History Theatre / SundayInTheParkWithGeorge

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Brings attention to the fact that there's a monkey in the original painting for ''no apparent reason.''
** Not in the musical, but Seurat has the woman holding a monkey on a leash to imply that she's a prostitute: In nineteenth century slang, 'singesse' (female monkey in French) meant prostitute. Though at one point in "It's Hot Up Here" Dot laments she doesn't want to be remembered with the monkey; that may be why.

A 1984 {{Musical}} with music and lyrics by Music/StephenSondheim and book by James Lapine. It was the first in a series of shows the two collaborated on, among them ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' and ''Passion''. It is based around a fictional telling of the creation of the painting ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', the MagnumOpus of painter Georges-Pierre Seurat.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The American couple don't show up until late into the first act, have only a couple of short dialogue scenes, and don't get any songs beyond appearing as part of the company in "Sunday". You could easily take their scene as just a bit of comic relief and American self-deprecation by Lapine and Sondheim, until they start making noise about hiring a French baker and bringing him back across the Atlantic with them. Their scene is no laughing matter when you consider that their silly, self-serving impulse is what ultimately pulls Dot to America and out of Georges' life forever.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The American couple don't show up until late into the first act, only take the spotlight for one scene of dialogue, and don't get any songs beyond appearing as part of the company in "Sunday". You could easily take their scene as just a bit of comic relief and American self-deprecation by Lapine and Sondheim, until they start making noise about hiring a French baker and bringing him back across the Atlantic with them. Their scene is no laughing matter when you consider that their silly, self-serving impulse is what ultimately pulls Dot to America and out of Georges' life forever.

* AsideGlance: Dot gives one to the audience when Jules tells her in the painting she has "excellent concentration."

* DisposableFiance: Louis the baker, Dot's husband, is essentially a Bland Perfection type that actually gets the girl - Dot laments that the only thing wrong with him is that ''nothing's'' wrong with him.

* FreudianSlip: In "Putting it Together," George is rapidly listing all that the process of selling art entails, building up to him singing "... so that you can go on exhibiti--so that your ''work'' can go on exhibition."

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Georges is a straight example of this, bordering on LonersAreFreaks - his genius is misunderstood, and he frequently drives people away with his eccentricity and stubbornness. George-his-grandson ''appears'' to be social, amiable, and friendly enough, but it turns out that he's cultivated this to navigate the politics of modern art and sponsorship.

* MuseAbuse: Georges' interest in the people around him is almost totally predicated on whether he wants to sketch them or not. He's not always gracious about it either, and ends up losing his true love Dot.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Nobody in France sounds French. To differentiate the two American characters from the American accented French, the speak in tick, step typical, southern accents.

* NotSoDifferent:

* FinalLoveDuet: "Move On,"

* IdenticalGrandson: Georges and George.

** Jules and Yvonne arguably subvert it too. Though they come across as obnoxious critics at first, they both show more humanizing sides later on both actually ''do'' respect George.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, especially in Act One. Not only do you have Georges and George across separate acts, but Act One has a Louis and a Louise, Franz and Frida, and a Celeste #1 and Celeste #2. It's probably deliberate.

* ChickMagnet: George. He has the love of Do and Yvonne admits that she fancies him, defending herself by saying all the women did. Indeed, Freida makes note of his beautiful eyes and The Nurse seems to find him interesting and says he's handsome. Less explicit with the Celestes who are rather mean spirited about George, but their gossiping shows he's certainly on their minds a bit, and they perk up upon hearing he's painted them. One of them also claims he's gotten another woman after Dot, who may or may not be the same woman George mentions at a later point in the show.

* AsideGlance: Dot gives one to the audience when the man standing next to her in the painting tells her she has "excellent concentration."

* VillainSong: "No Life".

The original production, with Creator/MandyPatinkin as Georges and Creator/BernadettePeters as Dot, was [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFQGkm2VFy4 captured on television in 1986]]. A revival occured in 2008. A second revival, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Georges, reopened the Hudson Theatre in 2017.

The original production, with Creator/MandyPatinkin as Georges and Creator/BernadettePeters as Dot, was captured on television in 1986. A revival occured in 2008. A second revival, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Georges, reopened the Hudson Theatre in 2017.

!!Contains examples of:

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A deliberate example. Dot never existed; Georges Seurat's real life mistress was named Madeleine Knoblock, and while they had two children both died young, hence no grandchildren or great-grandchildren could have existed either. [[GossipyHens The Celestes]] do mention a rumor that Georges has another woman, leaving the door open for Madeleine to exist in this world as well, but it's unknown if it's her or Dot who's the "other."

* ReplacementGoldfisht: "I have another woman now." "They're all the same woman!" "Variations on a theme!"

* ReplacementLoveInterest: "I have another woman now." "They're all the same woman!" "Variations on a theme!"

* FinalLoveDuet: "Move On," which features the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

** 2008: The entire stage was completely white, and the backgrounds and ensemble characters were added using [[TechnologyMarchesOn projections]], allowing Georges to literally create the painting with a wave of his brush.

A 1984 {{Musical}} with music and lyrics by Creator/StephenSondheim and book by James Lapine. It was the first in a series of shows the two collaborated on, among them ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' and ''Passion''. It is based around a fictional telling of the creation of the painting ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', the MagnumOpus of painter Georges-Pierre Seurat.

* OscarBait: Or Tony Bait, though it won the Pulitzer Prize and not the Tony Award. This is a classic example of what WilliamGoldman would call a "Snob Hit," being full of {{Genius Bonus}}es and being very much about art and art criticism.