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James Elliot Lapine (born January 10, 1949) is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn .
Lapine has been nominated for twelve Tony Awards winning on three occasions and has received five Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2011, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and in 2015 was the recipient of the Mr. Abbott Award presented by the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers for a lifetime of exceptional ...
James Lapine was born on 10 January 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Into the Woods (2014), American Playhouse (1980) and The Moment When. He is married to Sarah Kernochan.
James Lapine is one of most honored playwrights and directors in American theater today ("Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," "Passion," "March of the Falsettos"). Lapine has...
James Lapine is a writer and director of musicals and plays, known for Into the Woods (2014), Passion (1996) and Falsettos (1992). He has won three Tony Awards and was nominated seven times for his work with Stephen Sondheim and others.
the official website for playwright & director James Lapine.
In Into the Woods. Stephen Sondheim and playwright-director James Lapine that combines the plots of familiar fairy tales. A dark comedy, the story of Into the Woods takes inspiration from the more melancholy and frightful elements of original folk and fairy tales—including the deaths of major characters—and features plot elements and figures from…
