Lapine, James (b. 1949), playwright and director. A native of Mansfield, Ohio, he studied design at the California Institute of the Arts and apprenticed at the Yale School of Drama. But he turned to writing and directing, first calling attention to his abilities with his play Table Settings (1980), then earned wide acclaim for his staging of the Off‐Broadway musicals March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990). Lapine is most known for the musicals with Stephen Sondheim that he wrote and directed: Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), and Passion (1994). His other directing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) and A Winter's Tale (1989) for the New York Shakespeare Festival, and on Broadway The Diary of Anne Frank (1997), Golden Child (1998), Dirty Blonde (2000), and Amour (2002).
James Lapine
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James Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director and librettist.
Lapine was born in Mansfield, Ohio and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College. He was a photographer, graphic designer, and architectural preservationist before being introduced to theatre when he was hired as a scenic designer at Yale University.
Lapine has won both the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical three times. He also is recipent of an Obie Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Lapine is married to screenwriter/director Sarah Kernochan.
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Directing
Stage
- Photography of Gertrude Stein (1977)
- March of the Falsettos (1981) - composed by William Finn
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
- Merrily We Roll Along (1985, La Jolla Playhouse)
- Into the Woods (1987) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
- Falsettos (1992) - composed by William Finn
- Passion (1994) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
- Into the Woods (revival) - 1997
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1997) - written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
- Golden Child (1998) - written by David Henry Hwang
- Der Glockner von Notre Dame (1999, in Berlin) - composed by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
- Dirty Blonde (2000) - written by Claudia Shear
- Into the Woods (revival) - 2002)
- Amour (2002) - composed by Michel Legrand
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005) - composed by William Finn
Films
- Earthly Possessions (1999, TV) - starring Susan Sarandon, Stephen Dorff
- Life with Mikey (1993) - starring Michael J. Fox, Cyndi Lauper
- Impromptu (1991) - starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters
Bibliography
Libretti
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
- Into the Woods (1987)
- Falsettos (1992)
- Passion (1994)
- Into the Woods (revival) (1997)
- Der Glockner von Notre Dame (1999, in Berlin) - composed by Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
- A New Brain (Off-Broadway) - 1999)
- Into the Woods (revival) - 2002
Plays
- Table Settings (1978)
- Twelve Dreams (1978)
- Luck, Pluck, and Virtue (1994)
- The Moment When (2000)
- Fran's Bed (2005)
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- 1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book - Sunday in the Park with George
- 1984 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Sunday in the Park with George
- 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama - Sunday in the Park with George
- 1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 1988 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Falsettos
- 1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book - Passion
- 1994 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Passion
- 2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Nominations
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical - Sunday in the Park with George
- 1984 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Sunday in the Park with George
- 1988 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 1988 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Falsettos
- 1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Passion
- 1994 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Passion
- 1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book of a Musical - A New Brain
- 2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Play - Dirty Blonde
- 2000 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play - Dirty Blonde
- 2002 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 2002 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - Into the Woods
- 2003 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical - Amour
- 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
References
- Haagensen, Erik J. "The Passion of James Lapine." SHOWmusic The Musical Theatre Magazine 1994: ppgs.11-16
External links
- James Lapine at the Internet Broadway Database
- James Lapine at the Internet Movie Database
- James Lapine at the Internet off-Broadway Database
- TonyAwards.com Interview with James Lapine
- Official Site of James Lapine
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Mentioned in
- Passion (American Theater)
- Into the Woods (American Theater)
- Playwrights Horizons (American Theater)
- Into the Woods (1990 Theater Film)
- Falsettos (American Theater)
- Sunday in the Park with George (American Theater)
- Sarah Kernochan (Writer, Director, Culture & Society/Romance)
- Life with Mikey (1993 Comedy Film)
- Sunday in the Park with George (1986 Musical Film)
- Sunday in the Park with George, musical play (Classical Work)
- Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast] (1988 Album by Original Broadway Cast)
- Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks]. (2007 Album by Original Broadway Cast)
- Into the Woods [Original Broadway Cast] [Bonus Tracks] (2005 Album by Original Broadway Cast)
- Mandy Patinkin (Vocal Music Artist, '80s-2000s)
