It may be a little too cold and snowy in State College to go to the park, but you can go to the park with George in the Citizens Bank Theatre.
Tonight is opening night for the musical ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’
‘[‘Sunday in the Park with George’] is a beautiful and profound story of the artist Georges Seurat struggling to balance his passion for his work and his personal life,’ said director Richard Beiver.
Recently revived in London and on Broadway, ‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The musical is a moving study of the mysterious painter Georges Seurat. The story is resolved a century later as his great-grandson, a struggling contemporary artist learns a lesson about his family member’s work. The play is inspired by Seurat’s painting ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’
The musical is being performed by Penn State School of Theatre students and is directed by Richard Biever. Biever is a third-year master of fine arts and chose this play for his thesis project to complete his degree. He has directed and choreographed past productions for Penn State including ‘Fat Pig’ and ‘Romance, Romance.’
The play is showing tonight until March 3, tickets are $14 and $8.50 for students and are available at the Penn State Downtown Ticket Center, the box office at Eisenhower auditorium, the Bryce Jordan Center box office or by calling 814-863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX.
‘The play is rarely produced,’ Biever stated. ‘Don’t miss it!’
