Current Projects



Barbara Cook Vanessa Williams Tom Wopat
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
with Leslie Kritzer, Norm Lewis, Erin Mackey, Euan Morton and Matthew Scott.
Music & Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
Conceived & Directed James Lapine

Roundabout is thrilled to bring you a completely different kind of Sondheim evening: an intimate portrait of the famed composer in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, you’ll get an inside look at Sondheim’s personal life and artistic process. An ensemble cast, led by Tony Award winner BARBARA COOK, VANESSA WILLIAMS and TOM WOPAT, will perform brand-new arrangements of over two dozen Sondheim tunes, ranging from the beloved to the obscure. Directed by frequent Sondheim collaborator JAMES LAPINE, this unique experience will take you inside the life and mind of an ordinary New Yorker… with an extraordinary talent. 

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM's design team includes Beowulf Boritt (Sets), Susan Hilferty (Costumes), Ken Billington (Lights), Dan Moses Schreier (Sound), Peter Flaherty (Projections), David Loud (Musical Director).

SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM will begin previews on March 19th, 2010 and open officially April 22nd, 2010 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street). This will be a limited engagement through Sunday, June 13th, 2010.

http://www.roundabouttheater.org/season_2009.htm

Image provided by Roundabout Theatre Company.

Future Projects

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

The latest collaboration with composer-lyricist William Finn, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was recently given a workshop at the Sundance Theater Lab at the White Oak Plantation in Florida. 

Lapine adapted the book from the 2006 Academy Award winning film written by Michael Arndt. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE tells the story of the travails of the dysfunctional Hoover family as they make their way in a vintage yellow VW bus from Albuquerque to Southern California to attend the Little Miss Sunshine children’s beauty pageant. 

Big Beach Films, one of the producing team of the film, initiated the musical project in 2008. Plans are underway for an out-of-town tryout in 2010.

http://www.sundance.org

http://www.bigbeachfilms.com/home/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449059/