Lapine's book, Putting It Together , excavates the creative process behind the Pulitzer Prize–winning Sondheim musical.
Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and writer-director James Lapine connect the dots of how the classic Stephen Sondheim musical "Sunday in the Park with ...
And I just said, 'I don't know how to do this.' I was just in a state of terror." "I have no recollection of this," Lapine replied. "I never saw the show," Lapine laughed. The show's own stage crew nicknamed it "Sunday in the Dark and Bored." Preview audiences were leaving in droves. Patinkin said, "James stood at the foot of that stage, and we all got in that semi-circle. "You didn't see the show?" But these two guys were so clear where they were going with the show, that I just felt secure." said Lapine. "I mean, in and of itself, it's a great painting." Patinkin recalled, "James came over to the house. Also, I put on a few pounds in the big painting!" "In the big painting, my bustle was higher. "And we probably had smoked a joint and we were just staring at it.
This morning, Broadway legends Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, and James Lapine stopped by CBS Sunday Morning to discuss their work on the Sondheim ...
People were coming, and I just said 'I don't know how to do this'." The part of George Seurat was being revised up, which Patinkin recalls, stating, "I was terrified. Lapine discusses visiting Sondheim with a postcard image of the painting and how they went about dissecting the artwork for their Broadway classic.