James Lapine
Lapine 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.
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BIO
Lapine 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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Productions
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James Lapine
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Movies
[ 1993 ] director
[ 2011 ] writer
[ 2016 ] producer
Awards and Nominations
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James Lapine, Act One
James Lapine, Act One
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James Lapine, The 25sup>th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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James Lapine, Amour
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
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James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
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James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
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James Lapine, Falsettos
James Lapine, Falsettos
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James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
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James Lapine, Into the Woods
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James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
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James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
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James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
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James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
Videos
Video: INTO THE WOODS Marks 40th Anniversary at South Coast Repertory
by Rachel Stone - 2026-09-19 12:06:50
Video: INTO THE WOODS Director Peter Rothstein Talks 40th Anniversary at SCR
by Rachel Stone - 2026-09-12 07:23:07
Video: INTO THE WOODS Featured in South Coast Repertory's 'Here's the Story' Series
by Joshua Wright - 2026-08-14 14:45:20
Video: Behind the Scenes of MEGAN IN THE WINGS at Farmers Alley Theatre
by Robert Diamond - 2026-06-18 19:59:35
Video: Ariana DeBose Sings 'No One In Alone' From INTO THE WOODS to Honor Vanessa Williams
by Michael Major - 2026-03-25 12:23:41
Video: 'The I Love You Song' from THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Theatre Under The Stars
by Joshua Wright - 2025-10-31 16:36:44
Video: Watch 'I Speak Six Languages' from SPELLING BEE at Theatre Under The Stars
by Michael Major - 2025-10-29 14:07:20
Video: 'Magic Foot' from the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Theatre Under The Stars
by Allison Henry - 2025-10-22 13:04:27
Video: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Theatre Under the Stars
by Stephi Wild - 2025-10-21 11:30:20
Video: Lea Salonga & Arielle Jacobs Lead INTO THE WOODS in Manila
by Joshua Wright - 2025-08-11 09:37:29
News
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2026
The sold-out 10th anniversary reunion concert of FALSETTOS will add a third New York performance at Carnegie Hall and travel to The London Palladium, featuring the original 2016 revival cast.
by Cheryl Markosky - Oct 8, 2026
Awe-inspiring revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical Into the Woods running until 9 January, 2027.
by Joshua Wright - Oct 7, 2026
Goodspeed Musicals announced its 2027 season featuring INTO THE WOODS, THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL, and RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S THE KING AND I at its East Haddam, Connecticut venue.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2026
Ahead of its West End press night, all new production photos have been released from the multi-award-winning Into The Woods. Check out the photos here.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2026
LAMTA will present Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS at Theatre on the Bay in Camps Bay, featuring LAMTA students making their Sondheim debuts under the direction of Sylvaine Strike.
by Michael Quintos - Oct 1, 2026
To celebrate the musical's 40th anniversary, South Coast Reportory recreates INTO THE WOODS with a decisively different approach, one that both entices and, at times, triggers an uneasy vibe (at first) that seems to have permeated out from the show's darker second half. Admittedly, something felt off while watching the show unfold in its new staging—which, in the end, proved to be the desired jolt it wanted from us all along. Selected as its first show for its new 2026-2027 season, this aesthetically-reinvisioned production continues extended performances through October 18, 2026.
by Charles Kirsch - Sep 29, 2026
Not many people can claim to be a Tony-nominated theater director and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, but James Lapine achieved both of those honors with his Broadway debut, Sunday in the Park With George (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim). He went on to collaborate with Sondheim on Into the Woods and Passion, with William Finn on Falsettos and Spelling Bee, and to write plays and musicals including Act One, Amour, and Twelve Dreams.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 24, 2026
Lake Worth Playhouse will present the Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS, featuring a seven-person cast and live band. The production explores love, family, and belonging through an unconventional family during the AIDS crisis.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2026
LAMTA will present Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS at Theatre on the Bay in Camps Bay. The production features a creative team including Musical Director Amy Campbell and Choreographer Naoline Quinzin.
