadway musicals including Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century, Rex, and Sweeney Todd.

Stephen Sondheim later told him he was a better writer than actor.

1979

Lucas met Norman René in 1979.

1981

Their first collaboration was Marry Me a Little in 1981.

The two wrote a script incorporating songs that had been written for but discarded from Stephen Sondheim musicals, and René also directed.

They followed this with the plays Missing Persons (1981) and Blue Window (1984); Three Postcards (1987), an original musical by Lucas and Craig Carnelia; and another play, Reckless (1983).

1990

In 1990, they had their biggest commercial and critical success with Prelude to a Kiss.

They also collaborated for the feature film Longtime Companion (1990), the 1992 film adaptation of Prelude to a Kiss with Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan, and the 1995 film version of Reckless with Mia Farrow and Mary-Louise Parker.

Following his early work on romantic comedies, Lucas began to write more serious works about AIDS, including The Singing Forest (not to be confused with the film of the same name) and The Dying Gaul, the latter of which was made into a film that Lucas also directed.

Lucas also wrote the book for the musical The Light in the Piazza, and directed the world premiere at the Intiman Theater in Seattle.

The Lincoln Center production, directed by Bartlett Sher, garnered him a Tony Award nomination.

Lucas has also directed plays such as Loot.

2001

Amélie, a musical based on the award-winning film of 2001, premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, California) In September 2015, with a book by Lucas, music by Daniel Messé (of Hem), lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Messé, and directed by Pam MacKinnon.

The production had its pre-Broadway engagement at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

In 2001 Lucas received an Obie Award for his direction of Harry Kondoleon's Saved or Destroyed at the Rattlestick Theater.

2003

He won the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for The Secret Lives of Dentists.

2004

His Small Tragedy was awarded an Obie as Best American Play in 2004.

Lucas's other awards include the Excellence in Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award; and Outer Critics Circle, L.A. Drama Critics Circle, Drama-Logue and Lambda Literary Awards.

Fellowships include those from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

2007

He directed Birds of America, a film starring Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank, in 2007.

2008

Lucas's play Prayer for My Enemy premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in December 2008.

The production was directed by Lucas's frequent collaborator Bartlett Sher and featured Victoria Clark, Michele Pawk and Jonathan Groff.

The play ran from November 14 (previews) through December 21.

2013

In June 2013, Melbourne's Regent Theatre hosted the world premiere (and Broadway try-out) of King Kong, for which Lucas has provided the book with a score by Marius de Vries.

2014

As of 2014, Lucas is no longer involved with this musical.

2015

He has received the Tony Award nomination for the books of: An American in Paris (2015), Light in the Piazza (2005), Prelude to a Kiss, and Paradise Square (2022). He was nominated for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Prelude to a Kiss.

2017

It transferred to Broadway, starting previews on March 9, 2017 and closing on May 21, 2017, after 27 previews and 56 regular performances.