James Lapine

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Gender	Male
Age	75
Web site	jameslapine.com
Date of birth	January 10,1949
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Born	Mansfield
	Ohio
	United States
Spouse	Sarah Kernochan
Job	Film director
	Playwright
	Screenwriter
	Theatre Director
	Television director
	Librettist
Education	Franklin & Marshall College
	California Institute of the Arts
Movies/Shows	Custody
	Earthly Possessions
	Passion
	Impromptu
	Into the Woods
	Six by Sondheim
	Life with Mikey
Children	Phoebe Lapine
Parents	David Sanford Lapine
	Lillian Feld
Books	Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George
	Fran's Bed
	Twelve Dreams: Acting Edition
	Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"
Plays	Into the Woods
	Falsettos
	Passion
Date of Reg.	2019-02-15 18:00:04
Date of Upd.	2023-11-11 01:55:36
ID	423917

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical
Obie Award for Special Citations
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

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James Elliot Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.