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Sunday in the Park with George Revival (1990 West End)

Ages: 12+
Opened: March 15, 1990
Closing: June 16, 1990

Sunday in the Park with George - 1990 West End History , Info & More

Suggested by the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte and the life of Georges Seurat.

Shimmering with love and light, this unique, inventive musical is one of the most acclaimed shows of our time. Inspired by the life and work of enigmatic 19th century impressionist painter Georges Seurat, this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece explores the complexity of life and the art of understanding it. Stephen Sondheim’s soaring score and insightful lyrics intertwine with Seurat’s distinctive art to create a moving, poetic drama, dot by dot.

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Sunday in the Park with George History

Other Productions of Sunday in the Park with George

1983   Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons Workshop
Off-Broadway
1984   Broadway Original Broadway Production
Broadway
1986   Regional (US) Long Beach Revival
Regional (US)
1994   Broadway Reunion Concert
Broadway
1997   Regional (US) Regional Revival
Regional (US)
2002   Regional (US) Sondheim Festival Production
Regional (US)
2004   Regional (US) Regional Concert
Regional (US)
2005   London Fringe London Revival
London Fringe
2006   West End West End Transfer
West End
2007   Los Angeles Reprise! Concert
Los Angeles
2008   Broadway Roundabout Revival
Broadway
2014   Arlington, VA (Regional) Signature Theatre Production
Arlington, VA (Regional)
2016   New York New York City Center Concert Gala
New York
2017   Broadway Broadway Revival
Broadway
2020   London 2020 West End Revival
London

Sunday in the Park with George - 1990 West End Awards and Nominations

Note: Award winners are highlighted with a background.
Sunday in the Park with George awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee
1991 Olivier Awards Best Costume Designer Tom Cairns
1991 Olivier Awards Best Director of a Musical Steven Pimlott
1991 Olivier Awards Best Set Designer Tom Cairns
1991 Olivier Awards Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical Philip Quast
1991 Olivier Awards Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical Maria Friedman
1991 Olivier Awards The American Express Award for Best New Musical Stephen Sondheim

Podcasts

Broadway Podcast Network

#176 - Maryann Plunkett - For Love of The Stage

Tony Award Winning Actress Maryann Plunkett stops by Behind the Awards to discuss her new play The Loved Ones now playing through August 2nd at The Irish Repertory Theater. Maryann also takes us back down memory lane and shares some tales of her time with Sunday in the Park with George, Me & My Girl, and The Notebook.

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Mean Girls, Sunday in the Park with George, The King and I...We met at 18, and now one of us is a TV star, a Tony Nominee, and has Tina Fey's cell phone number. ASHLEY PARK IS HERE!! We love this girl and we're so grateful she took an afternoon to talk to us.

Andrew Kober is Blue Collar Broadway

Hows this for a resume? Sunday in the Park with George, Beautiful, She Loves Me, Les Mis, School of Rock, and a little tribal musical called Hair. Andrew Kober has carved a career for himself in shows every theater kid would kill for.

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