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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 .
the official website for playwright & director James Lapine.
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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In Into the Woods. Stephen Sondheim and playwright-director James Lapine that combines the plots of familiar fairy tales. A dark comedy, the story of Into the Woods takes inspiration from the more melancholy and frightful elements of original folk and fairy tales—including the deaths of major characters—and features plot elements and figures from…
Learn about James Lapine, a leading playwright and stage director who collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on several acclaimed musicals, including "Sunday in the Park with George" and "Into the Woods". Explore his key shows, awards, and related artists on PBS.
A leading American theatrical director, librettist and playwright, Ohio native James Lapine is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, and trained at the California Institute of the Arts as a photographer and graphic designer.
