Event description
The UNSW Musical Theatre Society presents: Sunday in the Park with George
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Inspired by George Seurat’s magnificent painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s soaring musical is itself an artistic masterpiece. The musical begins with the story of George and his model and lover Dot. As George struggles to find his artistic voice, he becomes more and more distant from the one woman who truly sees him for who he really is. Meanwhile, the characters that inhabit George’s painting have lives unto themselves, which George captures with his paintbrush. A century later, George and Dot’s descendants, themselves struggling artists, grapple with the same issues of artistic ingenuity, and a public who just doesn’t understand. Through melodic and heartbreaking music, poetic lyrics, and quick, jaunty wit, Sunday in the Park with George reveals universal truths about the nature of art, love, and passion, with the breadth and depth of art’s most enduring masterpieces.
SHOWS:
Wednesday 20 November 7pm
Thursday 21 November 7pm
Friday 22 November 7pm
Saturday 23 November 12pm
Saturday 23 November 5pm
TICKETS:
MTS Member: $20
Arc Member: $25
Concession: $30
General: $35
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Director: Joseph Restubog
Band Director: Jeremy Kindl
Musical Director: Marcel Lima
Vocal Director: Pamela Andrews
Producer: Nic You Lee
Assistant Directors: Victoria Lewis, Anaya Vora
CAST:
George: Ian Warwick
Dot: Maree Cole
Jules/Bob Greenberg: Nic Savage
Yvonne/Naomi Eisen: Libby Gunther
Old Lady/Blair Daniels: Christie New
Nurse/Harriet Pawling: Caitlyn Bateman
Celeste 1/Elaine: Tayla Gregson
Celeste 2: Victoria Bullard
Soldier/Alex: Matthew Avery
Boatman/Charles: Andrew Dickson
Franz/Dennis: John Robles
Frieda/Betty: Hannah Gibbins
Louise/Photographer: Elli Katz
Mr/Lee Randolph: Gerard Atkinson
Mrs/Assistant: Amy Warner
Louis/Billy Webster: Patrick Min
CREW:
Stage Manager: Sophia Manahan
Assistant Stage Manager: Margarita Rai
Lighting: Jacqui Orme, Tom Killingback
Sound: Tom Wightwick, Saskia Wibowo
Choreographer: Sarah Pearce
Costumes: Ian Warwick
Hair and Makeup: Rachel Dal Santo
Publicity: Max Waterson
Stagehands: Thao Pham, Celeste Thomson
Set & Props: Thomas Cartwright, Peter Koch, Saskia Wibowo, Nic You Lee
BAND:
Keys: Marcel Lima, Felice Tan
Violin: Alex Paterson, Nathan Lui
Viola: Josh Sun
Cello: David Sison
Reed 1: Liz Scott
Reed 2: Peter Koch
Oboe/Cor Anglais: Harry Wagstaff
Horn: Ursula Phillips, Eloise Koch
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine. Originally Produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organisation and Emanuel Azenberg. By arrangement with Playwrights Horizon, Inc. New York City which produced the original production of “Sunday In The Park with George” in 1983.
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.