Sunday in the Park with George plays Thursdays through Sundays, October 6th through October 28th, 2012 in the Harriett Theatre. One of the most acclaimed musicals of our time, this moving study of the enigmatic painter Georges Seurat won a Pulitzer Prize for its deeply insightful and highly personal examination of life through art and the artist. Tickets are $34 and $27. Seniors and students with ID receive a $2 discount. Opening Night is October 6, 2012. Tickets for this gala performance include a special dinner at The Rusty Spoon and invitation to the cast party after the performance. Tickets are $125. There are no Preview Performances for Sunday in the Park with George. Special Monday night performance will be announced shortly, tickets are $15. ABOUT THE SHOW Act One is set on a series of Sundays in the 1880s, on the island where Seurat is sketching his subjects and in his studio, where he is busy working on the gigantic "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". The people out strolling in the park comment on the odd artist and the world of 1884 Paris, and become figures in the painting as Seurat sketches them. There is also tension between George and his model/lover Dot. Eventually she leaves him, for a more attentive baker, and moves to America with George's newborn child. Act Two flashes forward to the 1980s, in modern Chicago, where the anniversary of the painting is being celebrated. An artist named George, possibly the great grandson of Seurat, is struggling to balance his rather eccentric artistic style with the commercial and social demands of a booming capitalist art market. The modern, entirely fictional George shares his ancestor's passion as well as his inability to get close to people because of it. But with the help of his ailing grandmother Marie and the ghost of Dot George is able to reconnect with his past and find inspiration for new works.