James Lapine Biography

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James Lapine (born January 10 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an American theatrical director and librettist.

He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College.

Married to screenwriter/director Sarah Kernochan.

Theatre first became a part of Lapineâ??s life when he was hired at Yale as a graphic designer in theatre. Before this he was a photographer, graphic designer and architectural preservationist.
Winner of an Obie Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and three Tony Awards for â??Best Book of a Musical".

Libretti

• Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical
    
  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (1987)
  
  • Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
    
  
  
• Falsettos (1992)
  
  • Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
    
  
  
• Passion (1994)
  
  • Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical)
    
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (revival) - 1997
  
• A New Brain (Off-Broadway) - 1999)
  
  • Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Book of a Musical
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (revival) - 2002
  

Plays

• Table Settings (1978
  
• Twelve Dreams (1978
  
• Luck, Pluck, and Virtue (1994)
  
• The Moment When (2000
  
• Fran's Bed (2005
  

Director

Stage

• Photography of Gertrude Stein (1977)
  
• Sunday in the Park with George (1984) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (1987) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  
  
• Falsettos (1992) - composed by William Finn
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  
  
• Passion (1994) - composed by Stephen Sondheim
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  • Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (revival) - 1997
  
• The Diary of Anne Frank (1997) - written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
  
• Golden Child (1998) - written by David Henry Hwang
  
• Der Glockner von Notre Dame (1999, in Berlin) - composed by Stephen Schwartz
  
• Dirty Blonde (2000) - written by Claudia Shear
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Play
    
  • Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play
    
  
  
• Into the Woods (revival) - 2002)
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  • Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical
    
  
  
• Amour (2002) - composed by Michel Legrand
  
  • Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical
    
  
  
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005) - composed by William Finn
  
  • Tony Nomination for Best Direction of a Musical
    
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
    
  
  

Films

• Earthly Possessions (1999, TV) - starring Susan Sarandon, Stephen Dorff
  
• Life with Mikey (1993) - starring Michael J. Fox, Cyndi Lauper
  
• Impromptu (1991) - starring Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters
  

Reference

• Haagensen, Erik J. "The Passion of James Lapine." SHOWmusic The Musical Theatre Magazine 1994: ppgs.11-16
  

External links

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• IBDb
  

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