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Into the Woods

June 20, 2023

This article is about the musical play. For other uses, see Into the Woods (disambiguation).

Into the Woods is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.

Into the Woods
Poster for the original Broadway production
MusicStephen Sondheim
LyricsStephen Sondheim
BookJames Lapine
Productions
  • 1986 San Diego
  • 1987 Broadway
  • 1988 US Tour
  • 1990 West End
  • 1997 Broadway concert
  • 1998 London revival
  • 2002 Broadway revival
  • 2010 London revival
  • 2012 New York revival
  • 2022 Encores!
  • 2022 Broadway revival
  • 2023 US Tour
Awards

The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "Little Red Riding Hood" (spelled "Ridinghood" in the published vocal score), "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Rapunzel", and "Cinderella", as well as several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of the Grimm Brothers' "Rapunzel"), their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.

The second collaboration between Sondheim and Lapine after Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, where it won three major Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical for Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera (1988). The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 US national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival,[1] and in 2012 as part of New York City's outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series.

A Disney film adaptation, directed by Rob Marshall, was released in 2014. The film grossed over $213 million worldwide,[2] and received three nominations at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.

A second Broadway revival began performances on June 28, 2022 at the St. James Theatre, and opened on July 10. The production closed on January 8, 2023 and began touring the U.S. on February 18 of the same year.

Synopsis

Act 1

The narrator introduces four groups of characters: Cinderella, who wishes to attend the king's festival; Jack who wishes his cow, Milky White, would give milk; a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; and Little Red Ridinghood,[3] who wishes for bread to bring for her grandmother.

The baker's neighbor, an ugly old witch, reveals the couple is infertile from a curse she cast on his father for stealing her vegetables, including magic beans, which prompted the Witch’s own mother to punish her with the curse of age and ugliness. The witch took the baker’s father’s child, Rapunzel. She explains the curse will be lifted if she is brought four ingredients – "the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold" – in three days' time. All begin the journey into the woods: Jack to sell his beloved cow; Cinderella to her mother's grave; Little Red to her grandmother's house; and the baker, refusing his wife's help, to find the ingredients ("Prologue").

Cinderella receives a gown and golden slippers from her mother's spirit ("Cinderella at the Grave"). A mysterious man mocks Jack for valuing his cow more than a "sack of beans". Little Red meets a hungry wolf, who persuades her to take a longer path and admire the beauty of the woods, with his own ulterior motives in mind. ("Hello, Little Girl") The baker, followed by his wife, meets Jack. They convince Jack that the beans found in the baker's father's jacket are magic and trade them for the cow; Jack bids Milky White a tearful farewell ("I Guess This Is Goodbye"). The baker has qualms about their deceit, but his wife reassures him ("Maybe They're Magic").

The witch has raised Rapunzel in a tall tower accessible only by climbing Rapunzel's long, golden hair ("Our Little World"); a prince spies Rapunzel. The baker, in pursuit of the red cape ("Maybe They're Magic" Reprise), slays the wolf and rescues Little Red and her grandmother. Little Red rewards him with her cape, and reflects on her experiences ("I Know Things Now"). Jack's mother tosses his beans aside, which grow into an enormous stalk. Cinderella flees the festival, pursued by another prince, and the baker's wife hides her; asked about the ball, Cinderella is unimpressed ("A Very Nice Prince"). Spotting Cinderella's gold slippers, the baker's wife chases her and loses Milky White. The characters recite morals as the day ends ("First Midnight").

Jack describes his adventure climbing the beanstalk ("Giants in the Sky"). He gives the baker gold stolen from the giants to buy back his cow, and returns up the beanstalk to find more; the mysterious man steals the money. Cinderella's prince and Rapunzel's prince, who are brothers, compare their unobtainable amours ("Agony"). The baker's wife overhears their talk of a girl with golden hair. She fools Rapunzel and takes a piece of her hair. The mysterious man returns Milky White to the baker.

The baker's wife again fails to seize Cinderella's slippers. The baker admits they must work together ("It Takes Two"). Jack arrives with a hen that lays golden eggs, but Milky White keels over dead as midnight chimes ("Second Midnight"). The Witch discovers the prince's visits and demands Rapunzel stay sheltered from the world ("Stay with Me"). Rapunzel refuses, and the witch cuts off Rapunzel's hair and banishes her. The mysterious man gives the baker money for another cow. Jack meets Little Red, now sporting a wolfskin cape and knife. She goads him into returning to the giant's home to retrieve the giant's harp.

Cinderella, torn between staying with her prince or escaping, leaves him a slipper as a clue ("On the Steps of the Palace"), and trades shoes with the baker's wife. The baker arrives with another cow; they now have all four items. A great crash is heard, and Jack's mother reports a dead giant in her backyard. Jack returns with a magic harp. The witch discovers the new cow is useless, and resurrects Milky White, who is fed the ingredients but fails to give milk. The witch explains Rapunzel's hair will not work, and the mysterious man offers corn silk instead; Milky White produces the potion. The witch reveals the mysterious man is the baker's father, and she drinks the potion. The mysterious man falls dead, the curse is broken, and the witch regains her youth and beauty.

Cinderella's prince seeks the girl who fits the slipper; Cinderella’s desperate stepsisters mutilate their feet ("Careful My Toe"). Cinderella succeeds and becomes his bride. Rapunzel bears twins and is found by her prince. The witch finds her, and attempts to claim her back, but the witch's powers have been lost in exchange for her youth and beauty. At Cinderella's wedding, her stepsisters are blinded by birds, and the baker's wife, now very pregnant, thanks Cinderella for her help ("So Happy" Prelude). Congratulating themselves on living "happily ever after," the characters fail to notice another beanstalk growing.

Act 2

The narrator continues, "Once upon a time... later." Everyone still has wishes — the baker and his wife face new frustrations with their infant son, newly rich Jack misses the kingdom in the sky, Cinderella is bored with life in the palace ("So Happy")— but they are relatively content.

With a tremendous crash, a giant's foot destroys the witch's garden, and damages the baker's home. The baker travels to the palace, but his warning is ignored by the prince's steward and by Jack's mother. Returning home, he finds Little Red on her way to her grandmother's; he and his wife escort her. Jack decides to slay the new giant and Cinderella investigates her mother's disturbed grave. Everyone returns to the woods, but now notice that the weather is more ominous ("Into the Woods" Reprise).

Rapunzel, driven mad, also flees to the woods. Her prince follows and meets his brother; they confess their lust for two new women, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty ("Agony" Reprise).

The baker, his wife, and Little Red find Cinderella's family and the steward, who reveal the castle was set upon by the giant. The witch brings news that the giant destroyed the village and the baker's house. The giantess – widow of the giant Jack killed – appears, seeking revenge. As a sacrifice, the group offer up the narrator, who is killed. Jack's mother defends her son, angering the giantess, and the steward silences Jack's mother, inadvertently killing her. As the giantess leaves in search of Jack, Rapunzel is trampled ("Witch's Lament").

The royal family flee despite the baker's pleas to stay and fight. The witch vows to find Jack and give him to the giantess, and the baker and his wife split up to find him first. Cinderella's prince seduces the baker's wife ("Any Moment"). The baker finds and convinces Cinderella to join their group. The baker's wife reflects on her adventure and tryst with the prince ("Moments in the Woods"), but stumbles into the path of the giantess and is killed.

The baker, Little Red, and Cinderella await the return of the baker's wife when the witch arrives with Jack, found weeping over the baker's wife's body. The baker turns against Jack, and the two, along with Cinderella and Little Red, blame each other for the situation before the four turn on the witch ("Your Fault"). Chastising their inability to accept the consequences of their own actions, the witch throws her remaining beans and is struck by another curse and vanishes ("Last Midnight").

Grief-stricken, the baker flees, but is convinced by his father's spirit to face his responsibilities ("No More"). He returns and lays out a plan to kill the giantess. Cinderella stays behind with the baker's child and confronts her prince over his infidelity; he explains his feelings of unfulfillment and that he wasn't raised to be sincere, and she asks him to leave.

Little Red discovers her grandmother has been killed by the giantess, as the baker tells Jack that his mother is dead. Jack vows to kill the steward but the baker dissuades him, while Cinderella comforts Little Red. The baker and Cinderella explain that choices have consequences, and everyone is connected ("No One Is Alone").

The four together slay the giantess, and the other characters – including the royal family, who have starved to death, and the princes with their new paramours – return to share one last set of morals. The survivors band together, and the spirit of the baker's wife comforts her mourning husband, encouraging him to tell their child their story. The baker begins to tell his son the tale, while the witch offers a final lesson: "Careful the things you say, children will listen" ("Finale").

Musical numbers

*Not included in the original Broadway cast recording
**Added for the 1990 London production

Productions

Pre-Broadway San Diego production

Into the Woods premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, on December 4, 1986, and ran for 50 performances, under the direction of James Lapine.[4] Many of the performers from that production appeared in the Broadway cast, except for John Cunningham as the Narrator/Wolf/Steward, George Coe as the Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father, Kenneth Marshall as Cinderella's Prince, LuAnne Ponce as Little Red Ridinghood, and Ellen Foley as the Witch. Kay McClelland who played both Rapunzel and the Stepsister Florinda went with the cast to Broadway but only played Florinda.

The show evolved, and the most notable change was the addition of the song "No One Is Alone" in the middle of the run. Because of this, the finale was also altered. It originally was "Midnight/Ever After (reprise)/It Takes Two (reprise)/Into the Woods (reprise 2)" but it eventually evolved into how it currently is. Another notable change was originally during the finale the Baker and Cinderella would become a couple and kiss before singing the reprise of "It Takes Two".[5]

Original Broadway production

Into the Woods opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 5, 1987, and closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 performances. It starred Bernadette Peters as the Witch, Joanna Gleason as the Baker’s Wife, Chip Zien as the Baker, Robert Westenberg as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Tom Aldredge as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Kim Crosby as Cinderella, Danielle Ferland as Little Red Ridinghood, Ben Wright as Jack, Chuck Wagner as Rapunzel’s Prince, Barbara Bryne as Jack’s Mother, Pamela Winslow as Rapunzel, Merle Louise as Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant’s Wife, Edmund Lyndeck as Cinderella’s Father, Joy Franz as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Philip Hoffman as the Steward, Lauren Mitchell as Lucinda, Kay McClelland as Florinda, Jean Kelly as Snow White, and Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty. It was directed by James Lapine, with musical staging by Lar Lubovitch, settings by Tony Straiges, lighting by Richard Nelson, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward (based on original concepts by Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward), and makeup by Jeff Raum. The original production won the 1988 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award. The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won three: Best Score (Stephen Sondheim), Best Book (James Lapine) and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason).

Peters left the show after almost five months due to a prior commitment to film the movie Slaves of New York.[6] The Witch was then played by: Betsy Joslyn (from March 30, 1988);[7] Phylicia Rashad (from April 14, 1988); Betsy Joslyn (from July 5, 1988); Nancy Dussault (from December 13, 1988);[8] and Ellen Foley (from August 1, 1989, until the closing).[9] Understudies for the part included Joslyn, Marin Mazzie, Lauren Vélez, Suzzanne Douglas, and Joy Franz.

