Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"

By James Lapine

Book Overview

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in the Park with George

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 nineteenth-century painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Through conversations between Lapine and Sondheim, as well as most of the production team, and with a treasure trove of personal photographs, sketches, script notes, and sheet music, the two Broadway icons lift the curtain on their beloved musical. Putting It Together is a deeply personal remembrance of their collaboration and friend - ship and the highs and lows of that journey, one that resulted in the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374200092
• ISBN13: 9780374200091
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 9.6"