▁" br illiant , ▁deeply ▁conce ived , ▁can ny , ▁mag ister ial ▁and ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁most ▁personal ▁statement ▁I ' ve ▁heard ▁from ▁you ▁thus ▁far . ▁Bra vo ." ▁K else y ▁Gram mer ▁( You ng ▁Man ▁on ▁the ▁Bank ▁and ▁Sold ier ), ▁Mary ▁Elizabeth ▁M astr anton io ▁( C el este ▁# 2 ) ▁and ▁Christ ine ▁Bar ans ki ▁( C lar isse , ▁who ▁was ▁later ▁renamed ▁Y v onne ) ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁off - B road way ▁production ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁continue ▁with ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁Broadway . ▁▁ ▁Original ▁Broadway ▁production ▁The ▁musical ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Bo oth ▁Theatre ▁on ▁Broadway ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁The ▁second ▁act ▁was ▁final ized ▁and ▁the ▁show ▁was ▁" f ro zen " ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁opening . ▁ ▁Lap ine ▁directed ▁and ▁Pat ink in ▁and ▁Peters ▁star red , ▁with ▁scen ic ▁design ▁by ▁Tony ▁Stra iges , ▁cost ume ▁design ▁by ▁Pat ric ia ▁Z ipp rod t ▁and ▁Ann ▁H ould - W ard , ▁light ing ▁by ▁Richard ▁Nelson , ▁and ▁special ▁effects ▁by ▁Bran ▁Fer ren . ▁In ▁his ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁review ▁of ▁Sunday ▁in ▁the ▁Park ▁with ▁George ▁Frank ▁Rich ▁wrote , ▁" What ▁Mr . ▁Lap ine , ▁his ▁design ers ▁and ▁the ▁special - effect s ▁w izard ▁Bran ▁Fer ren ▁have ▁arranged ▁is ▁simply ▁g orge ous ." ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first