Other cast replacements included Dick Cavett as the Narrator (as of July 19, 1988) (for a temporary engagement after which Tom Aldredge returned), Edmund Lyndeck as the Mysterious Man, Patricia Ben Peterson as Cinderella, LuAnne Ponce returning to the role of Little Red Ridinghood, Jeff Blumenkrantz as Jack, Marin Mazzie as Rapunzel (as of March 7, 1989), Dean Butler and Don Goodspeed as Rapunzel's Prince, Susan Gordon Clark as Florinda, Teresa Burrell as Lucinda, Adam Grupper as the Steward, Cindy Robinson and Heather Shulman as Snow White, and Kay McClelland, Lauren Mitchell, Cynthia Sikes, and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker's Wife.[9]

In 1989, from May 23 to May 25 the full original cast (with the exception of Cindy Robinson as Snow White instead of Jean Kelly) reunited for three performances to tape the musical in its entirety for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS’s American Playhouse, which first aired on March 15, 1991. The show was filmed professionally with seven cameras on the set of the Martin Beck Theatre in front of an audience with certain elements changed from its standard production only slightly for the recording in order to better fit the screen rather than the stage such as the lighting, minor costume differences, and others. There were also pick up shots not filmed in front of an audience for various purposes. This video has since been released on VHS and DVD and on occasion, remastered and re-released.[10]

Tenth Anniversary benefit performances were held on November 9, 1997, at the Broadway Theatre (New York), with most of the original cast.[11] Original cast understudies Chuck Wagner and Jeff Blumenkrantz played the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince and the Steward in place of Robert Westenberg and Philip Hoffmann, while Jonathan Dokuchitz (who joined the Broadway production as an understudy in 1989) played Rapunzel's Prince in place of Wagner. This concert featured the duet "Our Little World," written for the first London production of the show.

On November 9, 2014, most of the original cast reunited for two reunion concerts and discussion in Costa Mesa, California. Mo Rocca hosted the reunion and interviewed Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine as well as each cast member. Appearing were Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright and real life husband and wife, Robert Westenberg and Kim Crosby.[12] The same group presented this discussion/concert on June 21, 2015, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City.[13]

1988 US tour production

A United States tour started performances on November 22, 1988, the cast included Cleo Laine as the Witch, Rex Robbins as the Narrator and Mysterious Man, Ray Gill and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker and his Wife, Kathleen Rowe McAllen as Cinderella, Chuck Wagner as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Douglas Sills as Rapunzel’s Prince, Robert Duncan McNeill and Charlotte Rae as Jack and his Mother, Marcus Olson as the Steward, and Susan Gordon Clark reprising her role as Florinda from the Broadway production. The set was almost completely reconstructed, and there were certain changes to the script, changing certain story elements.

Cast replacements included Betsy Joslyn as the Witch, Peter Walker as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, James Weatherstone as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Jonathan Hadley as Rapunzel's Prince, Marcus Olson as the Baker, who was then replaced by Adam Grupper (who understudied the role on Broadway), Judy McLane as the Baker's Wife, Nora Mae Lyng as Jack's Mother, who was then replaced by Frances Ford, Stuart Zagnit as the Steward, Jill Geddes as Cinderella, who was then replaced by Patricia Ben Peterson, and Kevin R. Wright as Jack.

The tour[14] played cities around the country, such as Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.[15][16] The tour ran at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from June 1989 to July 16, 1989, with the reviewer for The Washington Post writing: "his lovely score – poised between melody and dissonance – is the perfect measure of our tenuous condition. The songs invariably follow the characters' thinking patterns, as they weigh their options and digest their experience. Needless to say, that doesn't make for traditional show-stoppers. But it does make for vivacity of another kind. And Sondheim's lyrics...are brilliant.... I think you'll find these cast members alert and engaging."[17]

Original London production

 
The album cover of the London cast recording

The original West End production opened on September 25, 1990 at the Phoenix Theatre and closed on February 23, 1991 after 197 performances. It was directed by Richard Jones, and produced by David Mirvish, with set design by Richard Hudson, choreography by Anthony Van Laast, costumes by Sue Blane and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. The cast featured Julia McKenzie as the Witch, Ian Bartholomew as the Baker, Imelda Staunton as the Baker's Wife and Clive Carter as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince. The show received seven Olivier Award nominations in 1991, winning for Best Actress in a Musical (Staunton) and Best Director of a Musical (Jones).

The song "Our Little World" was added.[18] This song was a duet sung between the Witch and Rapunzel giving further insight into the care the Witch has for her self-proclaimed daughter and the desire Rapunzel has to see the world outside of her tower. The overall feel of the show was darker than that of the original Broadway production. Critic Michael Billington wrote, "But the evening's triumph belongs also to director Richard Jones, set designer Richard Hudson and costume designer Sue Blane who evoke exactly the right mood of haunted theatricality. Old-fashioned footlights give the faces a sinister glow. The woods themselves are a semi-circular, black-and-silver screen punctuated with nine doors and a crazy clock: they achieve exactly the 'agreeable terror' of Gustave Dore's children's illustrations. And the effects are terrific: doors open to reveal the rotating magnified eyeball or the admonitory finger of the predatory giant."[19]

1998 London revival production

A new intimate production of the show opened (billed as the first London revival) at the Donmar Warehouse on 16 November 1998, closing on 13 February 1999. This revival was directed by John Crowley and designed by his brother, Bob Crowley. The cast included Clare Burt as the Witch, Nick Holder as the Baker, Sophie Thompson as the Baker's Wife, Jenna Russell as Cinderella, Sheridan Smith as Little Red Ridinghood, Damian Lewis as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, and Frank Middlemiss as the Narrator.[20] Russell later appeared as the Baker's Wife in the 2010 Regent's Park production. Thompson won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance, while the production itself was nominated for Outstanding Musical Production.

2002 Broadway revival production

 
A poster for the 2002 Broadway revival

A revival opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, running from February 1, 2002 to March 24, 2002. This production was directed and choreographed with the same principal cast that later ran on Broadway.[21]

The 2002 Broadway revival, directed by James Lapine and choreographed by John Carrafa, began previews on April 13, 2002 and opened April 30, 2002 at the Broadhurst Theatre, closing on December 29 after a run of 18 previews and 279 regular performances.[22] It starred Vanessa Williams as the Witch, John McMartin as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Stephen DeRosa as the Baker, Kerry O'Malley as the Baker's Wife, Gregg Edelman as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Christopher Sieber as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, Molly Ephraim as Little Red Ridinghood, Adam Wylie as Jack, and Laura Benanti as Cinderella. Judi Dench provided the pre-recorded voice of the Giant.

Lapine revised the script slightly for this production, with a cameo appearance of the Three Little Pigs restored from the earlier San Diego production.[23][24][25] Other changes, apart from numerous small dialogue changes, included the addition of the song "Our Little World," a duet for the Witch and Rapunzel written for the first London production, the addition of a second Wolf in the song "Hello Little Girl" who competes for Little Red's attention with the first Wolf (Portrayed by the same actor playing Rapunzel's Prince), the portrayal of Jack's cow by a live performer (Chad Kimball) in an intricate costume and new lyrics were written for "Last Midnight," now a menacing lullaby sung by the Witch to the Baker's baby.[25]

This production featured scenic design by Douglas W. Schmidt, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design by Dan Moses Schreier and projection design by Elaine J. McCarthy. The revival won Tonys for the Best Revival of a Musical and Best Lighting Design.[26] This Broadway revival wardrobe is on display at the Costume World in South Florida.

London Royal Opera House, 2007

A revival at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio in Covent Garden had a limited run from June 14 through June 30, 2007 followed by a short stint at The Lowry theatre, Salford Quays, Manchester between 4–7 July. The production mixed opera singers, musical theatre actors as well as film and television actors; including Anne Reid as Jack's Mother and Gary Waldhorn as the Narrator. The production itself, directed by Will Tuckett, was met with mixed reviews; although there were clear stand out performances.[27][28][29]

The production completely sold out three weeks before opening. As this was an 'opera' production, the show and its performers were overlooked in the 'musical' nominations for the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards. This production featured Suzie Toase (Little Red), Peter Caulfield (Jack), Beverley Klein (Witch), Anna Francolini (Baker's Wife), Clive Rowe (Baker), Nicholas Garrett (Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince), and Lara Pulver (Lucinda). This was the second Sondheim musical to be staged by the Opera House, following 2003's Sweeney Todd.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production, 2010

The Olivier Award-winning Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production, directed by Timothy Sheader and choreographed by Liam Steel, ran for a six-week limited season from 6 August to 11 September 2010. The cast included Hannah Waddingham as the Witch, Mark Hadfield as the Baker, Jenna Russell as the Baker's Wife, Helen Dallimore as Cinderella, Michael Xavier as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, and Judi Dench as the recorded voice of the Giant. Gareth Valentine was the Musical Director.[30][31] The musical was performed outdoors in a wooded area. Whilst the book remained mostly unchanged, the subtext of the plot was dramatically altered by casting the role of the Narrator as a young school boy lost in the woods following a family argument – a device used to further illustrate the musical's themes of parenting and adolescence.

 
The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Production, with Beverly Rudd as Little Red Ridinghood

The production opened to wide critical acclaim, much of the press commenting on the effectiveness of the open air setting. The Telegraph reviewer, for example, wrote: "It is an inspired idea to stage this show in the magical, sylvan surroundings of Regent's Park, and designer Soutra Gilmour has come up with a marvellously rickety, adventure playground of a set, all ladders, stairs and elevated walkways, with Rapunzel discovered high up in a tree."[32] The New York Times reviewer commented: "The natural environment makes for something genuinely haunting and mysterious as night falls on the audience..."[33] Stephen Sondheim attended twice, reportedly extremely pleased with the production. The production also won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and Xavier was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

The production was recorded in its entirety, available to download and watch from Digital Theatre.

Central Park Delacorte Theater production, 2012

The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production transferred to the Public Theater's 2012 summer series of free performances Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York, with an American cast as well as new designers.[34] Sheader again was the director and Steel served as co-director and choreographer. Performances were originally to run from July 24 (delayed from July 23 due to the weather) to August 25, 2012, but the show was extended till September 1, 2012.[35] The cast included Amy Adams as the Baker's Wife, Donna Murphy as the Witch, Denis O'Hare as the Baker, Chip Zien (the original Baker in the 1987 Broadway cast) as the Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father, Ivan Hernandez as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Jessie Mueller as Cinderella, Jack Broderick as the young Narrator, Gideon Glick as Jack, Cooper Grodin as Rapunzel's Prince, Sarah Stiles as Little Red Ridinghood, Josh Lamon as the Steward, and Glenn Close as the Voice of the Giant. The set was a "collaboration between original Open Air Theatre designer Soutra Gilmour and...John Lee Beatty, [and] rises over 50 feet in the air, with a series of tree-covered catwalks and pathways."[36] The production was dedicated to Nora Ephron, who had died earlier in 2012. In February 2012 and in May 2012, reports of a possible Broadway transfer surfaced with the production's principal actors in negotiations to reprise their roles.[37][38][39] In January 2013, it was announced that the production will not transfer to Broadway due to scheduling conflicts.[40]

Hollywood Bowl production, 2019

For its annual fully staged musical event, the Hollywood Bowl produced a limited run of Into the Woods from July 26–28, 2019, directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom.[41] The cast included Skylar Astin as the Baker, Sutton Foster as the Baker's Wife, Patina Miller as the Witch, Sierra Boggess as Cinderella, Cheyenne Jackson as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Chris Carmack as Rapunzel's Prince, Gaten Matarazzo as Jack, Anthony Crivello as the Mysterious Man, Edward Hibbert as the Narrator, Shanice Williams as Little Red Ridinghood, Hailey Kilgore as Rapunzel, Rebecca Spencer as Jack's Mother, original Broadway cast member Gregory North as Cinderella’s Father, and Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of the Giant.[42] The production featured Ann Hould-Ward's costumes from the Original Broadway Production.

