SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE W inapired by Georges Seurat’s polnillist ‘masterpiece, Sondheim and Lapine's museal “clebrates the att of eeaton and the reallon of [In the fist hal set in 1894, the people = i {He animals — inthe paling come oie ina wl ‘where, forthe artist Georges, at comes bela Tove, before everything. Inthe second hal ‘etl Laer Seu’ reat-grandion is wr complete book and lyrics ofthis Puli ‘wlonng show, haled by Frank Rich at truly modernist work of macal theal Broadway has eve produced’ New York 1 Since wing the ys for West Se ‘Gypsy, Stephen Sond hae writen bath Mle ‘ed yes of subsequent shows such a Felis, A Lite Night Music, Pace Ov “Sweeney Todd and into the Woods, which a Nit book by James Lapin HOM o Feresaiso0s72 Par George STEPHEN SONDHEIM / JAMES LAPINEMR wd MRS erg ig, They ae at The BORTMAN ‘erm hemo ty Sa i hs ah IMR, Excuse, Maseur We ar Tost DMRS. Lee me ey, Dad. Std a wily eticating with er ey wad ‘We are len here Unable to find pasage of sland, [BORTMAN (iting he ate), Why don't you just walk toro he wer yur ans up and you die ONTMAN omy fom hmong MRS dee tee pope 1K ting LOUIS, nah nr nw f DOM, iether MRS Wy, yen is "a LOUIS, CEORG eo ye a COLD LADY Whee is tha ce Nas? NURSE! tm a DT eter, sat hod GEORGE 2a sepa nas Ep oa a ie Pon ho iw of oe. BOT nd CCEonc mi doer tt ligt re an Seen itn tl DS ne ORT pp ahr See DO fr sei tel apo tonee cy p w Tree ni op fom he or ice Masi. igh slaty cme sp GEORGE i is stu, ‘iting DOT etre ond ns GEORGE behind te ining freon pty ae watcher He pr mann! ‘het he te contra wn DOT, You re alos fis. GEORGE. 11 do noe change my mind agin. And you? GEORGE, You cannot change you mind DOT: Nor do I want at Init going to be exhibied? (GEORGE. 1am nt sur. jks i coming oer 0 ok ait “Any minute, in fact. e BOT. Ob, 1 hope you don't mind my coming. (GEORGE. What eth you want, Doe? DOT. George. would ike ny ping GEORGE. Your painting? BOT. The one of me powderng (GEORGE, 1 di not know that i was youre DOT. You sid once that I could have i (GEORGE. In my skep? DOT. 1 wan something to remember you by. (GEORGE, You dont have enough no? DOT: want the ping, 00. GEORGE xp pining (GEORGE. {understand you and Louis are geting maid GEORGE, He mus love you very much to ae you in that ‘ondion OT. He dos. (GEORGE. 1 dda’ shink you woul go trough wih it ‘id mot dik that was what Sou telly ete DOT: I don’ tink can have what I realy want, Louis it Soha eink nce GEORGE. Yer. Lui will ake you to she Flest Corre? DOT George dda come ere 1 ague JULES and WONNE cer JULES, George? (GEORGE. Rack here, JesOT. wil go. GEORGE, Don't leave! 1 will ony be a minste JULES (oon end canst» GEORGE) There you ae. ‘rough Yronne along -YONNE, May Urata peck? DOT. wll ain the other oom. YVONNE (ees DOM, 1 hope we are not interrupting yo Se snd ULES bk an ind the iting, GEORGE Int at DOT a hes he fone JULES. 1 so large, How can you get an perspec? “Aa his ight : (GEORGE pul lontar csete cmas. GEORGE. Stand bere WONNE, Exton YVONNE et nthe. DOT sig ter Saat mec of bg WORE end DOT look at each acres ce Th of pig bores es ard to excape i when you avi a aoa 1 do no ow how you can valk up all shoe sep i rose finn eet whe Lee ever be om my fet for long pesos of tine Censily (ould never natgate sep DOT. Did someone cary yu around? YVONNE. Why are you so cool 0 me? BOT. Maybe I don ike you YVONNE Whatever ie dane mae yo el hat DOT. “Whatever have I done 2 Maybe iis dhe way sou speak: What are you ral ding hve? ‘WON, You know why we ae here. So Jules ca ook at ‘Georges work. DOT: do not undersand why George invites you. He ows you donot ke his painting LWONNE, That sot ene re. Jules hae gent respect Yor Goong And he ha encouraged tam since dey ee DOE. That i not what I hea. Jue is jelous of George -YWONNE (at), Well. jesouny a form of Rater, se ot T have ben jeu of you on cain. BOT tks suprise ‘When I have seen Gconge drawing you nthe pak. Jules geet feces BOT. You ae his wife YONNE (unm), To fat. Too angulat DOT. Modeling shard work, You would’ ike amy: YVONNE. Iris worth i dot you think? DOF. Sometimes YWONNE. Has you ve he bakers DOT. I muppose. He enjoys caing for me -WONNE, You are very ely. Oh, | suppose Jes cares — ut there artes when he Jo dace not now Lovie tnd Tare there. George ala seems 30 ous to svenone ee re Joes sys that is whats wrong with his par, oo ‘heen. You have wo have a! Don't you agree? OT made DLE. George. do ne know what way What ie GEORGE. Whats the dominane colour? The Nowe onthe a JULES. shi schoo! exam, Goong? fe changed much now dat you are(GEORGE. What ie hat colour? JULES tr) Vokes [GEORGE tales Km ye aod mars Ki cr te GEORGE, See? Rel and blue. Your eye mae the