James Elliot Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

. He has won the

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligib ...

three times, for ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...

'', ''

Falsettos ''Falsettos'' is a sung-through musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of '' March of the Falsettos'' (1981) and '' Falsettoland'' (1990), the last two installments in a trio o ...

'', and '' Passion''. He has frequently collaborated with

Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...

and

William Finn William Alan Finn (born February 28, 1952) is an American composer and lyricist. He is best known for his musicals, which include '' Falsettos'', for which he won the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, ''A New B ...

Early life

Lapine was born in

Mansfield, Ohio Mansfield is a city in and the county seat of Richland County, Ohio, United States. Located midway between Columbus and Cleveland via Interstate 71, it is part of Northeast Ohio region in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau. The city ...

, the son of Lillian (Feld) and David Sanford Lapine. He graduated from

Franklin and Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Frankli ...

in 1971. Though he did not actively pursue theatre in childhood, Lapine did play Jack in an elementary school production of

Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 4th edition On Commons and as Benjamin Tabart's moralized "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807. Henry Cole ...

Career

Lapine did graduate study in photography and graphic design at the

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, where he received an MFA in 1973."Stars Over Broadway, James Lapine"
pbs.com, accessed March 10, 2011 He was a photographer,

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdiscipli ...

er, and architectural preservationist, and taught design at the

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

. At

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he wrote an adaptation of and directed

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's ''Photograph'', which was produced

Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

at the Open Space in SoHo in 1977. He went on to write and direct Off-Broadway plays and musicals, directing composer

's ''

March of the Falsettos ''March of the Falsettos'' is a 1981 musical with a book, lyrics, and music by William Finn. It is the second in a trilogy of musicals, preceded by '' In Trousers'' and followed by '' Falsettoland''. ''March of the Falsettos'' and ''Falsettoland'' ...

'' in 1981; the musical won the

Outer Critics Circle Award The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspa ...

for Best Off-Broadway Play.

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, the ''

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'' theater critic, noted "Mr. Lapine's wildly resourceful staging". In 1982, Lapine was introduced to Stephen Sondheim.Secrest, pp. 326-341 The pair developed '' Sunday in the Park with George:'' Lapine wrote the book and directed; Sondheim created the music and lyrics. The play was first produced

in 1983, and moved to

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in 1984. Their next musical was ''

'', which premiered on Broadway in 1987, for which Lapine won the Tony Award and the

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for Best Book of a Musical. They next collaborated on the musical '' Passion'', for which Lapine wrote the book and directed. The musical ran on Broadway in 1994 and in the West End in 1996, receiving a nomination for the

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for Best New Musical, and winning the

Tony Award for Best Musical The Tony Award for Best Musical is given annually to the best new Broadway musical play, musical, as determined by Tony Award voters. The award is one of the ceremony's longest-standing awards, having been presented each year since 1949. The awa ...

and the

, among other awards and nominations. Their last collaboration was the revue ''

Sondheim on Sondheim ''Sondheim on Sondheim'' is a musical revue consisting of music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim for his many shows. It is conceived and directed by James Lapine. The revue had a limited run on Broadway in 2010. Background The revue is b ...

. P''resented on Broadway in 2010, it won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue. In 1992, Lapine returned to working with William Finn, and wrote the book and directed the Broadway musical ''

''. Lapine wrote the book and Finn composed the music for ''

A New Brain ''A New Brain'' is a musical with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine. Though many of Finn's previous musicals were to some extent autobiographical, ''A New Brain'' dealt directly with his own harrowing experience ...

'', which premiered Off-Broadway in 1998. They later worked together on Finn's musical ''

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'', which premiered

in 2005 and later moved to Broadway. The ''New York Times'' reviewer wrote of the ''Spelling Bee'' Broadway transfer that "Mr. Lapine has sharpened all the musical's elements without betraying its appealing modesty." The latest Finn-Lapine work is ''

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'', which premiered in 2011 at the

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in California.Jones, Kenneth
"Road Trip! Finn & Lapine's 'Little Miss Sunshine' Musical Begins World-Premiere Run in CA"
Playbill.com, February 15, 2011 Lapine has also directed dramas, including '' Dirty Blonde'', which ran Off-Broadway and then on Broadway in 2000. Conceived by

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and Lapine and written by Shear with direction by Lapine,

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called Lapine's direction "stylish and compassionate". Lapine was nominated for the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Direction of a Play. Lapine directed the 2012 Broadway revival of ''

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''. He wrote a stage adaption of the

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autobiography '' Act One'', which premiered on Broadway at the Lincoln Center

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in April 2014. Lapine wrote the book for and directed the new musical ''

Flying Over Sunset ''Flying Over Sunset'' is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Michael Korie, and book by James Lapine. The musical is a fictional account of a meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce and Cary Grant, who all used the drug LSD. P ...

''. A staged singing/reading was presented at the Vineyard Arts Project (Martha's Vineyard) in August 2015. The composer is Tom Kitt and lyrics are by

Michael Korie Michael Korie (born April 1, 1955) is an American librettist and lyricist whose writing for musical theater and opera includes the musicals ''Grey Gardens'' and '' Far From Heaven'', and the operas ''Harvey Milk'' and ''The Grapes of Wrath''. His ...