2022 Encores! production

In November 2020, it was announced that New York City Center would stage Into the Woods as part of its Encores! series.[43] In August 2021, it was announced that Christian Borle, Sara Bareilles, Ashley Park, and Heather Headley had joined the cast as, respectively, the Baker, his Wife, Cinderella, and the Witch. Park was initially scheduled to star in the Encores! production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[44] Headley had previously played the Witch at The Muny in 2015.

In December 2021, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Julia Lester joined the cast as Little Red Ridinghood, alongside Shereen Pimentel as Rapunzel, Jordan Donica as her Prince, and newcomer Cole Thompson as Jack.[45] In March 2022, it was revealed that Denée Benton had replaced Park as Cinderella, with other cast members including Gavin Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Annie Golden as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant's Wife, Ann Harada as Jack's Mother, David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Tiffany Denise Hobbs as Lucinda (later replaced by Ta'Nika Gibson), Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, Lauren Mitchell (who played Lucinda in the 1987 Broadway production) as Cinderella's Stepmother, and David Turner as the Steward.[46] In April 2022, Neil Patrick Harris was announced as playing the Baker, replacing Borle due to a schedule conflict, Albert Guerzon also joined the cast as Cinderella's Father.[47] Jason Forbach, Mary Kate Moore, and Cameron Johnson were the production’s swings.

The production ran from May 4–15, 2022 and was directed by Encores! artistic director Lear deBessonet.[48] This was the final Encores! show to have Rob Berman conducting the Encores! orchestra.[49]

2022 Broadway revival production

 
Poster for the 2022 Broadway revival

Fewer than two weeks after closing the limited engagement at Encores!, it was announced that the production would transfer to Broadway, playing at the St. James Theatre.[50] The Broadway production officially opened on July 10, 2022 (with previews having begun on June 28) to universally positive reviews.[51]

Most of the Encores! cast transferred, with the additions of Brian d'Arcy James as the Baker, Patina Miller as the Witch, Phillipa Soo as Cinderella, and Joshua Henry as Rapunzel's Prince.[52] Other new cast members included Nancy Opel as Cinderella's Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack's Mother, Alysia Velez as Rapunzel, and Paul Kreppel, Diane Phelan, Alex Joseph Grayson, Felicia Curry, Delphi Borich, and Lucia Spina as understudies.[53] From July 24 to August 2, Cheyenne Jackson temporarily filled in for Gavin Creel as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince, reprising his roles from the Hollywood Bowl production.[54] On July 18, 2022, Sara Bareilles revealed on her Instagram Stories that a cast album of this production was being recorded.[55][56] During July, it was announced that the production, which was originally scheduled only for a limited eight-week run, had extended its run through October 16 of that year.[57]

On August 4, 2022, it was announced that the entire Broadway cast would remain with the show through September 4 of that year.[58] On September 6, real-life married couple Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus replaced Bareilles and James as the Baker's Wife and the Baker. Other replacements included Krysta Rodriguez as Cinderella, Katy Geraghty replacing Julia Lester as Little Red Ridinghood, and Jim Stanek replacing David Turner as the Steward. Montego Glover also began sharing the role of the Witch with Miller, and Andy Karl played a limited run as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince from September 6–15 filling in for Creel. Ann Harada would join the cast reprising her role as Jack's Mother from the Encores! production on September 27.[59] During that same month, it was announced that the production was given a final extension through January 8, 2023.[60] On September 22, it was announced that James would return to the cast reprising his role as the Baker starting October 25, and Karl would return as well, this time playing Rapunzel’s Prince starting October 11.[61] The cast album was released on September 30.[62] On October 25, it was announced Denée Benton would join the cast reprising her role as Cinderella from the Encores! production on November 21 and left the production on December 24.[63] On November 17, it was announced that Joaquina Kalukango would start playing the Witch from December 16 to the show’s closing date January 8.[64] Karl's extended run[65] ended December 2 for the return of Henry.[66] On that same day the cast recording received a physical release on CD.[67] On December 15, it was announced understudy Diane Phelan would take over the role of Cinderella on December 26 for the last two weeks of the show’s run. It was also announced that Arcelus would return to the production replacing James as the Baker starting January 3.[68]

The Broadway production closed on January 8, 2023.[69] The final Broadway cast was Kalukango as the Witch, Arcelus and Block as the Baker and his Wife, Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Phelan as Cinderella, Cole Thompson as Jack, Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, Henry as Rapunzel’s Prince, David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Harada as Jack’s Mother, Opel as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Velez as Rapunzel, Stanek as the Steward, Annie Golden as Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giantess, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Ta'Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Albert Guerzon as Cinderella’s Father/Puppeteer, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White/Puppeteer, and Jason Forbach, Mary Kate Moore, Cameron Johnson, Kreppel, Grayson, Curry, Borich, Spina, and Sam Simahk as understudies.[70] The production's cast recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[71] The recording was released in vinyl March 17, 2023.[67] The production was nominated for six Tony Awards.[72]

Theatre Royal, Bath, 2022

In December 2021, it was announced that a new production of Into the Woods would take place at the Theatre Royal in Bath for 4 weeks, starting on August 17.[73] It is directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman, who already worked together for the staging of two operas by Berlioz at the English National Opera: The Damnation of Faust in 2011 and Benvenuto Cellini in 2014. The show was first booked for the Old Vic Theatre in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then canceled altogether. The cast included Julian Bleach as the Mysterious Man, Nicola Hughes as the Witch, Rhashan Stone as the Baker, Alex Young as the Baker's Wife, Nathanael Campbell as the Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince, Audrey Brisson as Cinderella, Barney Wilkinson as Jack, Gillian Bevan as Jack's Mother, Charlotte Jaconelli as Florinda, Maria Conneeley as Rapunzel, and Lauren Conroy as Little Red Ridinghood in her first professional stage debut. Milky White is played in pantomime by the dancer Faith Prendergast. The music director is Stephen Higgins and Jon Bausor is in charge of the production design and Anthony McDonald of the costumes.

In contrast to the Broadway revival occurring at the same time, this production is quite visual, with elaborate sets and props, the conceit of the show being that the characters are figures in a Victorian toy theatre, which a young girl is playing with.[74] The toy theatre is taking full-stage with "giant" props (cans of beans, a watch, a vase, a doll...) appearing throughout and being used by the characters as elements of setting (for example Rapunzel's tower is a pile of bean cans).[75] Also there's quite an accent on slapstick "done in the spirit of what Sondheim has written".[76]

James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim supported this new vision,[77][78] and Sondheim gave his approval for the cast before his passing.[79] Besides, Sondheim discussed the production with the directors over Zoom during lockdown. Allegedly he liked what he saw so much that he fell off his chair laughing.[80]

Terry Gilliam already met with Sondheim in the 90's for a film adaptation of the show that Paramount was supposed to produce, with Robin Williams and Emma Thompson as the Baker and Baker’s Wife, but Gilliam refused to do it because he thought the script wasn't as good as the original.[80]

The show opened to overall positive reviews, critics praising this "hallucinogenic take",[81] with its "imaginative imagery"[82] and "sheer spectacle"[83] and acclaiming Leah Hausman's "particularly crisp" choreography,[82] while some regretted a lack of an "emotional connection between the characters and the audience"[84] and feeling that "nothing quite develops its emotional power as much as it might".[85] Yet all recognize the strength and the vocal talent of the cast. Special compliments often go to the "outstanding work"[86] of Faith Prendergast as Milky White, The Guardian going as far as calling it "the most characterful presence" on the stage.

The show would then transfer to a West End theatre in late 2022 or early 2023.[87]

2023 US tour production

On December 6, 2022, it was announced that the 2022 Broadway revival production would go on a tour of the United States in 2023. It stars Montego Glover as the Witch, Sebastian Arcelus and Stephanie J. Block as the Baker and his Wife, Gavin Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Cole Thompson as Jack, Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Nancy Opel as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack’s Mother (From Boston onward), Ta’Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Jim Stanek as the Steward, Alysia Velez as Rapunzel, and Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White/Puppeteer, all reprising their Broadway roles.[88] On December 15, it was announced that Diane Phelan would reprise her role as Cinderella on tour.[89] On January 17, the rest of the cast was announced, including Broadway understudies Jason Forbach and Felicia Curry being promoted to Rapunzel’s Prince and the Giant’s Wife/Cinderella’s Mother/Granny respectively. Other cast members included Rayanne Gonzales as Jack’s Mother (In Buffalo and Washington, D.C. only), Josh Breckenridge as Cinderella's Father/Puppeteer, and Paul Kreppel, Sam Simahk, Erica Durham, Ellie Fishman, Marya Grandy, Ximone Rose, and Eddie Lopez as understudies.[90]

On January 31, it was announced the production was extending its Boston engagement by another week. It was also announced Arcelus and Block would not perform 6 days of the engagement.[91] From February 25-26, Andy Karl reprised his Broadway role of Rapunzel's Prince during the opening weekend of the tour's engagement in Washington D.C. while Forbach stepped into the role of the Baker for Arcelus, who was recovering from an injury sustained earlier in the week.[92] Forbach would end up filling in for Arcelus for over two weeks.[93] On February 28, Forbach announced on his Instagram Stories he’d be playing the Baker during the 6 day absence of Arcelus in Boston.[94] Understudy Sam Simahk played Rapunzel’s Prince in his place.[95] On March 1, it was announced during "Wonderstudy Wednesday" on Instagram that understudy Ximone Rose would play the Baker's Wife during Block's absence in Boston.[96] From March 28 to April 2, Cameron Johnson reprised his role of being an understudy while Simahk was playing Rapunzel’s Prince.[97]

The production is scheduled for a ten city engagement tour, it will visit the Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston, the Miller Theater in Philadelphia, the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago, the Curran Theater in San Francisco, the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando, Florida.[98]

Other productions

A production played in Sydney from 19 March 1993 to 5 June 1993 at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House. It starred Judi Connelli as the Witch, Geraldine Turner as the Baker’s Wife, Tony Sheldon as the Baker, Philip Quast as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Pippa Grandison as Cinderella, Sharon Millerchip as Little Red Ridinghood, and D. J. Foster as Rapunzel’s Prince.[99] A Melbourne Theatre Company played from 17 January 1998 to 21 February 1998 at the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre. It starred Rhonda Burchmore as the Witch, John McTernan as the Baker, Gina Riley as the Baker’s Wife, Lisa McCune as Cinderella, Robert Grubb as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Peter Carroll as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, and Tamsin Carroll as Little Red Ridinghood.[100][101]

In 2009, a production was done in Sacramento, California by the Wells Fargo Pavilion. It starred Yvette Cason as the Witch, Jeffry Denman as the Baker, Vicki Lewis as his Wife, Tracy Katz reprising her role as Little Red Ridinghood from the first national tour, Jason Forbach as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, Gordon Goodman as Cinderella's Prince, Kim Huber as Cinderella, Matthew Wolpe as Jack, and Michael G. Hawkins as the Narrator/Mysterious Man.[102]

The first professional Spanish language production, Dentro del Bosque, was produced by University of Puerto Rico Repertory Theatre and premiered in San Juan at Teatro de la Universidad (University Theatre) on March 14, 2013. The cast included Víctor Santiago as the Baker, Ana Isabelle as the Baker's Wife and Lourdes Robles as the Witch.[103]

