ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE’s
Tony nominated star
Daniel Evans
Featured on the VISA Signature
Tony Awards Preview Concert
on
Saturday, June 7th from 7:00 – 8:00PM
on channel 2
“The look of the show feels like thought made visible, just as Mr. Sondheim’s ravishing score, performed with gleaming delicacy, seems made of painterly flecks of light and color.”
- Ben Brantley, New York Times
“In this spectacular staging, director Sam Buntrock and his team have possibly reinvented the Broadway wheel.”
-Clive Barnes, New York Post
“A great love story that remains among the peak theater experiences of my life.”
-Linda Winer, Newsday
Daniel Evans, currently starring as ‘George’ in the Tony nominated revival of Sunday in the Park with George, will perform “Finishing the Hat” on The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert, which will be broadcast in more than two dozen cities around the country starting Saturday, June 7th. The hour-long concert celebrates the Broadway season with performances from all of this year’s musicals.
In the tri-state region, The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert airs on WCBS, Channel 2 on Saturday, June 7th at 7pm.
Click the link below for a list of additional cities
and broadcast dates across the country:
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2008-05-29/200805291212034449780.html
For more information, you can visit www.tonyawards.com
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George. This Olivier Award winning production of Sunday in the Park with George, is directed by Sam Buntrock with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli. Sunday in the Park with George stars Daniel Evans (George), Jenna Russell (Dot & Marie), Michael Cumpsty (Jules & Bob), Alexander Gemignani (Boatman & Dennis) and Jessica Molaskey (Yvonne & Naomi).
Sunday in the Park with George is playing a limited engagement through June 29th, 2008 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).
The Georges Seurat painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, is the inspiration for this compelling musical fantasy which celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art. The first half of Sunday in the Park with George, set in 1884, sees the painting and its rich comic tapestry come to life in a world where, for Georges, art comes before love, before everything. In the second half, set in 1980s New York, we see the great grandson of Georges and his search for inspiration amongst the unfolding world of contemporary art.
Sunday in the Park with George has been nominated for nine Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Daniel Evans) and Best Actress in a Musical (Jenna Russell). Tim Bird and David Farley won an Outer Critic’s Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design and Ken Billington won an OCC Award for Outstanding Lighting Design. Jason Carr received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations and Tim Bird received a DD Award for Outstanding Projections and Video Design. Jenna Russell was awarded a Theatre World Award for her role as Dot/Marie. Sunday in the Park with George was nominated for six Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical (Sam Buntrock) and Outstanding Actor & Actress in a Musical (Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell), five Outer Critic’s Circle Awards including Outstanding Revival of a Musical and Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Daniel Evans) and three Drama League nominations for Distinguished Revival of a Musical and Distinguished Performances (Daniel Evans & Jenna Russell).
Daniel Evans (George) is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Menier Chocolate Factory, among others, in plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, J.M.Barrie, Peter Gill, Caryl Churchill, Christopher Hampton, Sarah Kane and Christopher Shinn and musicals by Bernstein, Wright/Forrest/Yeston and Sondheim. Daniel received Olivier Awards for his performances in Merrily We Roll Along (2001) and Sunday in the Park With George (2007). Television: “The Passion,” “Doctor Who,” “The Virgin Queen,” “Love in a Cold Climate,” “Great Expectations,” “Daniel Deronda,” “To the Ends of the Earth.” Concerts include Barbara Cook’s 80th Birthday Celebration, Sweeney Todd with Bryn Terfel.
TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Studio 54 Box Office (254 West 54th Street). Ticket prices range from $36.25-$121.25.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Sunday in the Park with George plays Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00PM with a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2:00PM.
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