 | Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical was inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (see picture) by Georges Seurat. A complex work revolving around a fictionalized Seurat immersed in single-minded concentration while painting the masterpiece, its Broadway production was greeted with mixed praise by the critics. |
| Nominated for ten Tony Awards, the musical won only two design awards but won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, numerous Drama Desk Awards, and the 2007 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production. It has enjoyed several major revivals, including the 2005-06 UK production first presented at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the 2008 Broadway revival using that production. 2008 Broadway revival The 2005/6 West End Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sunday in the Park with George is being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54 in 2008 to very positive reviews. Reviewers praised the script and score, as well as the innovative design, with kudos for the entire cast. As a limited engagement, previews started January 25, 2008 with an opening on February 21, 2008, running through June 29 (making this the 3rd extension). Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell, who played George and Dot/Marie in the 2005-2006 London production, reprise their roles, with Sam Buntrock directing. The cast included Michael Cumpsty (Jules/Bob), Jessica Molaskey (Yvonne/Naomi), and Mary Beth Peil (Old Lady/Blair). | |
"Sunday in the Park with George" - Mandy Patinkin (George) and Bernadette Peters (Dot) Sunday - from "Sunday in the Park with George" Lyrics: "Sunday" Sunday, by the blue purple yellow red water On the green purple yellow red grass Let us pass through our perfect park Pausing on a Sunday By the cool blue triangular water On the soft green elliptical grass As we pass through arrangements of shadow Toward the verticals of trees Forever By the blue purple yellow red water On the green orange violet mass of the grass On the grass In our perfect park Made of flecks of light And dark And parasols People strolling through the trees Of a small suburban park On an island in the river On an ordinary Sunday Sunday Sunday | |
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