Summary of the musical Sunday in the Park with George :
Inspired by George Seurat's painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, the musical tells the story of the painter, George, and his model and companion Dot. As George tries to find his artistic voice, he becomes increasingly distant from the one woman who truly sees him for who he is. Meanwhile, the characters who inhabit George's painting have a life of their own, which George captures with his brush. A century later, the descendants of George and Dot, themselves struggling artists, encounter the same problems of artistic ingenuity and an audience that does not understand them.
The heartbreaking music and poetic lyrics of Stephen Sondheim reveal the truths of love, passion, difficulty and the beauty of art.
Find an excerpt from the production of the Théâtre du Châtelet in 2013: