A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with George Putting It Together chronicles the two-year odyssey of creating the iconic Broadway musical Sunday in the Park with George .
In 1982, James 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 .
Through conversations between Lapine and Sondheim, as well as most of the production team, and with a treasure trove of personal photographs, sketches, script notes, and sheet music, the two Broadway icons lift the curtain on their beloved musical.
Putting It Together is a deeply personal remembrance of their collaboration and friend - ship and the highs and lows of that journey, one that resulted in the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.
About author(s): JAMES LAPINE is a preeminent director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist.
He has been nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won on three occasions for Best Book of a Musical ( Passion , Falsettos , and Into the Woods ).
He has also won five Drama Desk Awards, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and a Peabody Award, among other honors.
He has been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Mr.
Abbott Award for lifetime achievement in theater.
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Farrar, Straus And Giroux Putting it together: how stephen sondheim and i created sunday in the park with george, hardcover/james lapine
