musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting)

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The musical "Sunday in the Park with George" is a Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine work that explores the life, art, and creative struggles of painter Georges Seurat, inspired by his pointillist masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
act1Focus Georges Seurat and the creation of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
act2Focus George, a modern American artist and Seurat’s fictional descendant
actCount 2
award Pulitzer Prize for Drama
surface form: 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
surface form: New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical

Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
bookBy James Lapine
broadwayOpeningDate 1984-05-02
broadwaySeason 1983–1984 Broadway season
broadwayTheatre Booth Theatre
castAlbumLabel RCA Victor
composer Stephen Sondheim
genre musical theatre
hasCharacter Dot
Georges Seurat
Jules
Marie
Yvonne
inspiredBy A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
surface form: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat
language English
lyricist Stephen Sondheim
notableSong Beautiful
Children and Art
Color and Light
Finishing the Hat
Move On
Putting It Together
Sunday
Sunday in the Park with George
We Do Not Belong Together
originalBroadwayLeadActor Mandy Patinkin
originalBroadwayLeadActress Bernadette Peters
originalBroadwayLeadActressRole Dot / Marie
originalBroadwayLeadRole Georges Seurat
surface form: Georges Seurat / George
originalDirector James Lapine
originalOrchestrator Michael Starobin
originalProducer Playwrights Horizons
Shubert Organization
premiereDate 1983-07-18
premierePlace Off-Broadway
premiereTheatre Playwrights Horizons
setting Île de la Grande Jatte
surface form: Island of La Grande Jatte

Paris
structure two-act musical
subject Georges Seurat
artistic creation
creative struggle
legacy of art
timePeriod 1880s
1980s

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Île de la Grande Jatte appearsIn musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting)