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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 .
James Lapine was born on 10 January 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Into the Woods (2014), American Playhouse (1980) and The Moment When. He is married to Sarah Kernochan.
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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.
the official website for playwright & director James Lapine.
James Lapine is one of most honored playwrights and directors in American theater today ("Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," "Passion," "March of the Falsettos"). Lapine has come...
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James Lapine is a writer and director of musicals and plays, known for Into the Woods (2014), Passion (1996) and Falsettos (1992). He has won three Tony Awards and was nominated seven times for his work with Stephen Sondheim and others.
Jul 28, 2021 · James Lapine’s book shows how he and Stephen Sondheim invested two years of work to burnish their musical from an avant-garde near-disaster to a mainstream classic.
