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The cast helps recreate Georges Seurat's painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of
La Grande Jatte," (1884) on stage at the San Francisco Playhouse. Photos:
Ken Levin
Stephen Sondheim's endearing musical, "Sunday in the Park with George," follows the days leading up to the completion of one of French painter Georges Seurat's greatest works, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." (1884)
The San Francisco Playhouse production features John Bambery as Seurat, a Parisian artist who founded Neo-Impression—a technique using minute brushstrokes of divergent colors to convey light—eventually known as Pointillism. It also stars Nanci Zoppi as Dot, the artist's lover and model. With "Sunday in the Park with George," director Bill English, musical director Dave Dobrusky, choreographer Kimberly Richards and the cast create a visual feast on stage. -Stephanie Wright Hession |
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| Seurat (John Bambery) sketching Dot (Nanci Zoppi) in the park. |
Best friends Celeste 1 (Emily Radosevich) and Celeste 2 (Corrie Farbstein) on the Ile de la Grande Jatte watching George (Bambery) and Dot (Zoppi).
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Xander Ritchey portrays the Boatman depicted in Seurat's work.
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