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Inspiration

Sunday in the Park with George, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, is inspired by the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. The first act concentrates on the fictionalized life of Seurat during his creation of the painting, and the second act revolves around Seurat's great-grandson, also an artist.