A 25th-anniversary co-production between Baltimore's Center Stage and Westport Country Playhouse directed by Mark Lamos was notable for casting original Little Red Ridinghood, Danielle Ferland, as the Baker's Wife. The cast included Erik Liberman as the Baker, Lauren Kennedy as the Witch, Jeffry Denman as the Narrator, Nik Walker as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Dana Steingold as Little Red Ridinghood, Justin Scott Brown as Jack, Jenny Latimer as Cinderella, Cheryl Stern as Jack’s Mother, Robert Lenzi as Rapunzel’s Prince/Cinderella’s Father, Alma Cuervo as Cinderella’s Stepmother/Granny/Giant’s Wife, Britney Coleman as Rapunzel/Cinderella’s Mother, Nikka Lanzarone as Florinda, Eleni Delopoulos as Lucinda, and Jeremy Lawrence as the Mysterious Man.[104][105] The production received 2011–2012 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards for Best Production, Best Ensemble, and Steingold's Little Red Ridinghood.[106]

In 2014, a production premiered in Paris, France at the Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet from April 1–12. It starred Nicholas Garrett as the Baker, Francesca Jackson as Little Red Ridinghood, Kimy McLaren as Cinderella, Christine Buffle as the Baker's Wife, Beverley Klein as the Witch, Pascal Charbonneau and Rebecca de Pont Davies as Jack and his Mother, Damian Thantrey as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, David Curry as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, Louise Alder as Rapunzel, and Fanny Ardant as the voice of the Giantess.[107]

The Roundabout Theatre production, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld, began performances Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre on December 19, 2014 in previews, officially on January 22, 2015, and closed on April 12, 2015.[108][109] Like the original Broadway production 28 years prior, this production had a try-out run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from July 12, 2014 – August 17, 2014 with the opening night taking place on July 17.[110] This new version is completely minimalistically reimagined by the Fiasco Theater Company, featuring only ten actors playing multiple parts, and one piano accompanist.[111] A national tour of this production began on November 29, 2016.[112]

The DreamCatcher Theatre production opened in January 2015 and played a sold-out run at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida. Tituss Burgess starred as the Witch, the first male actor to do so.[113] The cast also included Arielle Jacobs as the Baker's Wife, JJ Caruncho as the Baker, Justin John Moniz as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Wayne LeGette as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Annemarie Rosano as Cinderella, and Matthew Janisse as Rapunzel's Prince.[114]

The musical had a production at The Muny in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri running from July 21 through 28 2015. The cast included Heather Headley (Witch), Erin Dilly (Baker's Wife), Rob McClure (Baker), Ken Page (Narrator), Elena Shaddow (Cinderella), Andrew Samonsky (Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince), Samantha Massell (Rapunzel), and Michael McCormick (Mysterious Man/Cinderella’s Father).[115]

The Hart House Theatre production in Toronto, Ontario from January 15, 2016 to January 30, 2016 and February 9, 2023 to February 11, 2023.[116] A production ran at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in a collaboration with Opera North from 2 June 2016 to 25 June 2016.[117]

The Israeli premiere of the musical, אל תוך היער (El Toch Ha-ya-ar), opened in Tel Aviv in August 2016 for a limited run produced by The Tramp Productions and Stuff Like That,[118] starring Roi Dolev as the Witch, the second male actor to do so.[119]

In 2019, there was a production done at the Patchogue Theatre starring Constantine Maroulis as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Melissa Errico as the Baker's Wife, Ali Ewoldt as Cinderella, Alice Ripley as the Witch, Jim Stanek as the Baker, Alan Muraoka as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, and Darren Ritchie as Rapunzel's Prince.[120] Also in 2019, Into the Woods was done by the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It starred Mykal Kilgore as the Witch, Mara Davi as the Baker's Wife, Jonathan Raviv as the Baker, Pepe Nufrio as Rapunzel's Prince, Sarah Dacey Charles as Cinderella’s Stepmother/Granny/Cinderella’s Mother, Dorcas Leung as Little Red Ridinghood, Amanda Robles as Cinderella, Thom Sesma as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Clay Singer as Jack, Zoë Aarts as Lucinda, Megan Orticelli as Florinda, and Leslie Becker as the Giant's Wife/Jack's Mother.[121]

A 2022 production staged at Arkansas Repertory Theatre featured the pre-recorded voice of former Secretary of State and one-time Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as the Giant.[122]

In 2023, a production was done by Open Stage Theatre Company in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A production by Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia ran in 2023, from 23 March to 30 April.[123]

Principal characters and casts

The original principal casts of notable stage productions of Into the Woods.

Role Original Broadway production First National Tour West End production London Revival First Broadway Revival London Revival Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production Central Park production[36] Film version Hollywood Bowl[41] Second Broadway Revival U.S. National Tour
1987 1988 1990 1998 2002 2007 2010 2012 2014 2019 2022 2023
The Witch Bernadette Peters Cleo Laine Julia McKenzie Clare Burt Vanessa Williams Beverly Klein Hannah Waddingham Donna Murphy Meryl Streep Patina Miller Montego Glover
The Baker Chip Zien Ray Gill Ian Bartholomew Nick Holder Stephen DeRosa Clive Rowe Mark Hadfield Denis O'Hare James Corden Skylar Astin Brian d'Arcy James Sebastian Arcelus
The Baker's Wife Joanna Gleason Mary Gordon Murray Imelda Staunton Sophie Thompson Kerry O'Malley Anna Francolini Jenna Russell Amy Adams Emily Blunt Sutton Foster Sara Bareilles Stephanie J. Block
Cinderella Kim Crosby Kathleen Rowe McAllen Jacqui Dankworth Jenna Russell Laura Benanti Gillian Kirkpatrick Helen Dallimore Jessie Mueller Anna Kendrick Sierra Boggess Phillipa Soo Diane Phelan
Cinderella's Prince Robert Westenberg Chuck Wagner Clive Carter Damian Lewis Gregg Edelman Nicholas Garrett Michael Xavier Ivan Hernandez Chris Pine Cheyenne Jackson Gavin Creel
The Big Bad Wolf Gregg Edelman
Christopher Sieber 		Johnny Depp
Little Red Riding Hood Danielle Ferland Tracy Katz Tessa Burbridge Sheridan Smith Molly Ephraim Suzie Toase Beverly Rudd Sarah Stiles Lilla Crawford Shanice Williams Julia Lester Katy Geraghty
Jack Ben Wright Robert Duncan McNeill Richard Dempsey Christopher Pizzey Adam Wylie Peter Caulfield Ben Stott Gideon Glick Daniel Huttlestone Gaten Matarazzo Cole Thompson
The Narrator Tom Aldredge Rex Robbins Nicholas Parsons Frank Middlemiss John McMartin Gary Waldhorn Eddie Manning Jack Broderick James Corden Edward Hibbert David Patrick Kelly
The Mysterious Man John Rogan Michael N. Harbour Martin Nelson Billy Boyle Chip Zien Simon Russell Beale Anthony Crivello
Rapunzel's Prince Chuck Wagner Douglas Sills Mark Tinkler Matt Rawle Christopher Sieber Nic Greenshields Simon Thomas Cooper Grodin Billy Magnussen Chris Carmack Joshua Henry Jason Forbach
Jack’s Mother Barbara Bryne Charlotte Rae Patsy Rowlands Sheila Reid Marylouise Burke Anne Reid Marilyn Cutts Kristine Zbornik Tracey Ullman Rebecca Spencer Aymee Garcia Rayanne Gonzales
Aymee Garcia
Rapunzel Pamela Winslow Marguerite Lowell Mary Lincoln Samantha Lavender Melissa Dye Christina Haldane Alice Fearn Tess Soltau Mackenzie Mauzy Hailey Kilgore Alysia Velez
Cinderella's Stepmother Joy Franz Jo Ann Cunningham Ann Howard Louise Davidson Pamela Myers Elizabeth Brice Gaye Brown Ellen Harvey Christine Baranski Edelyn Okano Nancy Opel
The Steward Philip Hoffman Marcus Olson Peter Ledbury Tony Timberlake Trent Armand Kendall Byron Watson Mark Goldthorp Josh Lamon Richard Glover Daniel López David Turner Jim Stanek
The Giant's Wife Merle Louise Nora Mae Lyng Eunice Gayson[124] Dilys Laye Judi Dench
(Pre-recorded) 		Linda Hibberd Judi Dench
(Pre-recorded) 		Glenn Close
(Pre-recorded)[125]		 Frances de la Tour Whoopi Goldberg
(Pre-recorded) 		Annie Golden Felicia Curry

Notable replacements

Broadway (1987–89)

1st US National Tour (1988-90)

1st Broadway Revival (2002)

2nd Broadway Revival (2022–23)

US National Tour (2023)

Additional performers

Adaptations

Junior version

The musical has been adapted into a child-friendly version for use by schools and young companies, with the second act completely removed, as well as almost half the material from the first. The show is shortened from the original two and a half hours to fit in a 50-minute range, and the music transposed into keys that more easily fit young voices. It is licensed through Music Theatre International Broadway Junior musicals.[126]

In 2019, a similar adaptation, Into the Woods Sr., adapted for performance by senior citizens in community centers and nursing homes, premiered. It is available under license.[127][128]

Film

Main article: Into the Woods (film)

A theatrical film adaptation of the musical was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Rob Marshall, and starring Meryl Streep as the Witch, Emily Blunt as the Baker's Wife, James Corden as the Baker, Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, Chris Pine as Cinderella's Prince, Daniel Huttlestone as Jack, Lilla Crawford as Little Red Ridinghood, Tracey Ullman as Jack's Mother, Billy Magnussen as Rapunzel's Prince, Christine Baranski as Cinderella's Stepmother, MacKenzie Mauzy as Rapunzel, Tammy Blanchard as Florinda, and Johnny Depp as the Wolf.[129][130] The film was released on December 25, 2014.[131] It was a critical and commercial hit, grossing over $213 million worldwide. For her performance as the Witch, Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[132] The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.[132]

Analysis of book and music

In most productions of Into the Woods, including the original Broadway production, several parts are doubled. Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf, who share the characteristic of being unable to control their appetites, are usually played by the same actor. Similarly, so are the Narrator and the Mysterious Man, who share the characteristic of commenting on the story while avoiding any personal involvement or responsibility. Granny and Cinderella's Mother, who are both matriarchal characters in the story, are also typically played by the same person, who also gives voice to the nurturing but later murderous Giant's Wife.

The show covers multiple themes: growing up, parents and children, accepting responsibility, morality, and finally, wish fulfillment and its consequences.[133] The Time Magazine reviewers wrote that the play's "basic insight... is at heart, most fairy tales are about the loving yet embattled relationship between parents and children. Almost everything that goes wrong—which is to say, almost everything that can—arises from a failure of parental or filial duty, despite the best intentions."[134] Stephen Holden wrote that the themes of the show include parent-child relationships and the individual's responsibility to the community. The witch isn't just a scowling old hag, but a key symbol of moral ambivalence. James Lapine said that the most unpleasant person (the Witch) would have the truest things to say and the "nicer" people would be less honest.[135] In the Witch's words: "I'm not good; I'm not nice; I'm just right."

