Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael Douglas to present 19th Monte Cristo Award honoring playwright John Logan
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, announces that composer, actor and Tony Award-winner, Lin-Manuel Miranda will give the opening remarks at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Monte Cristo Award Gala, while Academy Award-winning actor and O’Neill Center trustee, Michael Douglas will present the iconic statue to playwright and screenwriter John Logan, at the gala evening in celebration of Logan’s many achievements being held at the Edison Ballroom (New York) on Monday, April 22, 2019.
Both Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael Douglas first launched their careers at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and both are previous recipients of the Center’s annual honor for theatrical excellence. Miranda received the Monte Cristo Award last year at the 2018 ceremony, and Douglas was presented with the honor in 2012.
An alumnus of the O’Neill, John Logan developed the musical Superhero, currently off-Broadway, at the O'Neill's 2017 National Music Theater Conference and his Moulin Rougebows on Broadway this summer.
