Sunday in the Park with George

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Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical was inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat. A complex work revolving around a fictionalized Seurat immersed in single-minded concentration while painting the masterpiece, its Broadway production was greeted with mixed praise by the critics. Nominated for ten Tony Awar... more
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James Lapine

James Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director and librettist. Lapine was born in Mansfield, Ohio and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College. He was a photographer, graphic designer, and architectural preservationist before being introduced to theatre when he was hired as...
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