Given the show's debut during the 1980s, the height of the US AIDS crisis, the work has been interpreted to be a parable about AIDS.[136][137] In this interpretation, the Giant's Wife serves as a metaphor for HIV/AIDS, killing good and bad characters indiscriminately and forcing the survivors to band together to stop the threat and move on from the devastation, reflecting the devastation to many communities during the AIDS crisis.[137][138][139][140] When asked about the thematic connection, Sondheim acknowledged that initial audiences interpreted it as an AIDS metaphor, but stated that the work was not intended to be specific.[137]

The score is also notable in Sondheim's output, because of its intricate reworking and development of small musical motifs. In particular, the opening words, "I wish", are set to the interval of a rising major second and this small unit is both repeated and developed throughout the show, just as Lapine's book explores the consequences of self-interest and "wishing". The dialogue in the show is characterized by the heavy use of syncopated speech. In many instances, the characters' lines are delivered with a fixed beat that follows natural speech rhythms, but is also purposely composed in eighth, sixteenth, and quarter note rhythms as part of a spoken song. Like many Sondheim/Lapine productions, the songs contain thought-process narrative, where characters converse or think aloud.

Sondheim drew on parts of his troubled childhood when writing the show. In 1987, he told Time Magazine that the "father uncomfortable with babies [was] his father, and [the] mother who regrets having had children [was] his mother."[141]

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

Year Award Category Nominee Result
1988 Tony Award Best Musical Nominated
Best Original Score Stephen Sondheim Won
Best Book of a Musical James Lapine Won
Best Direction of a Musical Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Joanna Gleason Won
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Robert Westenberg Nominated
Best Choreography Lar Lubovitch Nominated
Best Scenic Design Tony Straiges Nominated
Best Costume Design Ann Hould-Ward Nominated
Best Lighting Design Richard Nelson Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical Won
Outstanding Music Stephen Sondheim Nominated
Outstanding Lyrics Won
Outstanding Book of a Musical James Lapine Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Actress in a Musical Bernadette Peters Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Robert Westenberg Won
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Joanna Gleason Won
Danielle Ferland Nominated
Outstanding Set Design Tony Straiges Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design Ann Hould-Ward Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Design Richard Nelson Nominated
Outstanding Orchestrations Jonathan Tunick Nominated

Original London production

1999 London revival

2002 Broadway revival

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2002 Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical Won
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical John McMartin Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Vanessa Williams Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Gregg Edelman Nominated
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Laura Benanti Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical James Lapine Nominated
Best Choreography John Carrafa Nominated
Best Scenic Design Douglas W. Schmidt Nominated
Best Costume Design Susan Hilferty Nominated
Best Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical Won
Outstanding Actress in a Musical Laura Benanti Nominated
Vanessa Williams Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Gregg Edelman Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Kerry O'Malley Nominated
Outstanding Director of a Musical James Lapine Nominated
Outstanding Set Design Douglas W. Schmidt Won
Outstanding Costume Design Susan Hilferty Nominated
Outstanding Sound Design Dan Moses Schreier Won

2010 London revival

2012 New York revival

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2013 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Donna Murphy Nominated

2014 Australian production

2015 Off-Broadway production

Year Award Category Result
2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Nominated

2022 Broadway revival

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2023 Tony Awards[142] Best Revival of a Musical Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Lear deBessonet Nominated
Best Leading Actor in a Musical Brian d'Arcy James Nominated
Best Leading Actress in a Musical Sara Bareilles Nominated
Best Featured Actress in a Musical Julia Lester Nominated
Best Sound Design of a Musical Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann Nominated
Drama Desk Award[143]
Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Sara Bareilles Nominated
Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Phillipa Soo Nominated
Julia Lester Nominated
Outstanding Puppet Design James Ortiz and Kennedy Kanagawa Nominated
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann Won
Drama League Award[144] Distinguished Performance Award Sara Bareilles Nominated
Patina Miller Nominated
Outstanding Revival of Musical Won
Outstanding Direction of a Musical Lear DeBessonet Won
Grammy Award[145] Best Musical Theater Album Won
Outer Critics Circle Award[146]
Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Nominated
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical Julia Lester Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards[147][148] Favorite Musical Revival Won
Favorite Performance Of The Year Sara Bareilles Won
Favorite Leading Actress In A Musical Nominated
Patina Miller Nominated
Favorite Diva Performance Won
Favorite Leading Actor In A Musical Brian d’Arcy James Nominated
Favorite Featured Actor In A Musical Gavin Creel Won
Favorite Funny Performance Nominated
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female) Julia Lester Won
Favorite Featured Actress In A Musical Nominated
Phillipa Soo Won
Favorite Onstage Pair Gavin Creel and Joshua Henry Nominated
Sara Bareilles and Brian d’Arcy James Nominated
Favorite Replacement (Female) Stephanie J. Block Nominated
Favorite Replacement (Male) Sebastian Arcelus Nominated
Cheyenne Jackson Nominated
Andy Karl Nominated

2023 US National tour

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2023 Elliot Norton Awards Outstanding Visiting Musical Won
Outstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical Gavin Creel Won

