Jonathan Bailey has exited Sunday in the Park with George.
The information comes weeks after Ariana Grande additionally exited the present’s run, because of occur at the Barbican in the summer time of 2027.
In a press release on social media Bailey stated: “Ari is one of my dearest friends, and my support for her is unwavering. Marianne is extraordinary and one of my longest collaborators and friends. After much consideration, I have decided to also step back from Sunday in the Park with George.”
“This brilliant, introspective musical has been a real passion project for me, and I feel incredibly lucky to have shared in its journey with this team. Among many things, the story explores the deep connection between George and Dot, a beautiful, devoted pairing, and I so look forward to seeing what the team, and the two actors who will now take on these roles, will create with it.”
“I wish the very best to the entire company with what will no doubt be an incredible production, and I will be cheering them on as they continue this journey.”
The musical options music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a e-book by James Lapine, and is loosely based mostly on the lifetime of famend painter Georges Seurat, accountable for large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It has not had a significant London manufacturing in nearly 20 years.
The new manufacturing is ready to be directed by Marianne Elliott, with design by the award-winning Tom Scutt. Scutt has just lately gained popularity of his work on one other Sondheim musical, Into the Woods, whereas Elliott’s Company was the toast of the West End and Broadway.