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.
James Lapine, Act One
James Lapine, Act One
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
James Lapine, Amour
James Lapine , Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine , Passion
James Lapine, Falsettos
James Lapine, Falsettos
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine , Sunday in the Park with George
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).
James Lapine has received numerous nominations for his work in theater. He was nominated for Best Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards and the Tony Awards for Act One. He earned nominations for Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards and The Lortels for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for the same show. Additionally, he was nominated for Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Amour. Lapine received nominations for Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Into the Woods. He was also nominated for Outstanding Director - Play at the Drama Desk Awards and Best Direction of a Play at the Tony Awards for Dirty Blonde. His work on Passion garnered him nominations for Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, as well as Best Book of a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards. For Falsettos, he received nominations for Best Book of a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards. He was nominated for Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Into the Woods, which also earned him a nomination for Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Lapine received nominations for Best Book of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards, and Outstanding Book of a Musical and Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Sunday in the Park with George. The show also earned him nominations for Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards.
James Lapine has won several prestigious awards, including Best Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Act One. He received the Outstanding Director of a Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as for Amour and Dirty Blonde in the Outstanding Director - Musical and Outstanding Director - Play categories, respectively. Lapine has also won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Passion and Falsettos. He received the Outstanding Book of a Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for Into the Woods, which also won Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, he won the Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Into the Woods and the Outstanding Book of a Musical Drama Desk Award for Sunday in the Park with George. He was awarded Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Sunday in the Park with George, which also won Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards.
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