James Lapine News

The second act of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1984 musical, Sunday In The Park With George is centered on a then-contemporary artist/inventor named George who has created a series of machines called chromolumes, which electronically fill rooms with color and light. His latest, 'Chromolume #7' is intended to present a variation on themes inspired from Georges Seurat's revolutionary work of pointillism 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' (1884-86), the creation of which is the subject of the musical's first act. When a technical glitch short circuits the machine and causes a temporary delay in the chromolume's premiere presentation, George sheepishly explains to those gathered, 'No electricity, no art.'

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of the Menier Chocolate Factory's Sunday in the Park with George has been extended an additional two weeks through Sunday, June 29th! This Olivier Award winning production of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, is directed by Sam Buntrock with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will host its annual 2008 Spring Gala on Monday, April 7th, 2008. Roundabout will celebrate the dynamic time period of the 1960s with a unique evening called 'Feeling Groovy: Pop Songs of the 60s.'

Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, April 8 for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of the new musical SAVED.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), is thrilled to announce the launch of CONNECT: The Dot Project. By logging on to www.sundaydots.com, fans & friends of the show can easily create their own 'dot' which then becomes a part of George Seurat's famous painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Kathleen Chalfant, one of the theater's most celebrated actors, will star in the World Premiere of Alexander Dinelaris' searing new play, 'Red Dog Howls' at the El Portal Theatre for a strictly limited five week engagement from May 14 to June 13.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will host its annual 2008 Spring Gala on Monday, April 7th, 2008. Roundabout will celebrate the dynamic time period of the 1960s with a unique evening called 'Feeling Groovy: Pop Songs of the 60s.'

PREVIEW/COMMENTARY: The upcoming season of Broadway Touring shows was announced last Thursday. Here is a review and some thoughts.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting for the sixth and final production of its 2007/2008 Season, the World Premiere of the new musical SAVED.

Sunday in the Park with George's Olivier Award winning stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will be featured on WNYC's 'The Leonard Lopate Show' on Friday, March 21st from 1:40-2:00PM on 93.9FM and AM 820. Tune in to hear Daniel and Jenna discuss their journey from London to New York in this critically acclaimed Broadway revival.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of The Memory Library by Joe Waechter, directed by Pam MacKinnon.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio present an interview with actor Michael Cumpsty, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Sunday in the Park with George's authors Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine and Olivier Award winning stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will be featured on ABC's 'Good Morning America' this Monday, March 17th from 7-9AM on channel 7. 'Good Morning America's' Diane Sawyer talks to Sondheim, Lapine, Evans and Russell about this critically acclaimed and unique Broadway revival.

In celebration of the Broadway production of 'Sunday in the Park with George', Olivier Award winners Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will appear at Barnes & Noble (Broadway and 66th Street) on Tuesday, March 11th for a special performance and CD signing beginning at 5:30pm. Doors open at 5:00pm.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Artistic Director Todd Haimes is proud to announce the launch of a seat naming initiative to support the $32 million capital campaign - Building Partnerships for Artistic Excellence: A Campaign for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is now accepting entries for its popular online lottery LIVEforFIVE for $5 tickets to its next production, The Drunken City, a new play by 2007 Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows). A total of 40 tickets will be available for the show via the lottery.

Broadway diva Bernadette Peters and multiple Tony Award-winning legendary composer Stephen Sondheim visited the cast of Sunday in the Park with George on Wednesday, March 5 at Studio 54. Bernadette Peters created the role of Dot/Marie in the original Broadway production, penned by Sondheim. Current stars, Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell met the dynamic duo backstage.

Daniel Evans and Michael Cumpsty, appearing in Roundabout Theatre Company's Sunday in the Park with George, will be featured on WOR's 'Joan Hamburg Show' on Wednesday, March 5 from 10:30-11:00AM on 710AM.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of the Menier Chocolate Factory's Sunday in the Park with George has been extended two weeks through Sunday, June 15th!