Putting it together : how Stephen Sondheim and I created Sunday in the park with George / James Lapine.
| Author/creator |
Lapine, James author. |
| Included Work | Lapine, James. Sunday in the park with George. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux : Picador, 2021. |
| Description | xv, 390 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | How Stephen Sondheim and I created Sunday in the park with George |
| Contents | Dramatis personae -- From Ohio to Sondheim -- Stephen Sondheim -- Sondheim goes off-Broadway -- Lapine goes Broadway -- The Booth Theatre -- Finale -- Sunday in the park with George. |
| Abstract | A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George. In 1982 the author, at the beginning of his career as a playwright and director, met Stephen Sondheim, nineteen years his senior and already a legendary Broadway composer and lyricist. Shortly thereafter, the two decided to write a musical inspired by Georges Seurat's nineteenth-century painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Here he chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George, accompanied by a treasure trove of personal photographs, sketches, script notes, and sheet music. The result is a deeply personal remembrance of their collaboration and friendship, and the highs and lows of a journey that resulted in a Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. |
| General note | Includes libretto on pages 259-383. |
| LCCN | 2021008688 |
| ISBN | 9780374200091 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0374200092 (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# | 40030688860 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S6872 L36 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |