Sunday in the Park with George (2019)
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. (Stage Agent)
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
Production Team and Crew
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
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