Putting It Together

How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

By: James Lapine

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...