Booth Theatre, (5/2/1984 - 10/13/1985)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
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.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)

Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President) and Emanuel Azenberg; Produced by arrangement with Playwrights Horizons

Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Music orchestrated by Michael Starobin; Suggested by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte" and the life of Georges Seurat

Directed by James Lapine

Scenic Design by Tony Straiges; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward; Lighting Design by Richard Nelson; Sound Design by Tom Morse; Hair and Wig Design by Charles LoPresto; Hair Design by Richard Allen; Make-Up Design by Richard Allen; Mr. Patinkin's hair designed by J. Roy Helland; Mr. Patinkin's make-up designed by J. Roy Helland

General Manager: Robert Kamlot; Company Manager: Richard Berg

Production Stage Manager: Charles Blackwell; Stage Manager: Fredric H. Orner and Loretta Robertson; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc.

Music published by Tommy Valando; Concert Mistress: Marilyn Reynolds; Violin: Cecelia Hobbs Gardner; Viola: Karl Bargen; Cello: Eileen Folson; Piano & Synthesizer: Paul Ford; Synthesizer: Ted Sperling; Harp: Beth Robinson; French Horn: Ronald Sell; Woodwinds: Les Scott and Al Hunt; Percussion: Robert Ayers

Special Effects by Bran Ferren

Movement directed by Randolyn Zinn; Casting: John S. Lyons; General Press Representative: Fred Nathan & Associates; Speech Consultant: Kristin Linklater; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Artwork by Frank Verlizzo

Set and costume design adapted from the Seurat painting from the Art Institute of Chicago

Mandy Patinkin	George (Act I) an artist
	George (Act II) an artist
Bernadette Peters	Dot George's mistress
	Marie George's grandmother
Barbara Bryne	Old Lady
	Blair Daniels an art critic
Mary D'Arcy	Celeste #2
	Elaine
Danielle Ferland	Boy bathing in the River
	Louise the daughter of Jules and Yvonne
Sue Anne Gershenson	Woman with baby carriage
	Photographer
Cris Groenendaal	Man lying on the bank
	Louis a baker
	Billy Webster Harriet's friend
Dana Ivey	Yvonne Jules' wife
	Naomi Eisen a composer
John Jellison	Man with bicycle
	Museum Assistant
Charles Kimbrough	Jules another artist
	Bob Greenberg the museum director
Kurt Knudson	Mr.
	Lee Randolph the museum's publicist
Judith Moore Broadway debut	Nurse nurse to Old Lady
	Mrs.
	Harriet Pawling a patron of the arts
Nancy Opel	Young Man sitting on the bank
	Frieda a cook
	Betty an artist
William Parry	Boatman
	Charles Redmond a visiting curator
Michele Rigan	Little Girl
Brent Spiner	Franz a servant
	Dennis a technician
Melanie Vaughan	Celeste #1
	Waitress
Robert Westenberg	Soldier
	Alex an artist

Understudies: Sue Anne Gershenson (Betty, Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Elaine, Frieda, Nurse, Young Man sitting on the bank), Ray Gill (Alex, Billy Webster, Dennis, Franz, Lee Randolph, Louis, Man lying on the bank, Man with bicycle, Mr., Soldier), Joanna Glushak (Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Dot, Elaine, Marie, Nurse), Cris Groenendaal (Alex, Dennis, Franz, Soldier), John Jellison (Billy Webster, Boatman, Bob Greenberg, Charles Redmond, Jules, Louis, Man lying on the bank, Man with bicycle), Michele Rigan (Boy bathing in the River, Louise), Robert Westenberg (George (Act I), George (Act II)), Sara Woods (Blair Daniels, Harriet Pawling, Mrs., Naomi Eisen, Nurse, Old Lady, Yvonne).