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James Lapine

ジェームズ・ラピーン

Jēmusu Rapīn

別名: James Elliot Lapine

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1949-01-10 (Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.)
国籍
American
言語
English

経歴

職業
Stage director, playwright, screenwriter, librettist
活動期間
1977年〜2024年
影響を受けた人物
Gertrude Stein, Stephen Sondheim, William Finn
ノミネート
Nominated multiple times for Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Nominated for Tony Award for Best Play (Act One)

学歴

Franklin and Marshall College
学位: BA
卒業年: 1971
国: United States
California Institute of the Arts
Photography and Graphic Design
学位: MFA
卒業年: 1973
国: United States

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1985
対象作品: Sunday in the Park with George
主催: Columbia University
結果: Won
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
1988
対象作品: Into the Woods
主催: American Theatre Wing
結果: Won
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
1992
対象作品: Falsettos
主催: American Theatre Wing
結果: Won
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
1994
対象作品: Passion
主催: American Theatre Wing
結果: Won
Guggenheim Fellowship
1984
部門: Drama & Performance Art
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: Honored

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Sunday in the Park with George

1984年 Musical

Explores the life and creative process of artist Georges Seurat, inspired by his painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

ArtCreativityLegacy across generations

Into the Woods

1987年 Musical

Characters from Grimm fairy tales venture into the woods to have their wishes granted, learning consequences.

Consequences of wishesFamilyMorality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Into the Woods / Rob Marshall (2014)

Falsettos

1992年 Musical

Depicts relationships in a modern Jewish family in New York.

FamilyHomosexualityFriendship

Passion

1994年 Musical

Story of obsessive love by an Italian soldier.

PassionLoveJealousy

全著作

  • Table Settings
  • Twelve Dreams
  • Luck, Pluck, and Virtue
  • The Moment When
  • Fran's Bed
  • Act One
  • Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing
  • Putting It Together

翻案

  • Into the Woods (film)

作風・主題

文体
Innovative narrative structuresIntegration of visuals and music
頻出モチーフ
Family dynamicsIntersection of art and reality

評価・遺産

Renowned for collaborations with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn, he won three Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, leaving a legacy as an innovator in modern musical theater.

資料所蔵先

  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

大衆文化への影響

  • Daughter Phoebe Lapine is a food writer
  • Niece Sarna Lapine directed a revival of his work Sunday in the Park with George

豆知識

  • Played Jack in an elementary school production of Jack and the Beanstalk
  • His daughter Phoebe Lapine is a food writer
  • His niece Sarna Lapine directed the 2016 concert version and 2017 Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George