Lapine 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.
James Lapine, Act One
James Lapine, Act One
James Lapine, The 25sup>th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
James Lapine, Amour
James Lapine , Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Dirty Blonde
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine, Passion
James Lapine , Passion
James Lapine, Falsettos
James Lapine, Falsettos
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Into the Woods
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine, Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine , Sunday in the Park with George
James Lapine has written 18 shows including Table Settings (Playwright), Sunday in the Park with George (Bookwriter), Into the Woods (Bookwriter), Falsettoland (Bookwriter), Falsettos (Bookwriter), Passion (Bookwriter), Luck, Pluck, and Virtue (Bookwriter), Twelve Dreams (Playwright), A New Brain (Bookwriter), The Moment When (Playwright), Dirty Blonde (Conceiver), Fran's Bed (Playwright), Sondheim on Sondheim (Conceiver), Act One (Adapter), Little Miss Sunshine (Playwright), Barbara Cook: Then and Now (Conceived by), Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing (Author), Flying Over Sunset (Book).
James Lapine has been nominated for various awards throughout his career. Some of his nominations include Best Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards and Tony Awards for "Act One," Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Best Direction of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Outstanding Director - Musical at The Lortels for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," and many more for productions like "Into the Woods," "Dirty Blonde," "Passion," "Falsettos," and "Sunday in the Park with George."
James Lapine has won several awards throughout his career, including Best Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Act One, Outstanding Director of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee, Amour, and Sunday in the Park with George. He also won Outstanding Director - Play for Dirty Blonde, Best Book of a Musical for Passion and Falsettos, Outstanding Book of a Musical for Into the Woods, and Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George.
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