James Lapine

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-01-10 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

-

James Lapine

Biography

James Elliot Lapine (born January 10, 1949) 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.

Production

2017

Falsettos

as Stage Director

2017

Falsettos

as Musical

2013

Six by Sondheim

as Executive Producer

1991

Into the Woods

as Musical

1991

Into the Woods

as Stage Director

1991

Into the Woods

as Director

1993

Life with Mikey

as Director

1991

Impromptu

as Director

1996

Passion

as Stage Director

1996

Passion

as Musical

1986

1996

Passion

as Director

2013

Six by Sondheim

as Director

2014

Into the Woods

as Screenplay

1999

2023

In the Company of Rose

as Director of Photography

2011

Into the Woods

as Musical

2023

2023

2016

Custody

as Writer

2016

Custody

as Director

2014

Into the Woods

as Musical

1996

Passion

as Writer

1991

2017

Falsettos

as Director

2017

Falsettos

as Writer

2005

Passion

as Writer

2016

A New Brain

as Writer

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