| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
"A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Includes libretto on pages 259-383. |
| Summary |
In 1982 Lapine, 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 Lapine 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. -- adapted from jacket |
| Contents |
Dramatis personae -- From Ohio to Sondheim -- Stephen Sondheim -- Sondheim goes off-Broadway -- Lapine goes Broadway -- The Booth Theater -- Finale. |
| Subject |
Sondheim, Stephen. Sunday in the park with George.
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Lapine, James. Sunday in the park with George.
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Musicals -- Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Musicals -- Production and direction. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Musicals -- Librettos.
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Musicals -- Librettos. |
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Sunday in the park with George (Sondheim, Stephen) |
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Musicals. |
| Genre/Form |
librettos (documents for music)
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Musicals.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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| Added Author |
Container of (work): Lapine, James.
Sunday in the park with George.
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| Added Title |
How Stephen Sondheim and I created Sunday in the park with George |
| ISBN |
9780374200091 (hardcover) |
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0374200092 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
40030688860 |
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