Inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art.
In the first half of the musical, set in 1884, the people - and the animals - in the painting come to life in a world where, for the artist George, art comes before love, before everything.
In the second half, a century later, Seurat's great-grandson is wrestling with the same obsessions in present-day New York.
Sunday in the Park with George was premiered on Broadway in May 1984, in a production directed by James Lapine. An earlier, incomplete version had been performed Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in July 1983. The musical went on to win the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The first London production opened at the National Theatre in March 1990. It won the 1991 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
| ISBN: | 9781854590572 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 1990 |
| Author: | James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
Inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art.
In the first half of the musical, set in 1884, the people - and the animals - in the painting come to life in a world where, for the artist George, art comes before love, before everything.
In the second half, a century later, Seurat's great-grandson is wrestling with the same obsessions in present-day New York.
Sunday in the Park with George was premiered on Broadway in May 1984, in a production directed by James Lapine. An earlier, incomplete version had been performed Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in July 1983. The musical went on to win the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The first London production opened at the National Theatre in March 1990. It won the 1991 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Sunday in the Park With George features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Sunday in the Park With George is available in Paperback
Sunday in the Park With George was written by James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim and published by Nick Hern Books
Sunday in the Park With George has 160 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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