SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
 


George Seurat is a painter and Dot is his mistress. This play is about George's painting and his relationship with all that is around him, including that with dot. During the show he is painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

 


1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

1984 Tony Award
Best Scenic Design
Best Lighting Design

1984 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Book
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Orchestration
Outstanding Lyrics
Outstanding Lighting Design
Outstanding Set Design
Outstanding Special Effects

BROADWAY PREMIERE
May 2, 1984, played 604 performances

REVIVAL
May 15, 1994, played 1 performance
 
COMPOSER & LYRICIST
Stephen Sondheim

LIBRETTIST
James Lapine
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Barbara Bryne, Judith Moore, and Chris Grienendaal

DIRECTOR
James Lapine
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Music Theatre International

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
 
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