by Adela González Pérez - Sep 23, 2026
La producción anuncia los nombres que se unirán a Laura Enrech e Iñigo Etayo para estrenar el clásico de Stephen Sondheim en los Luchana
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 22, 2026
Kokandy Productions' sold-out revival of Stephen Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE will extend at Chicago's Chopin Downstairs Studio, adding four weeks of performances following strong ticket sales.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 21, 2026
Conundrum Theatre Company will present William Finn's Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS at The Victory Theatre Center in Burbank. The production stars Michael Vandie, Morgan Meadows, and Danny Holmberg.
by The Sondheim Hub - Oct 3, 2026
Mrs. Lovett has thought of everything. The seaside cottage, the fishing boat, the friends dropping in for dinner… “By the Sea,” her daydream of married life with Sweeney Todd, shows her to be nothing if not accommodating. “Now and then you could do the guest in,” she suggests, between thoughts of kippered herring and bathing dresses.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 19, 2026
South Coast Repertory shared a new video promoting its production of INTO THE WOODS, marking 40 years of the Sondheim and Lapine musical with a Costa Mesa staging directed by Peter Rothstein.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2026
See production photos from South Coast Repertory's Into the Woods, featuring Danielle Hope, Valerie Perri, Mia Pinero, Dylan Saunders and more. The Sondheim musical runs through October 18.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2026
A new 50th Anniversary Broadway production of Annie will premiere on Broadway in Fall 2027, fifty years after its Broadway debut, directed by Sam Pinkleton. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2026
All new rehearsal photos have been released for the West End transfer of Bridge Theatre production of Into The Woods. Learn more about the show and check out the photos here!
by Rachel Stone - Sep 12, 2026
South Coast Repertory's artistic director sits down with INTO THE WOODS director Peter Rothstein to discuss the Sondheim and Lapine musical's 40th anniversary and the new Costa Mesa staging.
by Cheryl Markosky - Sep 11, 2026
An exciting roster of talented actors has joined the cast of Jordan Fein's enchanting revival of Into the Woods. The fairy-tale mash-up musical by Stephen Sondheim transfers to the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End after an award-winning run at The Bridge Theatre, with previews kicking off from September 22, and the show continuing until January 2027.
by Cheryl Markosky - Sep 11, 2026
If you’ve been wishing for Jordan Fein's award-winning Into the Woods to magically appear in the West End, then your yearning has been granted. The dazzling reimagining of Stephen Sondheim's mash-up fairy tale musical transfers from The Bridge Theatre to the Noël Coward Theatre, as celebrated at a launch event in London. Previews start on September 22, and the show runs until January 9, 2027.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
James Lapine has written 18 shows including Table Settings (Playwright), Sunday in the Park with George (Bookwriter), Into the Woods (Bookwriter), Falsettoland (Bookwriter), Falsettos (Bookwriter), Passion (Bookwriter), Luck, Pluck, and Virtue (Bookwriter), Twelve Dreams (Playwright), A New Brain (Bookwriter), The Moment When (Playwright), Dirty Blonde (Conceiver), Fran's Bed (Playwright), Sondheim on Sondheim (Conceiver), Act One (Adapter), Little Miss Sunshine (Playwright), Barbara Cook: Then and Now (Conceived by), Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing (Author), Flying Over Sunset (Book).
Best Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Act One, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Act One, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The 25sup>th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee, Outstanding Director (The Lortels) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Amour, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Into the Woods , Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Into the Woods, Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Dirty Blonde, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Dirty Blonde, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Passion, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Passion, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Passion, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Passion, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Falsettos, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Falsettos, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Into the Woods, Outstanding Director - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Into the Woods, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Into the Woods, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Into the Woods, Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Into the Woods, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George and Best Direction of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sunday in the Park with George.
James Lapine has won several prestigious awards throughout his career. He received the Best Play award at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Act One. He was honored with Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and for Amour. Additionally, he won Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Dirty Blonde. Lapine has also won multiple Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical for Passion, Falsettos, and for Into the Woods. He was recognized with the Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for both Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George. Furthermore, he won the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for both Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George.
