PhotosSee Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aaron Tveit, More at the O’Neill Center’s 2019 Monte Cristo Award GalaTony Award-winning writer John Logan was honored at the theatre’s spring gala April 22.
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Marc J. Franklin
April 23, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aaron Tveit, and more came out to celebrate at the Eugene O’Neill Center’s 2019 Monte Cristo Award Gala at the Edison Ballroom April 22.
During the annual fundraising gala, the theatre honored Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter John Logan with the Monte Cristo Award, given each year to a theatre artist whose work has had an extraordinary impact on American theatre.
“John Logan represents the finest in American storytelling. As a playwright and screenwriter, John creates singular and transformative stories that touch our common humanity. It is a particular delight to honor one of our artists this year, and one who has such broad impact on American culture,” said O’Neill Executive Director Preston Whiteway in a statement.
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Photos: See Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aaron Tveit Celebrate at the O’Neill Center’s 2019 Monte Cristo Award Gala
A three-time Academy Award nominee for Gladiator, Aviator, and Hugo, Logan’s plays include I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, as well as the book for the Sting musical The Last Ship. His new musical Superhero, a collaboration with composer-lyricist Tom Kitt, premiered at Second Stage. Logan is the also the bookwriter of the Broadway adaptation of Moulin Rouge!, which begins previews June 28 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
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