![]() ![]() The painting is currently at the Art Institute of Chicago.Īccording to Renee Dobson, M.F.A., associate professor of theater and artistic director of Bluett Theatre, this musical was chosen not only because of its message, but also as a way to honor the memory of Sondheim, who died in November 2021. ![]() The musical is inspired by the real 1800s painter Georges Seurat, whose painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” is the very painting the character George is working on in Act 1. ![]() This younger George parallels his great-grandfather in many ways, struggling with his own creativity and connections with himself and those around him. George is extremely dedicated to his work, using breakthrough techniques in his paintings, but it is difficult to balance his art and his personal relationships.Īct 2 jumps 100 years into the future, now following George’s great-grandson, also named George. “Sunday in the Park with George,” with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, is about what it’s like to be an artist - the passion, the struggle, the consequences - no matter what time period you’re in or what medium you’re using.Īct 1 of the musical takes place in the mid 1880s just outside Paris and follows George Seurat, played by Giacomo Badalamenti ’24, over the course of a few Sundays in his life as he paints the visitors in a local park. But the SJU Theatre Company makes it look like a breeze in their fall musical, a powerful production of “Sunday in the Park with George.” ![]()
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