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into, woods, this, article, about, musical, play, other, uses, disambiguation, 1987, musical, with, music, lyrics, stephen, sondheim, book, james, lapine, poster, original, broadway, productionmusicstephen, sondheimlyricsstephen, sondheimbookjames, lapineprodu. This article is about the musical play For other uses see Into the Woods disambiguation Into the Woods is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine Into the WoodsPoster for the original Broadway productionMusicStephen SondheimLyricsStephen SondheimBookJames LapineProductions1986 San Diego 1987 Broadway 1988 US Tour 1990 West End 1997 Broadway concert 1998 London revival 2002 Broadway revival 2010 London revival 2012 New York revival 2022 Encores 2022 Broadway revival 2023 US TourAwardsTony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Drama Desk Outstanding Musical 2002 Tony Award for Best Revival 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival 2022 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater AlbumThe musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales exploring the consequences of the characters wishes and quests The main characters are taken from Little Red Riding Hood spelled Ridinghood in the published vocal score Jack and the Beanstalk Rapunzel and Cinderella as well as several others The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family the original beginning of the Grimm Brothers Rapunzel their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey The second collaboration between Sondheim and Lapine after Sunday in the Park with George 1984 Into the Woods debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway on November 5 1987 where it won three major Tony Awards Best Score Best Book and Best Actress in a Musical for Joanna Gleason in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera 1988 The musical has since been produced many times with a 1988 US national tour a 1990 West End production a 1997 tenth anniversary concert a 2002 Broadway revival a 2010 London revival 1 and in 2012 as part of New York City s outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series A Disney film adaptation directed by Rob Marshall was released in 2014 The film grossed over 213 million worldwide 2 and received three nominations at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards A second Broadway revival began performances on June 28 2022 at the St James Theatre and opened on July 10 The production closed on January 8 2023 and began touring the U S on February 18 of the same year Contents 1 Synopsis 1 1 Act 1 1 2 Act 2 2 Musical numbers 3 Productions 3 1 Pre Broadway San Diego production 3 2 Original Broadway production 3 3 1988 US tour production 3 4 Original London production 3 5 1998 London revival production 3 6 2002 Broadway revival production 3 7 London Royal Opera House 2007 3 8 Regent s Park Open Air Theatre production 2010 3 9 Central Park Delacorte Theater production 2012 3 10 Hollywood Bowl production 2019 3 11 2022 Encores production 3 12 2022 Broadway revival production 3 13 Theatre Royal Bath 2022 3 14 2023 US tour production 3 15 Other productions 4 Principal characters and casts 4 1 Notable replacements 4 1 1 Broadway 1987 89 4 1 2 1st US National Tour 1988 90 4 1 3 1st Broadway Revival 2002 4 1 4 2nd Broadway Revival 2022 23 4 1 5 US National Tour 2023 4 2 Additional performers 5 Adaptations 5 1 Junior version 5 2 Film 6 Analysis of book and music 7 Awards and nominations 7 1 Original Broadway production 7 2 Original London production 7 3 1999 London revival 7 4 2002 Broadway revival 7 5 2010 London revival 7 6 2012 New York revival 7 7 2014 Australian production 7 8 2015 Off Broadway production 7 9 2022 Broadway revival 7 10 2023 US National tour 8 References 9 External linksSynopsis EditAct 1 Edit The narrator introduces four groups of characters Cinderella who wishes to attend the king s festival Jack who wishes his cow Milky White would give milk a baker and his wife who wish to have a child and Little Red Ridinghood 3 who wishes for bread to bring for her grandmother The baker s neighbor an ugly old witch reveals the couple is infertile from a curse she cast on his father for stealing her vegetables including magic beans which prompted the Witch s own mother to punish her with the curse of age and ugliness The witch took the baker s father s child Rapunzel She explains the curse will be lifted if she is brought four ingredients the cow as white as milk the cape as red as blood the hair as yellow as corn and the slipper as pure as gold in three days time All begin the journey into the woods Jack to sell his beloved cow Cinderella to her mother s grave Little Red to her grandmother s house and the baker refusing his wife s help to find the ingredients Prologue Cinderella receives a gown and golden slippers from her mother s spirit Cinderella at the Grave A mysterious man mocks Jack for valuing his cow more than a sack of beans Little Red meets a hungry wolf who persuades her to take a longer path and admire the beauty of the woods with his own ulterior motives in mind Hello Little Girl The baker followed by his wife meets Jack They convince Jack that the beans found in the baker s father s jacket are magic and trade them for the cow Jack bids Milky White a tearful farewell I Guess This Is Goodbye The baker has qualms about their deceit but his wife reassures him Maybe They re Magic The witch has raised Rapunzel in a tall tower accessible only by climbing Rapunzel s long golden hair Our Little World a prince spies Rapunzel The baker in pursuit of the red cape Maybe They re Magic Reprise slays the wolf and rescues Little Red and her grandmother Little Red rewards him with her cape and reflects on her experiences I Know Things Now Jack s mother tosses his beans aside which grow into an enormous stalk Cinderella flees the festival pursued by another prince and the baker s wife hides her asked about the ball Cinderella is unimpressed A Very Nice Prince Spotting Cinderella s gold slippers the baker s wife chases her and loses Milky White The characters recite morals as the day ends First Midnight Jack describes his adventure climbing the beanstalk Giants in the Sky He gives the baker gold stolen from the giants to buy back his cow and returns up the beanstalk to find more the mysterious man steals the money Cinderella s prince and Rapunzel s prince who are brothers compare their unobtainable amours Agony The baker s wife overhears their talk of a girl with golden hair She fools Rapunzel and takes a piece of her hair The mysterious man returns Milky White to the baker The baker s wife again fails to seize Cinderella s slippers The baker admits they must work together It Takes Two Jack arrives with a hen that lays golden eggs but Milky White keels over dead as midnight chimes Second Midnight The Witch discovers the prince s visits and demands Rapunzel stay sheltered from the world Stay with Me Rapunzel refuses and the witch cuts off Rapunzel s hair and banishes her The mysterious man gives the baker money for another cow Jack meets Little Red now sporting a wolfskin cape and knife She goads him into returning to the giant s home to retrieve the giant s harp Cinderella torn between staying with her prince or escaping leaves him a slipper as a clue On the Steps of the Palace and trades shoes with the baker s wife The baker arrives with another cow they now have all four items A great crash is heard and Jack s mother reports a dead giant in her backyard Jack returns with a magic harp The witch discovers the new cow is useless and resurrects Milky White who is fed the ingredients but fails to give milk The witch explains Rapunzel s hair will not work and the mysterious man offers corn silk instead Milky White produces the potion The witch reveals the mysterious man is the baker s father and she drinks the potion The mysterious man falls dead the curse is broken and the witch regains her youth and beauty Cinderella s prince seeks the girl who fits the slipper Cinderella s desperate stepsisters mutilate their feet Careful My Toe Cinderella succeeds and becomes his bride Rapunzel bears twins and is found by her prince The witch finds her and attempts to claim her back but the witch s powers have been lost in exchange for her youth and beauty At Cinderella s wedding her stepsisters are blinded by birds and the baker s wife now very pregnant thanks Cinderella for her help So Happy Prelude Congratulating themselves on living happily ever after the characters fail to notice another beanstalk growing Act 2 Edit The narrator continues Once upon a time later Everyone still has wishes the baker and his wife face new frustrations with their infant son newly rich Jack misses the kingdom in the sky Cinderella is bored with life in the palace So Happy but they are relatively content With a tremendous crash a giant s foot destroys the witch s garden and damages the baker s home The baker travels to the palace but his warning is ignored by the prince s steward and by Jack s mother Returning home he finds Little Red on her way to her grandmother s he and his wife escort her Jack decides to slay the new giant and Cinderella investigates her mother s disturbed grave Everyone returns to the woods but now notice that the weather is more ominous Into the Woods Reprise Rapunzel driven mad also flees to the woods Her prince follows and meets his brother they confess their lust for two new women Snow White and Sleeping Beauty Agony Reprise The baker his wife and Little Red find Cinderella s family and the steward who reveal the castle was set upon by the giant The witch brings news that the giant destroyed the village and the baker s house The giantess widow of the giant Jack killed appears seeking revenge As a sacrifice the group offer up the narrator who is killed Jack s mother defends her son angering the giantess and the steward silences Jack s mother inadvertently killing her As the giantess leaves in search of Jack Rapunzel is trampled Witch s Lament The royal family flee despite the baker s pleas to stay and fight The witch vows to find Jack and give him to the giantess and the baker and his wife split up to find him first Cinderella s prince seduces the baker s wife Any Moment The baker finds and convinces Cinderella to join their group The baker s wife reflects on her adventure and tryst with the prince Moments in the Woods but stumbles into the path of the giantess and is killed The baker Little Red and Cinderella await the return of the baker s wife when the witch arrives with Jack found weeping over the baker s wife s body The baker turns against Jack and the two along with Cinderella and Little Red blame each other for the situation before the four turn on the witch Your Fault Chastising their inability to accept the consequences of their own actions the witch throws her remaining beans and is struck by another curse and vanishes Last Midnight Grief stricken the baker flees but is convinced by his father s spirit to face his responsibilities No More He returns and lays out a plan to kill the giantess Cinderella stays behind with the baker s child and confronts her prince over his infidelity he explains his feelings of unfulfillment and that he wasn t raised to be sincere and she asks him to leave Little Red discovers her grandmother has been killed by the giantess as the baker tells Jack that his mother is dead Jack vows to kill the steward but the baker dissuades him while Cinderella comforts Little Red The baker and Cinderella explain that choices have consequences and everyone is connected No One Is Alone The four together slay the giantess and the other characters including the royal family who have starved to death and the princes with their new paramours return to share one last set of morals The survivors band together and the spirit of the baker s wife comforts her mourning husband encouraging him to tell their child their story The baker begins to tell his son the tale while the witch offers a final lesson Careful the things you say children will listen Finale Musical numbers EditAct IPrologue Into the Woods Narrator Cinderella Jack Baker Baker s Wife Cinderella s Stepmother Florinda Lucinda Jack s Mother Little Red Ridinghood Witch Cinderella s Father Cinderella at the Grave Narrator Cinderella Cinderella s Mother Hello Little Girl Wolf Little Red Ridinghood I Guess This Is Goodbye Jack Maybe They re Magic Baker s Wife Baker Our Little World Witch Rapunzel Maybe They re Magic reprise Baker I Know Things Now Little Red Ridinghood A Very Nice Prince Cinderella Baker s Wife First Midnight Company Giants in the Sky Jack Agony Cinderella s Prince Rapunzel s Prince A Very Nice Prince reprise Cinderella Baker s Wife It Takes Two Baker s Wife Baker Second Midnight Witch Cinderella Cinderella s Prince Rapunzel s Prince Cinderella s Stepmother Florinda Lucinda Granny Narrator Stay with Me Witch Rapunzel On the Steps of the Palace Cinderella Careful My Toe Narrator Florinda Cinderella s Stepmother Lucinda Cinderella s Mother Cinderella s Prince Cinderella s Father So Happy Prelude Cinderella Cinderella s Prince Baker Baker s Wife Ever After Narrator Florinda Lucinda Witch Company Act IIPrologue So Happy Narrator Cinderella Jack Baker Baker s Wife Cinderella s Prince Jack s Mother Cinderella s Stepmother Florinda Lucinda Witch Prologue Into the Woods reprise Baker Baker s Wife Jack Little Red Ridinghood Cinderella Rapunzel Agony reprise Cinderella s Prince Rapunzel s Prince Lament Witch Any Moment Cinderella s Prince Baker s Wife Moments in the Woods Baker s Wife Your Fault Jack Baker Witch Cinderella Little Red Ridinghood Last Midnight Witch Cinderella Little Red Ridinghood Baker No More Baker Mysterious Man No One Is Alone Cinderella Little Red Ridinghood Baker Jack Finale Children Will Listen Company Not included in the original Broadway cast recording Added for the 1990 London productionProductions EditPre Broadway San Diego production Edit Into the Woods premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego California on December 4 1986 and ran for 50 performances under the direction of James Lapine 4 Many of the performers from that production appeared in the Broadway cast except for John Cunningham as the Narrator Wolf Steward George Coe as the Mysterious Man Cinderella s Father Kenneth Marshall as Cinderella s Prince LuAnne Ponce as Little Red Ridinghood and Ellen Foley as the Witch Kay McClelland who played both Rapunzel and the Stepsister Florinda went with the cast to Broadway but only played Florinda The show evolved and the most notable change was the addition of the song No One Is Alone in the middle of the run Because of this the finale was also altered It originally was Midnight Ever After reprise It Takes Two reprise Into the Woods reprise 2 but it eventually evolved into how it currently is Another notable change was originally during the finale the Baker and Cinderella would become a couple and kiss before singing the reprise of It Takes Two 5 Original Broadway production Edit Into the Woods opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 5 1987 and closed on September 3 1989 after 765 performances It starred Bernadette Peters as the Witch Joanna Gleason as the Baker s Wife Chip Zien as the Baker Robert Westenberg as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Tom Aldredge as the Narrator Mysterious Man Kim Crosby as Cinderella Danielle Ferland as Little Red Ridinghood Ben Wright as Jack Chuck Wagner as Rapunzel s Prince Barbara Bryne as Jack s Mother Pamela Winslow as Rapunzel Merle Louise as Cinderella s Mother Granny Giant s Wife Edmund Lyndeck as Cinderella s Father Joy Franz as Cinderella s Stepmother Philip Hoffman as the Steward Lauren Mitchell as Lucinda Kay McClelland as Florinda Jean Kelly as Snow White and Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty It was directed by James Lapine with musical staging by Lar Lubovitch settings by Tony Straiges lighting by Richard Nelson costumes by Ann Hould Ward based on original concepts by Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould Ward and