<P> Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine . It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat 's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte . The plot revolves around George , a fictionalized version of Seurat , who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece , and his great - grandson ( also named George ) , a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist . The Broadway production opened in 1984 . </P>
<P> Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine . It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat 's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte . The plot revolves around George , a fictionalized version of Seurat , who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece , and his great - grandson ( also named George ) , a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist . The Broadway production opened in 1984 . </P>
when was sunday in the park with george written
when was sunday in the park with george written
1984
1984