Marquee Filled With Color and Light for Sunday in the Park With Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford are returning to Broadway in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park With George, and the show's marquee has just been posted at the Hudson Theatre.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical reopens the historic Hudson Theatre for a 10-week run beginning February 11. Opening night is set for February 23, with the closing date currently scheduled for April 23.
With music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by Lapine, the revival of Sunday in the Park With George is directed by Sarna Lapine, who helmed a concert production of the show at New York City Center in October 2016. Gyllenhaal and Ashford reprise their performances as Georges Seurat and Dot in this fully staged mounting.
The musical imagines the life of Georges Seurat in the months leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Consumed by his need to "finish the hat," Seurat alienates the French bourgeoisie, spurns his fellow artists, and neglects his lover, Dot, not realizing that his actions will reverberate over the next 100 years.