Tag Archives: James Lapine

Flying over Sunset Review Roundup

Posted on December 15, 2021 by boz

New York theater critics have given mixed reviews to the new musical Flying over Sunset, which plays a limited engagement through February 6 at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. The creative team includes James Lapine (book, direction), Tom Kitt (music), … Continue reading →

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Flying over Sunset Preview

Posted on October 20, 2021 by boz

Lincoln Center Theater has released a preview of its upcoming Broadway production of the new musical Flying over Sunset, a fictional account of a meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce, and Cary Grant. The production was originally scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Putting It Together Review Roundup

Posted on August 9, 2021 by boz

On August 3, Farrar, Straus and Giroux released James Lapine’s Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George, which has received overwhelming praise from critics. Appropriately dedicated to artist Georges Seurat, the book’s … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: James Lapine

Posted on January 10, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Pulitzer-winning writer-director James Lapine, born Jan. 10, 1949, in Mansfield, Ohio. He earned his bachelor’s from Franklin and Marshall College and his master’s from Cal Arts. He then worked as a photographer, graphic designer, and professor at … Continue reading →

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2020 Drama League Nominees

Posted on May 1, 2020 by boz

During the Gratitude Awards livestream ceremony on April 30, actors Alex Brightman and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer announced the nominees for the 86th annual Drama League Awards. The winners of this year’s special awards include James Lapine (Distinguished Achievement in Musical … Continue reading →

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Into the Woods: Review Roundup

Posted on August 13, 2012 by boz

The second New York revival of the 1987 musical Into the Woods has opened Off-Broadway, as the closing show in the Public Theater’s summer season at the Delacorte in Central Park, to decidedly mixed reviews. For the record, the creative team … Continue reading →

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