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James Elliot Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.
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- Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1985)
- Stage director, playwright, screenwriter, librettist
- James Elliot Lapine, January 10, 1949 (age 74), Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
Biography. (as of 2021) JAMES LAPINE was born in Mansfield, Ohio and lived there until his early teens when his family moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He attended public schools before entering Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he majored in History.
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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 tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.
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views 2,767,986 updated. LAPINE, James (Elliot) 1949- PERSONAL: Born January 10, 1949, in Mansfield, OH; son of David Sanford and Lillian (Feld) Lapine; married Sarah Marshall Kernochan (a screenwriter), February 24, 1985; children: Phoebe. Education: Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., 1971; California Institute of Arts, M.F.A., 1973.
Other articles where James Lapine is discussed: Stephen Sondheim: James Lapine to create Sunday in the Park with George (1984), a musical inspired by the painting Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by pointillist Georges Seurat. Sondheim and Lapine paired again for Into the Woods (1987; film 2014), which deconstructs and…
Into the Woods, witty and whimsical stage musical by composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and playwright-director James Lapine that combines the plots of familiar fairy tales.
Aug 3, 2021 · August 3, 20211:23 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. Terry Gross. 41-Minute Listen. Playlist. James Lapine worked with Stephen Sondheim on Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods and Passion....
