Craig Lucas / Biography

At eight months he was adopted by a Pennsylvania couple.
Was abandoned in a car in Atlanta, Georgia the day he was born.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1990 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "Prelude to a Kiss" and again in 2005 for writing the book for "Light in the Piazza."
Though primarily known as a writer (and more recently, director), he started out as an actor, in the chorus of Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd." While in "ST," he wrote a musical ("Marry Me a Little") utilizing Sondheim's songs, in which Lucas co-starred. The legendary Sondheim frankly told him he should be a writer instead of a performer, and Lucas has gone on to become one of the most prolific and acclaimed writers of his generation.