Craig Lucas was born on April 30,1951 and is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.
14 Facts About Craig Lucas
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Craig Lucas's father was an FBI agent; his mother was a painter.
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Craig Lucas was born Jewish but suppressed the identity, which Lucas relates in his storytelling.
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Craig Lucas graduated in 1969 from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
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Craig Lucas is openly gay, and recalls that his coming out made it possible for him to develop as a playwright and as a person.
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In 1973, Craig Lucas left Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and creative writing.
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Craig Lucas worked in many day jobs while performing in Broadway musicals including Shenandoah, On the Twentieth Century, Rex, and Sweeney Todd.
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Craig Lucas wrote the book for the musical The Light in the Piazza, and directed the world premiere at the Intiman Theater in Seattle.
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Craig Lucas directed Birds of America, a film starring Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank, in 2007.
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In June 2013, Melbourne's Regent Theatre hosted the world premiere of King Kong, for which Craig Lucas has provided the book with a score by Marius de Vries.
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In 2001 Craig Lucas received an Obie Award for his direction of Harry Kondoleon's Saved or Destroyed at the Rattlestick Theater.
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Craig Lucas won the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for The Secret Lives of Dentists.
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Craig Lucas has received the Tony Award nomination for the books of: An American in Paris, Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, and Paradise Square.
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Craig Lucas was nominated for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Prelude to a Kiss.