Sunday in the Park with George at Addison Theatre Centre

Inspired by the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, Sunday in the Park with George, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's stunning masterpiece, merges past and present into beautiful, poignant truths about life, love and the creation of art. One of the most acclaimed musicals of our time, this moving study of the enigmatic painter, Georges Seurat, won a Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for an astounding ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical.The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintaining a relationship with his lover, Dot. Amid the scorn of the artistic community, Seurat's artistic ability thrives while his love diminishes. A century later, Seurat's descendant named George and also an artist finds himself burnt out and in search of what artistic path to follow, but he finds the answer to his future in the past.

Authors

• Georges Seurat
• James Lapine
• Stephen Sondheim

Tony Awards and Nominations for Sunday in the Park with George