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James Lapine

Director

James Lapine

Born January 10, 194910 films

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.

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Into the Woods posterFirst watchInto the Woods19918.1In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.View film

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Life with Mikey poster5.7Life with Mikey1993Custody poster6.9Custody2016Impromptu poster6.1Impromptu1991

Filmography

10 films as director
  1. 2023In the Company of RoseDirector
  2. 2017FalsettosDirector
  3. 2016CustodyDirector
  4. 2013Six by SondheimDirector
  5. 1999Earthly PossessionsDirector
  6. 1996PassionDirector
  7. 1993Life with MikeyDirector
  8. 1991ImpromptuDirector
  9. 1991Into the WoodsDirector
  10. 1986Sunday in the Park with GeorgeDirector