James Lapine to createSunday in the Park with George (1984), a musical inspired by the paintingSunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by pointillist Georges Seurat. Sondheim and Lapine paired again forInto the Woods (1987; film 2014), which deconstructs and…

Stephen Sondheim and playwright-director James Lapine that combines the plots of familiar fairy tales. A dark comedy, the story ofInto the Woods takes inspiration from the more melancholy and frightful elements of original folk and fairy tales—including the deaths of major characters—and features plot elements and figures from…