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Craig Lucas (born April 30, 1951) is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director. ==Biography== 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 housewife and painter. She was born a Jew but suppressed the identity which Lucas relates in his storytelling. He graduated in 1969 from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lucas became interested in the political left and discovered an attraction towards 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. In 1973, Lucas left Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and creative writing. His mentor, Anne Sexton, urged him to try his luck in New York City as 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 would later tell him he was a better writer than an actor. Lucas met Norman René in 1979. 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 music by Lucas and Craig Carnelia; and another play, ''Reckless'' (1983). In 1990 they joined forces for what would prove to be their biggest commercial and critical success, ''Prelude to a Kiss''. They also joined forces for the feature film ''Longtime Companion'' (1990), the 1992 film adaptation of ''Prelude'' 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 authored 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 classic plays such as ''Loot''. While some critics have divided his work into gay plays (''Blue Window'', ''Longtime Companion'') and straight plays (''Reckless'', ''Three Postcards'', ''Prelude to a Kiss''), Lucas has always written about human problems in a universal manner. He directed ''Birds of America'', a film starring Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank, in 2007. 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 Tony Award winners Victoria Clark and Michele Pawk and Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff. The play touches on several topics including the Iraq War, with Groff playing a young veteran, as well as homosexuality, alcoholism, and the definition of family. The play ran from November 14 (previews) through December 21. In June 2013, Melbourne's Regent Theatre will host the world premiere (and Broadway try-out) of King Kong,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Kong - Craig Lucas )〕 for which Lucas has provided the book with a score by Marius de Vries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Kong )〕 In September 2015, Berkeley Repertory Theatre hosts the world premiere of Amélie, a musical based on the award-winning film of 2001, with book by Lucas, music by Daniel Messé (see his band, Hem}, and lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Messé. Director is Pam MacKinnon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craig Lucas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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