musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting)

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The musical "Sunday in the Park with George" is a Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine work that explores the life, art, and creative struggles of painter Georges Seurat, inspired by his pointillist masterpiece "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

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instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
act1Focus Georges Seurat and the creation of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ⓘ
act2Focus George, a modern American artist and Seurat’s fictional descendant ⓘ
actCount 2 ⓘ
award 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival ⓘ
bookBy James Lapine ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1984-05-02 ⓘ
broadwaySeason 1983–1984 Broadway season ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Booth Theatre ⓘ
castAlbumLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
hasCharacter Dot ⓘ
Georges Seurat ⓘ
Jules ⓘ
Marie ⓘ
Yvonne ⓘ
inspiredBy A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte ⓘ
Georges Seurat ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
notableSong Beautiful ⓘ
Children and Art ⓘ
Color and Light ⓘ
Finishing the Hat ⓘ
Move On ⓘ
Putting It Together ⓘ
Sunday ⓘ
Sunday in the Park with George ⓘ
We Do Not Belong Together ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor Mandy Patinkin ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActress Bernadette Peters ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActressRole Dot / Marie ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadRole Georges Seurat / George ⓘ
linked to: Georges Seurat
originalDirector James Lapine ⓘ
originalOrchestrator Michael Starobin ⓘ
originalProducer Playwrights Horizons ⓘ
Shubert Organization ⓘ
premiereDate 1983-07-18 ⓘ
premierePlace Off-Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre Playwrights Horizons ⓘ
setting Island of La Grande Jatte ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
structure two-act musical ⓘ
subject Georges Seurat ⓘ
artistic creation ⓘ
creative struggle ⓘ
legacy of art ⓘ
timePeriod 1880s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ

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Île de la Grande Jatte → appearsIn → musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting) ⓘ