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Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George

This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical centers on the famous painter Seurat, who won't commit to anyone or anything - except his work.

May 31 - Jun 28, 2002
Eisenhower Theater
2 1/2 hrs.
$20.00 - $79.00

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About the Program

Visit the The Sondheim Celebration web site at
http://kennedy-center.org/sondheim.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine

French artist George Seurat's famous painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte comes vibrantly to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. Through the life of the famous painter, who won't commit to anyone or anything except his work-Sondheim merges past and present into basic, poignant truths about art, creation, and emotion.

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Additional Resources

About the Kennedy Center The Sondheim Celebration Series

About the Kennedy Center Theater Series

'The Art of Making Art'
KC News
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Sondheim Celebration Cast List : View the star-studded cast list for all six of the Sondheim Celebration musicals

The Smithsonian Associates' course: "Six by Sondheim." : Learn more about the Sondheim Celebration shows through these Smithsonian classes

Reviews and Articles

'It's Sondheim's World but They Get a Shot at Reimagining It'
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Review - 'Sunday in the Park' Looks at Artist
NY Times 'Art isn't easy!' So goes one of the more persistent refrains in ``Sunday in the Park with George,'' Stephen Sondheim's most personal and heartfelt musical, a show now receiving an inventive, carefully thought-out production as part of the Kennedy Center' Read More...

Review - Isolated Heroes as Two Sides of a Coin
NY Times The central figures of Mr. Sondheim's "Company" (1970) and "Sunday in the Park with George" (1984), Bobby the bachelor and George the painter, emerge vividly as the tails and heads of the same psychological coin. They are being portrayed by two engaging y Read More...

Review - Kennedy's 'Park' connects all the dots
Baltimore Sun Pointillist artist Georges Seurat painted large canvases using tiny specks of complementary colors, forcing the eye to connect the dots. Making connections is the central theme of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical about Seurat, Sunday in the Par Read More...

Stephen Sondheim: A Contrarian Who Raised the Level of Musicals' I.Q.
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'Sensational Sondheim'
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PLUS: Designing for Sondheim May 2, 2002 at 6:00 PM

Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" May 10 - Jun 30, 2002

PLUS: Musicality of Sondheim, The May 14, 2002 at 6:00 PM

Sondheim's "Company" May 17 - Jun 29, 2002

Barbara Cook-Mostly Sondheim-A Concert Jun 5 - Aug 18, 2002

PLUS: Spotlight on Theater: Sunday in the Park with George Jun 6, 2002 at 6:00 PM

PLUS: Spotlight on Theater: Sweeney Todd Jun 20, 2002 at 6:00 PM

Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" Jul 12 - Aug 24, 2002

Sondheim's Passion Jul 19 - Aug 23, 2002

Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" Aug 2 - 25, 2002

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