About me
Craig Lucas wrote the plays Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to a Kiss, The Dying Gaul, Ode to Joy (among many others). His screenplays include Longtime Companion (Audience Award/Sundance) and The Secret Lives of Dentists (NY Film Critics Best Screenplay). His musicals include The Light in the Piazza, An American in Paris, Amélie, and Days of Wine and Roses. Lucas directed the original production of The Light in the Piazza and the movie, The Dying Gaul. His opera with composer Nico Muhly, Two Boys, premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Lucas has received 3 Obies and 4 Tony nominations.
