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For its season-ending performance, the Arden Theatre has chosen Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical will run for approximately one month starting June 2nd. Sunday in the Park marks the twelfth Sondheim production in the company’s history and the first time the Arden will use Sondheim’s complete original orchestrations, led by Barrymore Award-winning musical director Eric Ebbenga.

Arden director Terrence J. Nolen admits that the works of Stephen Sondheim have been central to the Arden’s artistic identity over the past two decades and is thrilled to present Sunday in the Park. The beautiful musical of color and light has two acts set centuries apart. Act One watches Georges Seurat’s famous painting Sunday on La Grande Jatte literally come to life with the help of projections, lighting and live actors.

Act Two follows a struggling artist who happens to be Seurat’s great-grandson as he debuts a color and light machine. To create the world of Sunday in the Park, the Arden called on set designer James Kronzer (Barrymore award winner for Something Intangible and The Baker’s Wife), costume designer Rosemarie McKelvey (Barrymore award winner for Something Intangible and Caroline or Change) and lighting designer Justin Townsend.

You may recognize some of 80-year-old Sondheim’s previous works such as West Side Story and Gypsy, as well as his music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Sweeney Todd and more.

The final dress rehearsal of Sunday in the Park with George will be held on Wednesday, May 26 at 8pm and is open to the public as a Pay-What-You-Can performance, with all proceeds collected donated to The Fleischer Art Memorial. Tickets for the rest of the performances are on sale now.

Arden Theatre Company
40 N. 2nd Street, Old City Philadelphia 19106
(215) 922-8900
www.ardentheatre.org