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Sunday in the Park With George

A musical with book by James Lapine, based on the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. George, a painter, has trouble connecting with his lover, Dot, when he thinks he has to choose between her and painting because he can't balance them both. The second act reveals that his great-grandson has similar problems, but he is able to start working through them when he returns to the island (now covered in condos) and is visited by a spectral vision of Dot.

Like Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday employs evolving musical motifs such as Dot's first act showstopper, "We Do Not Belong Together," which eventually becomes her message to the 1984 George: "Move On," in which she and George realize, "We have always belonged together." Includes the songs "Finishing the Hat," "Putting It Together," and "Children and Art."


Original Broadway Production

Opened May 2, 1984, Booth Theatre
Ran for 540 performances
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Produced by the Shubert Organization and Emanuel Azenberg by arrangement with Playwrights Horizons
Directed by James Lapine
Scenery by Tony Straiges
Costumes by Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting by Richard Nelson
Special Effects by Bran Ferren
Sound by Tom Morse
Hair and Makeup by Lo Presto/Allen
Movement by Randolyn Zinn
Music Published by Tommy Valando
Musical Direction by Paul Gemignani
Orchestrations by Michael Starobin

Musical Numbers

Sunday in the Park with George
No Life
Color and Light
Gossip
The Day Off
Everybody Loves Louis
Finishing the Hat
We Do Not Belong Together
Beautiful
Sunday
It's Hot Up Here
Chromolume #7
Putting It Together
Children and Art
Lesson #8
Move On
Sunday

Cut Songs

Yoo-Hoo
The One on the Left
Soldiers and Girls

Miscellaneous

Recordings:

Original Broadway Cast Recording, 1984 (RCA Victor RCD1-5042)

Tony Awards

Best Scenic Design (Tony Straiges)
Best Lighting Design (Richard Nelson)

Rights controlled by Music Theatre International

Original Broadway Cast

George, an artist
Mandy Patinkin

Dot/Marie
Bernadette Peters

Louis/Billy Webster
Chris Groenendaal

Old Lady/Blair Daniels
Barbara Bryne

Nurse/Mrs/Harriet Pawling
Judith Moore

Franz/Dennis
Brent Spiner

Jules/Greenberg
Charles Kimbrough

Yvonne/Naomi
Dana Ivey

Celeste #1/Elaine
Melanie Vaughan

Celeste #2/Waitress
Marcy D'arcy

Boatman/Redmond
William Parry

Soldier/Alex
Robert Westenberg

Frieda/Betty
Nancy Opel

Mr/Lee Randolph
Kurt Knudson

Louise
Danielle Ferland

Woman/Photographer
Sue Ann Gershenson

Man/Museum Assistant
John Jellison

Little Girl
Michele Rigan

Final Broadway Cast

George, an artist
Mandy Patinkin

Dot/Marie
Maryann Plunkett

Louis/Billy Webster
T.J. Meyers

Old Lady/Blair Daniels
Barbara Bryne

Nurse/Mrs/Harriet Pawling
Judith Moore

Franz/Dennis
Joseph Kolinski

Jules/Greenberg
John Cunningham

Yvonne/Naomi
Pamela Burrell

Celeste #1/Elaine
Melanie Vaughan

Celeste #2/Waitress
Betsy Joslyn

Boatman/Redmond
William Parry

Soldier/Alex
Jeff Keller

Frieda/Betty
Nancy Opel

Mr/Lee Randolph
Ray Gill

Louise
Sherri Lynn Leidy

Woman/Photographer
Sue Ann Gershenson

Man/Museum Assistant
David Bryant

Little Girl
Sarah Reynolds


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