. The musical premiered on Broadway at the

on November 11, 2021 in previews with the official opening scheduled for December 13. The production was originally scheduled to open on April 16, 2020, but was postponed due to the

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. In 1991, Lapine directed his first film, ''

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'', which has a screenplay by his wife,

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. The story revolves around the romance of

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and Chopin, and stars

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and

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. He followed with '' Life With Mikey,'' with

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for Disney. In 1993, he directed ''Passion'', starring the original Broadway cast, for television. He directed the film version of Anne Tyler's novel '' Earthly Possessions'', starring

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and

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, for

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in 1999. He wrote the screenplay for Disney's film version of ''

'' (2014), directed by Rob Marshall. He wrote and directed the film '' Custody'' in 2016 with

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, and

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. Lapine received the 2015 Mr. Abbott Award at a special gala on October 19, 2015. The award is presented by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation "in recognition of a lifetime of exceptional achievement in the theatre." Lapine's book ''Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George'' was released on August 3, 2021, and reviewed by

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in a cover story in the '' New York Times Book Review'' on August 8, 2021.

Personal life

Lapine is married to American screenwriter and director

."Sarah Kernochan biography"
TCM.com, accessed March 10, 2011 The couple's daughter is food writer Phoebe Lapine. James Lapine's niece, Sarna Lapine, directed the 2016 concert version and the 2017

revival of '' Sunday in the Park with George''.

Theater

;As a director, Lapine has worked on: *''Photograph'' by Gertrude Stein (1977) *''

Twelve Dreams ''Twelve Dreams'' is a 1981 play by James Lapine that was inspired by a case study contained in Carl Jung's 1964 book ''Man and His Symbols''. The case concerns a 10-year-old girl who gave her father, a psychiatrist, an unusual Christmas present � ...

'' (1978; 1981; 1995) - 1981

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"'Twelve Dreams' Listing, 1981"
InternetOff-BroadwayDatabase.com, accessed March 10, 2011 *''Table Settings'' (1979; 1980) -

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Eder, Richard
"'Table Settings,' a Comedy Of a Modern Jewish Family; The Cast"
''The New York Times'', March 24, 1979"'Table Settings' Listing, 1979"
InternetOff-BroadwayDatabase.com, accessed March 10, 2011"'Table Settings' Listing, 1980"
InternetOff-BroadwayDatabase.com, accessed March 10, 2011 *''

'' (1981) - composed by

*''

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'' (1982) - written by

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*'' Sunday in the Park with George'' (1984) - composed by

*'' Merrily We Roll Along'' (1985, La Jolla Playhouse) - composed by Stephen Sondheim *''

'' (1987; 1997; 2002) - composed by Stephen Sondheim *''

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'' (1989) - written by William Shakespeare *''

Falsettoland ''Falsettoland'' is a musical with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by William Finn. Following '' In Trousers'' and '' March of the Falsettos'', it is the third in a trio of one-act musicals centering on Marvin, his wife Trina, his p ...

'' (1990) - composed by William Finn *''

'' (1992; 2016) - composed by William Finn *'' Passion'' (1994) - composed by Stephen Sondheim *''Luck, Pluck, and Virtue'' (1995) - La Jolla Playhouse and Atlantic Theatre CompanyCanby, Vincent
"Theater Review: A Morality Tale About Everybody's Fall Guy"
''The New York Times'', April 5, 1995 *'' Golden Child'' (1996; 1998) - written by

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*''

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'' (1997) - written by

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and

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*''

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'' (1999, original Berlin version) - composed by Alan Menken and

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*'' Dirty Blonde'' (2000) - written by

*'' Amour'' (2002) - composed by

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*''Fran's Bed'' (2003; 2005) -

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;Klein, Alvin
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'' (2005) - composed by William Finn *''

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'' (2007) - written by William Shakespeare *''

'' (2010) - musical revue of Stephen Sondheim work *''

'' (2011, La Jolla Playhouse; 2013) - composed by William Finn *''

'' (2012) - Music by

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, lyrics by

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, and book by Thomas Meehan *'' Act One'' (2014) - Broadway, Lincoln Center *''Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing'' (2016) - Signature Theatre (Virginia)"Mrs Miller Does Her Thing' media gallery, cast, and creative team, 2016"
Sigtheatre.org, accessed March 6, 2016 *''

'' (2021) ;Writer, musicals He has written the libretti for the following musicals: *'' Sunday in the Park with George'' - 1984 *''

'' - 1987 *''

'' - 1990 *''

'' - 1992 *'' Passion'' - 1994 *''

'' - 1999 (original

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version) *''

'' (

) - 1999 *''

'' - 2011 *''

'' - 2021 ;Writer, plays *''Table Settings'' - 1979 and 1980 at

*''

'' - 1978; 1981

*''Luck, Pluck, and Virtue'' - 1995, La Jolla Playhouse and Atlantic Theatre Company, both starring

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*''The Moment When'' - 2000, Playwrights Horizons, featuring

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and

Phyllis Newman Phyllis Newman (March 19, 1933 – September 15, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the musical ''Subways Are for Sleeping'' on Broadway, ...

Weber, Bruce
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''The New York Times'', March 22, 2000 *''Fran's Bed'' - 2003,

, starring

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; 2005 Playwrights Horizons *'' Act One'' - 2014, Broadway, Lincoln Center *''Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing'' - 2016, Signature Theatre (Virginia), featuring

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Film

Published works

*''Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George'' (2021)

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

* Haagensen, Erik J. (1994). "The Passion of James Lapine". ''Showmusic: The Musical Theatre Magazine''. pp. 11-16. * Secrest, Meryle (1999). ''Stephen Sondheim: A Life'', Random House.

External links

* * *
TonyAwards.com Interview with James LapineOfficial Site of James Lapine
* James Lapine Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapine, James 1949 births 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American male writers American male dramatists and playwrights American male screenwriters American musical theatre directors American musical theatre librettists Broadway theatre directors California Institute of the Arts alumni Drama Desk Award winners Franklin & Marshall College alumni Living people People from Mansfield, Ohio Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners Screenwriters from Connecticut Screenwriters from New York (state) Screenwriters from Ohio Tony Award winners Yale University faculty