Sunday in the Park with George

by Stephen Sondheim (Composer)

Overview

(Applause Libretto Library). This 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. A complex work revolving around a fictionalized Seurat immersed in single-minded concentration while painting the masterpiece, the production has evolved into a meditation on art, emotional connection, and community. This publication contains the entire script of the musical. " Sunday is itself a modernist creation, perhaps the first truly modernist work of musical theatre that Broadway has produced ... a watershed event that demands nothing less than a retrospective, even revisionist, look at the development of the serious Broadway musical." Frank Rich, The New York Times Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557830685
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Series:	Applause Libretto Library Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,093,279
Product dimensions:	5.61(w) x 8.23(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Stephen Sondheim has written award-winning music and lyrics for theater, film and television. He is also the coauthor of the film The Last of Sheila and the play Getting Away with Murder. Sondheim is on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America, having served as its president from 1973 to 1981. He lives in New York City.