voks JULES. So? (GEORGE, So, your eyes pectin both red and bine od Wolk. Only eleven clo = no blk” died not fx the ame bythe ee Cn ou se JULES. George [GEORGE Science, Jules Fixed ns for clout, ie ruse JULES. You ae a painter, not ascent You cannot even ee these facet GEORGE, 1am not ping fe! Lam — JULES. Goong! have outed yur workin the past, and ow you ae embarassing me Pople are tal ~ ‘GEORGE. Wy should I psint lie you or anybody eb? 1 ‘an ning hough wo somehing new Some JULES. And Lam aying 0 ender (GEORGE, And | wane you w undertand, Look tthe ans, Joes. Rely ok te JULES. George! Let us get othe point, You have ined tm ase oan mop ned (GEORGE (at -enlarane) wil be Bish soon. 1 ‘ean itto be xe YVONNE, st has edging th uo do, as tnt he YVONNE. jules, am sory interop, but we ell rus be going You know we havea engagement JULES. Ye. ‘WONNE. Thankyou, Gorge. JULES, Yes, Thank you. (GEORGE. Yes. Thank you fr coming JULES. wil ve the mater some thought Tey nk. GEORGE nds mone fr & wan arin at thea hn ds int ark, puting he te CRORGE He dn he ot eds a nest ‘doe Afi ake you apart ard pt you buck toeter Sean fr mac 2x we wil owe ayone deve wie ‘Bumnburn bum bumbumbum bumbum — DOT (cing im. George! GEORGE, entrance in font tama. He ist ‘ok DOF ta tetera GORGE sana OT Paton panty Septet eit iapindypy Sateen Neeven looked ache pain, hough BOT. 1 have something tl you GEORGE. Yes. Now, about your paiting DOT. 1 may be going away. (GEORGE. Aone DOT OF course no! Wid Lous. He has work (GEORGE. When? DOT. Afr the baby aie. (GEORGE. You wil no ie ihre DOT: Hove do you know?GEORGE iqting eg) have rea about America, Wh ‘are you telling ae hs? Fr yo ask for punting ha ‘Tae yours then you ll eis ening rn othe sain 1 hve work do, lord mse tins andr DOT. Yes, George rm o your work Hide behind your aiming have come to tl you La leanne ease 1 {ought you might re to know = fotsh ote because source about meting [GEORGE {cre shout many things - DOT. Things - nor people (GEORGE. People 19. cannot dsde my elings up as really as Yo and Tam no hiding eh yams = ning ‘What you cre for is yours, (GEORGE. I care about this panting Yo wl ein this aig bor am something you can use nonce, "Thad thought you understood, es because 1 understand shat ‘That tam leaving crore. “Then there's nothing I can sy, lithe . Yes, George, there ist You could tell me not so go. ‘Tell me nor to go. ‘Tell me hac you've hurt, ‘Tell me youre relieved, “el me that you're bored = AAnithing, but don rome 1 know {allme'sbae you fet ceorce. ‘What | feo You know exactly how 1 Fel You must hear the words ‘When you how cana give you words? Nott ones you need. ‘There's nothing wo s9y Teannot be wha you want or ‘What do soe wane, George? crore. Teeded you and you let "There was no room for me ~ [GEORGE ori he "Yon wil not accept who 1am. am what I do ‘Which you tees, Which You always new, ‘Which Thought you were apart of He cs bind he cas or. No, You are complete, George, {You are your own. Wer do nor belong together You are complete, George, ‘You all slane Tam unfinished, {an diminished ‘Wath or without you We do not belong together, [And we should have belonged together ‘What made i righ together Tewhar made ial wrongNo one is you, George, There we Bur others il do, Goong. Noone is you and No one can bes ‘We do moc belong together ‘nd wel never belong You havea ison, ow have on fo, Geo [And we should hve belonged together: have t9 move on BOT bes GEORGE op pinting ed cme fm rand ‘he con He se te ge The pe le The ret hangs taka the pr ne rand Km Whe he ‘feng epi kno ong wo OLD TAD nd beg her Thy er fo he ‘u-oftke COMPANION, ton ocr of the tg Tea ns ioe nth GEORGE ae ‘OLD LADY. hear tls on tte fend ean. GEORGE i ater sani pom OLD LADY its rm ta emer hn eu were aie boy os wo up ea on Sand Imoming and 0 for a wim a GEORGE. 1 donot knowhow 1 wim. ‘OLD LADY. The boy woul come by the house 1 get ee [GEORGE, Ihave avays en patie ofthe wate (OLD LADY, And your Ether would walk you al tthe Tank ofthe Seine GEORGE. rer was neve fatal to us. ‘OLD LADY Ande would gv you hows cael ‘nrc, telling you jst how ft 1 wt (GEORGE. And he cetiny never nsouced. OLD LADY: And nov, look across ther in the dance — al eho bei res ca down fora fois ower Alas et GEORGE. do ot sink sere were eve wes there (OLD LADY, How Tne the sew rom bere Changing [GEORGE 1am quie cern that was an open ‘uD Lapy. Te teepe changing (GEORGE. 1 wed wo play there a cil OLD LaDy, Were there were ees Soing Ail he sities, ‘Thesslnade, George Sendeys, Disappearing Allthesimer ‘When things were beawsful cxoRGE. ‘That ower - Beau, Mother, See usar A perfect ue, Pretty ant beatiful, Mother, ren is what changes ‘What th eye aranges Wivhar i bean ding