makeup by Jeff Raum The original production won the 1988 New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards and won three Best Score Stephen Sondheim Best Book James Lapine and Best Actress in a Musical Joanna Gleason Peters left the show after almost five months due to a prior commitment to film the movie Slaves of New York 6 The Witch was then played by Betsy Joslyn from March 30 1988 7 Phylicia Rashad from April 14 1988 Betsy Joslyn from July 5 1988 Nancy Dussault from December 13 1988 8 and Ellen Foley from August 1 1989 until the closing 9 Understudies for the part included Joslyn Marin Mazzie Lauren Velez Suzzanne Douglas and Joy Franz Other cast replacements included Dick Cavett as the Narrator as of July 19 1988 for a temporary engagement after which Tom Aldredge returned Edmund Lyndeck as the Mysterious Man Patricia Ben Peterson as Cinderella LuAnne Ponce returning to the role of Little Red Ridinghood Jeff Blumenkrantz as Jack Marin Mazzie as Rapunzel as of March 7 1989 Dean Butler and Don Goodspeed as Rapunzel s Prince Susan Gordon Clark as Florinda Teresa Burrell as Lucinda Adam Grupper as the Steward Cindy Robinson and Heather Shulman as Snow White and Kay McClelland Lauren Mitchell Cynthia Sikes and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker s Wife 9 In 1989 from May 23 to May 25 the full original cast with the exception of Cindy Robinson as Snow White instead of Jean Kelly reunited for three performances to tape the musical in its entirety for the Season 10 premiere episode of PBS s American Playhouse which first aired on March 15 1991 The show was filmed professionally with seven cameras on the set of the Martin Beck Theatre in front of an audience with certain elements changed from its standard production only slightly for the recording in order to better fit the screen rather than the stage such as the lighting minor costume differences and others There were also pick up shots not filmed in front of an audience for various purposes This video has since been released on VHS and DVD and on occasion remastered and re released 10 Tenth Anniversary benefit performances were held on November 9 1997 at the Broadway Theatre New York with most of the original cast 11 Original cast understudies Chuck Wagner and Jeff Blumenkrantz played the Wolf Cinderella s Prince and the Steward in place of Robert Westenberg and Philip Hoffmann while Jonathan Dokuchitz who joined the Broadway production as an understudy in 1989 played Rapunzel s Prince in place of Wagner This concert featured the duet Our Little World written for the first London production of the show On November 9 2014 most of the original cast reunited for two reunion concerts and discussion in Costa Mesa California Mo Rocca hosted the reunion and interviewed Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine as well as each cast member Appearing were Bernadette Peters Joanna Gleason Chip Zien Danielle Ferland Ben Wright and real life husband and wife Robert Westenberg and Kim Crosby 12 The same group presented this discussion concert on June 21 2015 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music New York City 13 1988 US tour production Edit A United States tour started performances on November 22 1988 the cast included Cleo Laine as the Witch Rex Robbins as the Narrator and Mysterious Man Ray Gill and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker and his Wife Kathleen Rowe McAllen as Cinderella Chuck Wagner as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Douglas Sills as Rapunzel s Prince Robert Duncan McNeill and Charlotte Rae as Jack and his Mother Marcus Olson as the Steward and Susan Gordon Clark reprising her role as Florinda from the Broadway production The set was almost completely reconstructed and there were certain changes to the script changing certain story elements Cast replacements included Betsy Joslyn as the Witch Peter Walker as the Narrator Mysterious Man James Weatherstone as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Jonathan Hadley as Rapunzel s Prince Marcus Olson as the Baker who was then replaced by Adam Grupper who understudied the role on Broadway Judy McLane as the Baker s Wife Nora Mae Lyng as Jack s Mother who was then replaced by Frances Ford Stuart Zagnit as the Steward Jill Geddes as Cinderella who was then replaced by Patricia Ben Peterson and Kevin R Wright as Jack The tour 14 played cities around the country such as Fort Lauderdale Florida Los Angeles and Atlanta 15 16 The tour ran at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from June 1989 to July 16 1989 with the reviewer for The Washington Post writing his lovely score poised between melody and dissonance is the perfect measure of our tenuous condition The songs invariably follow the characters thinking patterns as they weigh their options and digest their experience Needless to say that doesn t make for traditional show stoppers But it does make for vivacity of another kind And Sondheim s lyrics are brilliant I think you ll find these cast members alert and engaging 17 Original London production Edit The album cover of the London cast recording The original West End production opened on September 25 1990 at the Phoenix Theatre and closed on February 23 1991 after 197 performances It was directed by Richard Jones and produced by David Mirvish with set design by Richard Hudson choreography by Anthony Van Laast costumes by Sue Blane and orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick The cast featured Julia McKenzie as the Witch Ian Bartholomew as the Baker Imelda Staunton as the Baker s Wife and Clive Carter as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince The show received seven Olivier Award nominations in 1991 winning for Best Actress in a Musical Staunton and Best Director of a Musical Jones The song Our Little World was added 18 This song was a duet sung between the Witch and Rapunzel giving further insight into the care the Witch has for her self proclaimed daughter and the desire Rapunzel has to see the world outside of her tower The overall feel of the show was darker than that of the original Broadway production Critic Michael Billington wrote But the evening s triumph belongs also to director Richard Jones set designer Richard Hudson and costume designer Sue Blane who evoke exactly the right mood of haunted theatricality Old fashioned footlights give the faces a sinister glow The woods themselves are a semi circular black and silver screen punctuated with nine doors and a crazy clock they achieve exactly the agreeable terror of Gustave Dore s children s illustrations And the effects are terrific doors open to reveal the rotating magnified eyeball or the admonitory finger of the predatory giant 19 1998 London revival production Edit A new intimate production of the show opened billed as the first London revival at the Donmar Warehouse on 16 November 1998 closing on 13 February 1999 This revival was directed by John Crowley and designed by his brother Bob Crowley The cast included Clare Burt as the Witch Nick Holder as the Baker Sophie Thompson as the Baker s Wife Jenna Russell as Cinderella Sheridan Smith as Little Red Ridinghood Damian Lewis as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince and Frank Middlemiss as the Narrator 20 Russell later appeared as the Baker s Wife in the 2010 Regent s Park production Thompson won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance while the production itself was nominated for Outstanding Musical Production 2002 Broadway revival production Edit A poster for the 2002 Broadway revival A revival opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles running from February 1 2002 to March 24 2002 This production was directed and choreographed with the same principal cast that later ran on Broadway 21 The 2002 Broadway revival directed by James Lapine and choreographed by John Carrafa began previews on April 13 2002 and opened April 30 2002 at the Broadhurst Theatre closing on December 29 after a run of 18 previews and 279 regular performances 22 It starred Vanessa Williams as the Witch John McMartin as the Narrator Mysterious Man Stephen DeRosa as the Baker Kerry O Malley as the Baker s Wife Gregg Edelman as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Christopher Sieber as the Wolf Rapunzel s Prince Molly Ephraim as Little Red Ridinghood Adam Wylie as Jack and Laura Benanti as Cinderella Judi Dench provided the pre recorded voice of the Giant Lapine revised the script slightly for this production with a cameo appearance of the Three Little Pigs restored from the earlier San Diego production 23 24 25 Other changes apart from numerous small dialogue changes included the addition of the song Our Little World a duet for the Witch and Rapunzel written for the first London production the addition of a second Wolf in the song Hello Little Girl who competes for Little Red s attention with the first Wolf Portrayed by the same actor playing Rapunzel s Prince the portrayal of Jack s cow by a live performer Chad Kimball in an intricate costume and new lyrics were written for Last Midnight now a menacing lullaby sung by the Witch to the Baker s baby 25 This production featured scenic design by Douglas W Schmidt costume design by Susan Hilferty lighting design by Brian MacDevitt sound design by Dan Moses Schreier and projection design by Elaine J McCarthy The revival won Tonys for the Best Revival of a Musical and Best Lighting Design 26 This Broadway revival wardrobe is on display at the Costume World in South Florida London Royal Opera House 2007 Edit A revival at the Royal Opera House s Linbury Studio in Covent Garden had a limited run from June 14 through June 30 2007 followed by a short stint at The Lowry theatre Salford Quays Manchester between 4 7 July The production mixed opera singers musical theatre actors as well as film and television actors including Anne Reid as Jack s Mother and Gary Waldhorn as the Narrator The production itself directed by Will Tuckett was met with mixed reviews although there were clear stand out performances 27 28 29 The production completely sold out three weeks before opening As this was an opera production the show and its performers were overlooked in the musical nominations for the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards This production featured Suzie Toase Little Red Peter Caulfield Jack Beverley Klein Witch Anna Francolini Baker s Wife Clive Rowe Baker Nicholas Garrett Wolf Cinderella s Prince and Lara Pulver Lucinda This was the second Sondheim musical to be staged by the Opera House following 2003 s Sweeney Todd Regent s Park Open Air Theatre production 2010 Edit The Olivier Award winning Regent s Park Open Air Theatre production directed by Timothy Sheader and choreographed by Liam Steel ran for a six week limited season from 6 August to 11 September 2010 The cast included Hannah Waddingham as the Witch Mark Hadfield as the Baker Jenna Russell as the Baker s Wife Helen Dallimore as Cinderella Michael Xavier as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince and Judi Dench as the recorded voice of the Giant Gareth Valentine was the Musical Director 30 31 The musical was performed outdoors in a wooded area Whilst the book remained mostly unchanged the subtext of the plot was dramatically altered by casting the role of the Narrator as a young school boy lost in the woods following a family argument a device used to further illustrate the musical s themes of parenting and adolescence The Regent s Park Open Air Theatre Production with Beverly Rudd as Little Red Ridinghood The production opened to wide critical acclaim much of the press commenting on the effectiveness of the open air setting The Telegraph reviewer for example wrote It is an inspired idea to stage this show in the magical sylvan surroundings of Regent s Park and designer Soutra Gilmour has come up with a marvellously rickety adventure playground of a set all ladders stairs and elevated walkways with Rapunzel discovered high up in a tree 32 The New York Times reviewer commented The natural environment makes for something genuinely haunting and mysterious as night falls on the audience 33 Stephen Sondheim attended twice reportedly extremely pleased with the production The production also won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and Xavier was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical The production was recorded in its entirety available to download and watch from Digital Theatre Central Park Delacorte Theater production 2012 Edit The Regent s Park Open Air Theatre production transferred to the Public Theater s 2012 summer series of free performances Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park New York with an American cast as well as new designers 34 Sheader again was the director and Steel served as co director and choreographer Performances were originally to run from July 24 delayed from July 23 due to the weather to August 25 2012 but the show was extended till September 1 2012 35 The cast included Amy Adams as the Baker s Wife Donna Murphy as the Witch Denis O Hare as the Baker Chip Zien the original Baker in the 1987 Broadway cast as the Mysterious Man Cinderella s Father Ivan Hernandez as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Jessie Mueller as Cinderella Jack Broderick as the young Narrator Gideon Glick as Jack Cooper Grodin as Rapunzel s Prince Sarah Stiles as Little Red Ridinghood Josh Lamon as the Steward and Glenn Close as the Voice of the Giant The set was a collaboration between original Open Air Theatre designer Soutra Gilmour and John Lee Beatty and rises over 50 feet in the air with a series of tree covered catwalks and pathways 36 The production was dedicated to Nora Ephron who had died earlier in 2012 In February 2012 and in May 2012 reports of a possible Broadway transfer surfaced with the production s principal actors in negotiations to reprise their roles 37 38 39 In January 2013 it was announced that the production will not transfer to Broadway due to scheduling conflicts 40 Hollywood Bowl production 2019 Edit For its annual fully staged musical event the Hollywood Bowl produced a limited run of Into the Woods from July 26 28 2019 directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom 41 The cast included Skylar Astin as the Baker Sutton Foster as the Baker s Wife Patina Miller as the Witch Sierra Boggess as Cinderella Cheyenne Jackson as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Chris Carmack as Rapunzel s Prince Gaten Matarazzo as Jack Anthony Crivello as the Mysterious Man Edward Hibbert as the Narrator Shanice Williams as Little Red Ridinghood Hailey Kilgore as Rapunzel Rebecca Spencer as Jack s Mother original Broadway cast member Gregory North as Cinderella s Father and Whoopi Goldberg as the voice of the Giant 42 The production featured Ann Hould Ward s costumes from the Original Broadway Production 2022 Encores production Edit In November 2020 it was announced that New York City Center would stage Into the Woods as part of its Encores series 43 In August 2021 it was announced that Christian Borle Sara Bareilles Ashley Park and Heather Headley had joined the cast as respectively the Baker his Wife Cinderella and the Witch Park was initially scheduled to star in the Encores production of Thoroughly Modern Millie but it was canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 44 Headley had previously played the Witch at The Muny in 2015 In December 2021 High School Musical The Musical The Series star Julia Lester joined the cast as Little Red Ridinghood alongside Shereen Pimentel as Rapunzel Jordan Donica as her Prince and newcomer Cole Thompson as Jack 45 In March 2022 it was revealed that Denee Benton had replaced Park as Cinderella with other cast members including Gavin Creel as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Annie Golden as Cinderella s Mother Granny Giant s Wife Ann Harada as Jack s Mother David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator Mysterious Man Tiffany Denise Hobbs as Lucinda later replaced by Ta Nika Gibson Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White