Sunday in the Park With George
Booth Theatre
Previews Began: April 2, 1984
Opening Night: May 2, 1984
Closing Night: Oct 13, 1985
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: James Lapine
As Georges Seurat works on his most famous painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” his mistress, Dot, threatens to leave him, and later in the show, his great-grandson struggles to succeed as an artist and to understand those around him and those who have made him who he is today.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
Sunday in the Park With George……………………..Dot
No Life……………………………………….Jules, Yvonne
Color and Light……………………………….Dot, George
Gossip………..Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Boatman, Nurse,
Old Lady, Jules, Yvonne
The Day Off……………………………..George, Company
Everybody Loves Louis…………………………………Dot
Finishing the Hat…………………………………..George
We Do Not Belong Together………………..Dot, George
Beautiful………………………………..Old Lady, George
Sunday…………………………………………….Company
ACT TWO
It’s Hot Up Here………………………………….Company
Chromolume #7……………………………George, Marie
Putting It Together…………………….George, Company
Children and Art……………………………………..Marie
Lesson #8……………………………………………George
Move On……………………………………….George, Dot
Sunday…………………………………………….Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Mandy Patinkin George
Bernadette Peters Dot
Marie
Barbara Bryne Old Lady
Blair Daniels
Dana Ivey Yvonne
Naomi Eisen
Charles Kimbrough Jules
Bob Greenberg
Mary D’Arcy Celeste #2
Elaine
Danielle Ferland Boy Bathing in the River
Louise
Sue Anne Gershenson Woman with Baby Carriage
Photographer
Cris Groenendaal Man Lying on the Bank
Louis
Billy Webster
John Jellison Man with Bicycle
Museum Assistant
Kurt Knudson Mr.
Lee Randolph
Judith Moore Nurse
Mrs.
Harriet Pawling
Nancy Opel Young Man Sitting on the Bank
Frieda
Betty
William Parry Boatman
Charles Redmond
Michele Rigan Little Girl
Brent Spiner Franz
Dennis
Melanie Vaughan Celeste #1
Waitress
Robert Westenberg Soldier
Alex
Understudies: Ray Gill (Franz, Dennis, Man with bicycle, Man lying on the bank, Louis, Billy Webster, Soldier, Alex, Mr., Lee Randolph), Joanna Glushak (Dot, Marie, Celeste #1, Nurse, Celeste #2, Elaine), Michele Rigan (Boy bathing in the River, Louise), Sara Woods (Old Lady, Blair Daniels, Nurse, Mrs., Harriet Pawling, Yvonne, Naomi Eisen)
REPLACEMENTS
Joanna Glushak Dot
Marie
8/27/1984 – 9/9/1984
Cris Groenendaal George
1/15/1985 – 1/20/1985
Harry Groener George
4/23/1985 – 8/4/1985
Betsy Joslyn Dot
Marie
2/26/1985 – 3/10/1985
Maryann Plunkett Dot
Marie
3/12/1985 – 10/13/1985
Robert Westenberg George
9/18/1984 – 4/21/1985
Pamela Burrell Yvonne
Naomi Eisen
Bruce Adler Franz
Dennis
David Bryant
Sue Anne Gershenson Celeste #2
Waitress
Cris Groenendaal Soldier
Alex
Jeff Keller Louis
Billy Webster
Man Lying on the Bank
Frank Kopyc Mr.
Lee Randolph
Sherri Lynn Leidy Little Girl
Howard McGillin Soldier
Alex
T. J. Meyers Louis
Natalie Polizzi Boy Bathing in the River
Louise
Sarah Bethany Reynolds Louise
Melanie Vaughan Elaine
Sara Woods Woman with Baby Carriage
Photographer