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JAMES ELLIOT LAPINE |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Born in Mansfield, OH on January 10, 1949. BA. from Franklin and Marshall College and M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Worked as a Graphic Designer and Photographer prior to his involvement in the theater. His interest began when he was worki
Plays by James Elliot Lapine
Dirty Blonde | ||
| 1st Produced: | Helen hayes Theatre, NY | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68083 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Written by Claudia Shear; Conceived by Claudia Shear and James Lapine; Music arranged by Bob Stillman | |||||
Synopsis: | Mae West reincarnated and swaggering downstage, taking the sexual upper hand as she plays the hussy with ballsy humour | |||||
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Falsettoland | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20060 | |||
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Genre: | Musical One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music and lyrics by William Finn; book by James Lapine and William Finn. Originally produced off-Broadway as two separate shows. "March of the Falsettos" and "Falsettoland". | |||||
Synopsis: | The show is about a gay man trying to cope with his ex-wife's new husband (who is his ex-therapist), his son's impending bar mitzvah, and the sudden sickness of his lover. | |||||
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Fran's Bed | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68739 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Fran's Bed asks the question "What constitutes a life?". As Fran lies comatose in a hospital room, her husband, Hank, and two daughters, Vicki and Roberta, are forced to decide her fate, but in so doing, discover things about her and about themselves that they might have preferred to leave unexamined. Fran comfortably sits to the side and watches as her family tries to understand how this seemingly normal middle-aged housewife has come to her current situation. Their efforts to deal decisively with Fran's future are complicated by her devoted nurse, Dolly, who brings a different perspective to the matter of death and what our responsibilities are to those who can't speak for themselves. The play, told with wit and compassion, does not simplify the intellectual, political and emotional issue of a person's right to life. | |||||
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Into the Woods | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 05 Nov 1987 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0930452933 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (6796) 1987 | doollee no | #66339 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine | |||||
| Winner of 3 1988 Tony Awards, this brings to musical life favourite characters from children's fairy-tales, such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood & Jack and the Beanstalk | |||||
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Luck, Pluck and Virtue | ||
| 1st Produced: | Linda Gross Theater, New York | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95127 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Allen Shawn; lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh; book by James Elliot Lapine | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Moment When, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68742 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 man or woman (1 of the men is a teenager): | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | THE MOMENT WHEN follows five people as their lives intertwine and separate. Steven, an artist, meets the writer Alice at a fashionable New York party hosted by Paula, a legendary literary agent. Paula's young assistant, Dana, introduces herself to Alice and Steven, and the courses of the next fifteen years of their lives are set in motion. The play marks those moments in our lives that may pass unnoticed but determine who we become. THE MOMENT WHEN, while tracking the successes and failures of career, marriage, parenthood and friendship, also charts the life of Dana and Steven's son, Charley, who begins his own trajectory towards fulfillment and loss. | |||||
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New Brain, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66298 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book by William Finn and James Lapine; music and lyrics by William Finn | |||||
Synopsis: | A New Brain tells the story of Gordon, a struggling songwriter, who suffers a medical crisis when something goes wrong with his brain and he is forced to undergo surgery. At the time he is struck by illness, he is reluctantly composing a song for a children's television show featuring a frog by the name of 'Mr. Bungee.' The specter of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal as he learns to appreciate life's precious moments, and finds new inspiration to compose the songs he yearns to produce. | |||||
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Passion | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plymouth Theatre, NY | 1994 | ||||
Company: | ' | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatre Communications Group, USA | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1559360883 | |||
| Music: | Promotional recording only 2010 | doollee no | #40013 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine; Based on the film "Passione d'Amore" directed by Ettore Scola | |||||
| Giorgio is a lusty officer in the Italian army, transferred to a remote outpost under the watchful eye of Colonel Ricci. Ricci's ward, Fosca, is a sickly and unattractive girl, who falls heavily in love with Giorgio at first sight. This is a love so compelling that she gradually wins the young officer over but at what cost? | |||||
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Photograph | ||
| 1st Produced: | Open Space Theatre, NYC | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20062 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Sondheim on Sondheim | ||
| 1st Produced: | Studio 54, NY | 22 Apr 2010 | ||||
Company: | Roundabout Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112475 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Created and Directed By James Lapine; Music and Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim | |||||
Synopsis: | He brought us Into The Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, West Side Story, and Gypsy (to name a few). By writing songs that reflect the complexity of his characters, he has changed the way we define a great musical. But even though millions of fans know his songs by heart, few know much about Stephen Sondheim himself. Until now. Roundabout presents Sondheim On Sondheim, an intimate portrait of the famed composer in his own words. . . and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, you'll get an inside look at Sondheim's personal life and artistic process. An ensemble cast of Broadway's best will perform brand-new arrangements of over two dozen Sondheim tunes, ranging from the beloved to the obscure. Directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator James Lapine, this unique experience will take you inside the life and mind of an ordinary New Yorker. . .with an extraordinary talent. | |||||
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Sunday In The Park With George | ||
| 1st Produced: | Booth Theatre, NY | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: Word Plays Five: New American Drama published by PAJ Publications 1 Jun 1986 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1555540074 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20063 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine | |||||
| Setting: Act I: A series of Sundays from 1884 to 1886; a park on an island in the Seine just outside of Paris and George's studio. Act II: An American art museum and on the island in 1984. | |||||
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Table Settings | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Horizons, NYC | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, 1980 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0573617263 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20064 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1 voice | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| three generations of a Jewish family with the Jewish mother to end all Jewish mothers | |||||
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Twelve Dreams | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lenox Arts Center, MA | 1978 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0822215066 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20065 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2g (revised version 3m 3f 2g) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
| Inspired by an actual case history denoted by Carl Jung, the play traces the story of a little New England girl, Emma, who makes a booklet of her dreams which she gives to her psychiatrist father, Charles Hatrick, for Christmas. Still numbed with grief over the death of his wife, Dr. Hatrick is unable to make sense of these amazing dreams and passes the book along to his mentor, the Professor, who is visiting from abroad. The structure of the play sets the daily life of Emma against the re-creation of these dreams, which are enacted by the individuals who inhabit her world: her governess-housekeeper, Jenny; her best friend, Rindy; a rich neurotic whom Dr. Hatrick is treating, Dorothy Trowbridge; Emma's ballet teacher, Miss Banton; and a young protege of Dr. Hatrick's, Sanford Putnam. The dreams, which are disturbing and phantasmagoric, are described by the Professor as those of an older person, one who is facing death. As the events of the play gather force, we learn that the young girl is in fact fatally ill-a tragic destiny which her father, for all his erudition and experience, is helpless to understand or avert. TWELVE DREAMS is ultimately a meditation on love and loss, and the forces of life and fate. | |||||
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