Gary LeGault
- Art Department
- Director
- Writer
Gary LeGault is an artist, playwright and filmmaker, whose first
comedy, Bravo Isabel, starred
Paulita Sedgwick (Edie's cousin), and
was presented at New York's Pulitzer prize-winning Theater for the New City in 1976. His
initial screenplay, Ina and Bruno, was presented on Manhattan Cable
Television in 1982. His next motion picture, The Roadsinger, was
produced at EZTV in West Hollywood during 1985, followed by The
Private Life of Marilyn Monroe in 1987. After a twenty-one
year absence, Mr. LeGault returned to movie making with East of the Tar
Pits, starring Holly Woodlawn, which
premiered at the 2008 New York Underground Film Festival. In 2010, he
presented his play, Doctor Noguchi, at The Complex in Hollywood,
followed by his musical, Wind in the Widows, and drawing-room farce,
Dial 'M' for Marlene, based on an intimate meeting between Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe. In 2023 Mr. LeGault returned to the Theater for the New City in New York, presenting his musical play, Joseph and Marsha, based on the life and times of the late civil rights activist, Marsha P. Johnson.
As an artist and photographer, his portraits have appeared in the
documentaries _Superstar in a Housedress (2004)_qv by Craig Highberger,
and _Pay it No Mind - Marsha P. Johnson (2012)-qv by Michael Kasino.