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Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn. ... read more
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Lyricist
Theatre Owner / Operator
Make-Up Designer
Mr. Azenberg's producing credits on Broadway include Ragtime, The Lion in Winter, Mark Twain Tonight, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of a Lesser God, Master Harold...and the boys, Stoppard's The Real Thing, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Sunday in the Park With George, Whoopi Goldberg, Long Day's Journey into Night, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Side Show, The Iceman Cometh, Stones in His Pockets, Private Lives and Movin' Out.
He has produced Neil Simon's work since 1972, including The Odd Couple,The Sunshine Boys, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, Lost in Yonkers.
Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are ... read more
Pick a Stephen Sondheim Broadway premiere in the last three decades – say, Sweeney Todd or Sunday in the Park with George or Into the Woods. Who was at the podium on opening night? If you guessed Paul Gemignani, you got it right. In fact, Maestro Gemignani has been a distinguished and constant presence in musical theater for the last forty years. In 2001 he was honored with a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award®.
Significantly, for an artist so closely associated with Sondheim, Gemignani made his Broadway debut as a conductor in Sondheim’s Follies (1971), taking over the role of music ... read more
Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn. ... read more
Kristin Linklater was a Scottish vocal coach, acting teacher, actor, theatre director, and author. She was a professor for Theatre Arts Division of Columbia University. ... read more
LCT: The King and I, South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk awards), A Man of No Importance, A New Brain, My Favorite Year. Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Titanic (actor), Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Drood, Sunday in the Park with George. Off- Broadway: Red Eye of Love, The Other Josh Cohen, Striking 12, See What I Wanna See (director); Saturn Returns, Floyd Collins, Romance in Hard Times (music director). Artistic director, MasterVoices; principal conductor, Westchester Philharmonic; creative director ... read more
Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing, Freaky Friday, Falsettos, First Daughter Suite, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kid Victory, If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Leap of Faith, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys & Dolls (1992), My Favorite Year, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen. ... read more
Awards and Nominations
1985 The Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Stephen Sondheim won.
1984 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: James Lapine won.
Outstanding Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design: Patricia Zipprodt was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: James Lapine won.
1984 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Musical: Stephen Sondheim won.
Best Musical: James Lapine won.
1984 The Hewes Awards
Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward won.
Costume Design: Patricia Zipprodt won.
Lighting Design: Richard Nelson won.
Scenic Design: Bran Ferren won.
Scenic Design: Tony Straiges won.
1984 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: James Lapine was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design: Patricia Zipprodt was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: James Lapine was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design: Richard Nelson won.
Best Musical: Emanuel Azenberg was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Stephen Sondheim was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Tony Straiges won.