Sunday in the Park with George (1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama)

Class Preparation

• Read Broadway: The American Musical, ​pp. 374-78.
• Handout of class slides
• Sunday in the Park with George Lyrics 

YouTube Links & Playlists

• A 1985 video recording of the complete show (with most of the original cast) is available on YouTube: LINK This is free (and probably unauthorized. This same performance was released on DVD, can be rented for $2.99 on Apple TV+, and is available to stream from NCLive through the Durham County Library. If you have time, please watch at least the first act (85 minutes). If you are interested in specific songs featured in today's class, here are the approximate times they occur:
  • 0:18:56 "Color and Light"
  • 0:53:40 "Finishing the Hat"
  • 1:49:00 "Putting It Together"
  • 2:12:30 "Move On"
• YouTube playlists:
  • Sunday in the Park with George ​(1984 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  • Sunday in the Park with George: Various Performances
  • Putting It Together (Sondheim's adaptations of the original lyrics, tailored to the arts of music (Barbra Streisand), theatre (Carol Burnett), and film (Bernadette Peters opening the 1994 Academy Awards broadcast.