
Putting It Together
How Stephen Sondheim and I Created 'Sunday in the Park with George'
James Lapine(Author)
Picador USA (Publisher)
Published on 19. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-250-84913-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 friendship and the highs and lows of that journey, one that resulted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.
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 friendship and the highs and lows of that journey, one that resulted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
St Martin's Press
Illustrations
16 Pages of Colour Images; 82 Black-and-White Images in Text
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-250-84913-7 (9781250849137)
DOI
9781250849137
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