Olivier Award Winners Evans and Russell to Star in Sunday in the Park

Olivier Award winners Daniel Evans George and Jenna Russell Dot will reprise their starring roles in The Menier Chocolate Factory's Olivier Award winning production of Sunday in the Park with George at Studio 54 next season. The Roundabout Theatre Company will produce the revival of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical in association with Boyett Ostar Productions, David Babani, Caro Newling and Mark Rubenstein. The production will begin previews on January 18, 2008, and open on February 14 under the direction of Sam Buntrock.

The design team and additional cast members will be announced shortly.

Evans has won Olivier Awards for both Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along. His other London theater credits include Total Eclipse Menier Chocolate Factory, Cardiff East, Peter Pan, The Merchant of Venice, Candide Troilus & Cressida National Theatre, Grand Hotel Donmar Warehouse, Cleansed, Other People, 4.48 Psychosis, Where Do We Live Royal Court, Ghosts ETT, The Tempest Old Vic, Cloud Nine Sheffield Crucible and Henry V, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure For Measure and Cymbeline RSC.

Russell has won Olivier Awards for both Sunday in the Park with George and Guys and Dolls. Her other London theater credits include Into the Woods Donmar Warehouse, Metropolis Kabarett National Theatre, As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, Misha's Party, Wildest Dreams, The Beggar's Opera RSC, Three Sisters Royal Court, Follies Shaftesbury Theatre and more.

The Georges Seurat painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" serves as the inspiration for this musical fantasy celebrating the art of creation and the creation of art. The first half of Sunday in the Park with George, set in 1884, sees the painting and its rich comic tapestry come to life in a world where, for Georges, art comes before love, before everything. In the second half, set in 1980s New York, we see the great grandson of Georges and his search for inspiration in the world of contemporary art.

Sunday in the Park with George premiered at the Booth Theatre on Broadway in 1984 starring Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters, directed by James Lapine. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. The Menier Chocolate Factory's production, which originally opened on November 29, 2005, won five Olivier Awards including Outstanding Musical Production. The production transferred to Wyndhams Theatre in London's West End for a limited run on May 13, 2006.