Lauren Mitchell who played Lucinda in the 1987 Broadway production as Cinderella s Stepmother and David Turner as the Steward 46 In April 2022 Neil Patrick Harris was announced as playing the Baker replacing Borle due to a schedule conflict Albert Guerzon also joined the cast as Cinderella s Father 47 Jason Forbach Mary Kate Moore and Cameron Johnson were the production s swings The production ran from May 4 15 2022 and was directed by Encores artistic director Lear deBessonet 48 This was the final Encores show to have Rob Berman conducting the Encores orchestra 49 2022 Broadway revival production Edit Poster for the 2022 Broadway revival Fewer than two weeks after closing the limited engagement at Encores it was announced that the production would transfer to Broadway playing at the St James Theatre 50 The Broadway production officially opened on July 10 2022 with previews having begun on June 28 to universally positive reviews 51 Most of the Encores cast transferred with the additions of Brian d Arcy James as the Baker Patina Miller as the Witch Phillipa Soo as Cinderella and Joshua Henry as Rapunzel s Prince 52 Other new cast members included Nancy Opel as Cinderella s Stepmother Aymee Garcia as Jack s Mother Alysia Velez as Rapunzel and Paul Kreppel Diane Phelan Alex Joseph Grayson Felicia Curry Delphi Borich and Lucia Spina as understudies 53 From July 24 to August 2 Cheyenne Jackson temporarily filled in for Gavin Creel as the Wolf and Cinderella s Prince reprising his roles from the Hollywood Bowl production 54 On July 18 2022 Sara Bareilles revealed on her Instagram Stories that a cast album of this production was being recorded 55 56 During July it was announced that the production which was originally scheduled only for a limited eight week run had extended its run through October 16 of that year 57 On August 4 2022 it was announced that the entire Broadway cast would remain with the show through September 4 of that year 58 On September 6 real life married couple Stephanie J Block and Sebastian Arcelus replaced Bareilles and James as the Baker s Wife and the Baker Other replacements included Krysta Rodriguez as Cinderella Katy Geraghty replacing Julia Lester as Little Red Ridinghood and Jim Stanek replacing David Turner as the Steward Montego Glover also began sharing the role of the Witch with Miller and Andy Karl played a limited run as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince from September 6 15 filling in for Creel Ann Harada would join the cast reprising her role as Jack s Mother from the Encores production on September 27 59 During that same month it was announced that the production was given a final extension through January 8 2023 60 On September 22 it was announced that James would return to the cast reprising his role as the Baker starting October 25 and Karl would return as well this time playing Rapunzel s Prince starting October 11 61 The cast album was released on September 30 62 On October 25 it was announced Denee Benton would join the cast reprising her role as Cinderella from the Encores production on November 21 and left the production on December 24 63 On November 17 it was announced that Joaquina Kalukango would start playing the Witch from December 16 to the show s closing date January 8 64 Karl s extended run 65 ended December 2 for the return of Henry 66 On that same day the cast recording received a physical release on CD 67 On December 15 it was announced understudy Diane Phelan would take over the role of Cinderella on December 26 for the last two weeks of the show s run It was also announced that Arcelus would return to the production replacing James as the Baker starting January 3 68 The Broadway production closed on January 8 2023 69 The final Broadway cast was Kalukango as the Witch Arcelus and Block as the Baker and his Wife Creel as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Phelan as Cinderella Cole Thompson as Jack Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood Henry as Rapunzel s Prince David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator Mysterious Man Harada as Jack s Mother Opel as Cinderella s Stepmother Velez as Rapunzel Stanek as the Steward Annie Golden as Cinderella s Mother Granny Giantess Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda Ta Nika Gibson as Lucinda Albert Guerzon as Cinderella s Father Puppeteer Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White Puppeteer and Jason Forbach Mary Kate Moore Cameron Johnson Kreppel Grayson Curry Borich Spina and Sam Simahk as understudies 70 The production s cast recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album 71 The recording was released in vinyl March 17 2023 67 The production was nominated for six Tony Awards 72 Theatre Royal Bath 2022 Edit In December 2021 it was announced that a new production of Into the Woods would take place at the Theatre Royal in Bath for 4 weeks starting on August 17 73 It is directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman who already worked together for the staging of two operas by Berlioz at the English National Opera The Damnation of Faust in 2011 and Benvenuto Cellini in 2014 The show was first booked for the Old Vic Theatre in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID 19 pandemic and then canceled altogether The cast included Julian Bleach as the Mysterious Man Nicola Hughes as the Witch Rhashan Stone as the Baker Alex Young as the Baker s Wife Nathanael Campbell as the Wolf and Cinderella s Prince Audrey Brisson as Cinderella Barney Wilkinson as Jack Gillian Bevan as Jack s Mother Charlotte Jaconelli as Florinda Maria Conneeley as Rapunzel and Lauren Conroy as Little Red Ridinghood in her first professional stage debut Milky White is played in pantomime by the dancer Faith Prendergast The music director is Stephen Higgins and Jon Bausor is in charge of the production design and Anthony McDonald of the costumes In contrast to the Broadway revival occurring at the same time this production is quite visual with elaborate sets and props the conceit of the show being that the characters are figures in a Victorian toy theatre which a young girl is playing with 74 The toy theatre is taking full stage with giant props cans of beans a watch a vase a doll appearing throughout and being used by the characters as elements of setting for example Rapunzel s tower is a pile of bean cans 75 Also there s quite an accent on slapstick done in the spirit of what Sondheim has written 76 James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim supported this new vision 77 78 and Sondheim gave his approval for the cast before his passing 79 Besides Sondheim discussed the production with the directors over Zoom during lockdown Allegedly he liked what he saw so much that he fell off his chair laughing 80 Terry Gilliam already met with Sondheim in the 90 s for a film adaptation of the show that Paramount was supposed to produce with Robin Williams and Emma Thompson as the Baker and Baker s Wife but Gilliam refused to do it because he thought the script wasn t as good as the original 80 The show opened to overall positive reviews critics praising this hallucinogenic take 81 with its imaginative imagery 82 and sheer spectacle 83 and acclaiming Leah Hausman s particularly crisp choreography 82 while some regretted a lack of an emotional connection between the characters and the audience 84 and feeling that nothing quite develops its emotional power as much as it might 85 Yet all recognize the strength and the vocal talent of the cast Special compliments often go to the outstanding work 86 of Faith Prendergast as Milky White The Guardian going as far as calling it the most characterful presence on the stage The show would then transfer to a West End theatre in late 2022 or early 2023 87 2023 US tour production Edit On December 6 2022 it was announced that the 2022 Broadway revival production would go on a tour of the United States in 2023 It stars Montego Glover as the Witch Sebastian Arcelus and Stephanie J Block as the Baker and his Wife Gavin Creel as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Cole Thompson as Jack Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood David Patrick Kelly as the Narrator Mysterious Man Nancy Opel as Cinderella s Stepmother Aymee Garcia as Jack s Mother From Boston onward Ta Nika Gibson as Lucinda Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda Jim Stanek as the Steward Alysia Velez as Rapunzel and Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White Puppeteer all reprising their Broadway roles 88 On December 15 it was announced that Diane Phelan would reprise her role as Cinderella on tour 89 On January 17 the rest of the cast was announced including Broadway understudies Jason Forbach and Felicia Curry being promoted to Rapunzel s Prince and the Giant s Wife Cinderella s Mother Granny respectively Other cast members included Rayanne Gonzales as Jack s Mother In Buffalo and Washington D C only Josh Breckenridge as Cinderella s Father Puppeteer and Paul Kreppel Sam Simahk Erica Durham Ellie Fishman Marya Grandy Ximone Rose and Eddie Lopez as understudies 90 On January 31 it was announced the production was extending its Boston engagement by another week It was also announced Arcelus and Block would not perform 6 days of the engagement 91 From February 25 26 Andy Karl reprised his Broadway role of Rapunzel s Prince during the opening weekend of the tour s engagement in Washington D C while Forbach stepped into the role of the Baker for Arcelus who was recovering from an injury sustained earlier in the week 92 Forbach would end up filling in for Arcelus for over two weeks 93 On February 28 Forbach announced on his Instagram Stories he d be playing the Baker during the 6 day absence of Arcelus in Boston 94 Understudy Sam Simahk played Rapunzel s Prince in his place 95 On March 1 it was announced during Wonderstudy Wednesday on Instagram that understudy Ximone Rose would play the Baker s Wife during Block s absence in Boston 96 From March 28 to April 2 Cameron Johnson reprised his role of being an understudy while Simahk was playing Rapunzel s Prince 97 The production is scheduled for a ten city engagement tour it will visit the Shea s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo New York the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D C the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston the Miller Theater in Philadelphia the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte North Carolina the James M Nederlander Theatre in Chicago the Curran Theater in San Francisco the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville Tennessee and the Dr Phillips Center in Orlando Florida 98 Other productions Edit A production played in Sydney from 19 March 1993 to 5 June 1993 at the Drama Theatre Sydney Opera House It starred Judi Connelli as the Witch Geraldine Turner as the Baker s Wife Tony Sheldon as the Baker Philip Quast as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Pippa Grandison as Cinderella Sharon Millerchip as Little Red Ridinghood and D J Foster as Rapunzel s Prince 99 A Melbourne Theatre Company played from 17 January 1998 to 21 February 1998 at the Playhouse Victorian Arts Centre It starred Rhonda Burchmore as the Witch John McTernan as the Baker Gina Riley as the Baker s Wife Lisa McCune as Cinderella Robert Grubb as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Peter Carroll as the Narrator Mysterious Man and Tamsin Carroll as Little Red Ridinghood 100 101 In 2009 a production was done in Sacramento California by the Wells Fargo Pavilion It starred Yvette Cason as the Witch Jeffry Denman as the Baker Vicki Lewis as his Wife Tracy Katz reprising her role as Little Red Ridinghood from the first national tour Jason Forbach as the Wolf Rapunzel s Prince Gordon Goodman as Cinderella s Prince Kim Huber as Cinderella Matthew Wolpe as Jack and Michael G Hawkins as the Narrator Mysterious Man 102 The first professional Spanish language production Dentro del Bosque was produced by University of Puerto Rico Repertory Theatre and premiered in San Juan at Teatro de la Universidad University Theatre on March 14 2013 The cast included Victor Santiago as the Baker Ana Isabelle as the Baker s Wife and Lourdes Robles as the Witch 103 A 25th anniversary co production between Baltimore s Center Stage and Westport Country Playhouse directed by Mark Lamos was notable for casting original Little Red Ridinghood Danielle Ferland as the Baker s Wife The cast included Erik Liberman as the Baker Lauren Kennedy as the Witch Jeffry Denman as the Narrator Nik Walker as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Dana Steingold as Little Red Ridinghood Justin Scott Brown as Jack Jenny Latimer as Cinderella Cheryl Stern as Jack s Mother Robert Lenzi as Rapunzel s Prince Cinderella s Father Alma Cuervo as Cinderella s Stepmother Granny Giant s Wife Britney Coleman as Rapunzel Cinderella s Mother Nikka Lanzarone as Florinda Eleni Delopoulos as Lucinda and Jeremy Lawrence as the Mysterious Man 104 105 The production received 2011 2012 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards for Best Production Best Ensemble and Steingold s Little Red Ridinghood 106 In 2014 a production premiered in Paris France at the Paris Theatre du Chatelet from April 1 12 It starred Nicholas Garrett as the Baker Francesca Jackson as Little Red Ridinghood Kimy McLaren as Cinderella Christine Buffle as the Baker s Wife Beverley Klein as the Witch Pascal Charbonneau and Rebecca de Pont Davies as Jack and his Mother Damian Thantrey as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince David Curry as the Wolf Rapunzel s Prince Louise Alder as Rapunzel and Fanny Ardant as the voice of the Giantess 107 The Roundabout Theatre production directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld began performances Off Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre on December 19 2014 in previews officially on January 22 2015 and closed on April 12 2015 108 109 Like the original Broadway production 28 years prior this production had a try out run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego California from July 12 2014 August 17 2014 with the opening night taking place on July 17 110 This new version is completely minimalistically reimagined by the Fiasco Theater Company featuring only ten actors playing multiple parts and one piano accompanist 111 A national tour of this production began on November 29 2016 112 The DreamCatcher Theatre production opened in January 2015 and played a sold out run at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami Florida Tituss Burgess starred as the Witch the first male actor to do so 113 The cast also included Arielle Jacobs as the Baker s Wife JJ Caruncho as the Baker Justin John Moniz as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Wayne LeGette as the Narrator Mysterious Man Annemarie Rosano as Cinderella and Matthew Janisse as Rapunzel s Prince 114 The musical had a production at The Muny in Forest Park St Louis Missouri running from July 21 through 28 2015 The cast included Heather Headley Witch Erin Dilly Baker s Wife Rob McClure Baker Ken Page Narrator Elena Shaddow Cinderella Andrew Samonsky Wolf Cinderella s Prince Samantha Massell Rapunzel and Michael McCormick Mysterious Man Cinderella s Father 115 The Hart House Theatre production in Toronto Ontario from January 15 2016 to January 30 2016 and February 9 2023 to February 11 2023 116 A production ran at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in a collaboration with Opera North from 2 June 2016 to 25 June 2016 117 The Israeli premiere of the musical אל תוך היער El Toch Ha ya ar opened in Tel Aviv in August 2016 for a limited run produced by The Tramp Productions and Stuff Like That 118 starring Roi Dolev as the Witch the second male actor to do so 119 In 2019 there was a production done at the Patchogue Theatre starring Constantine Maroulis as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Melissa Errico as the Baker s Wife Ali Ewoldt as Cinderella Alice Ripley as the Witch Jim Stanek as the Baker Alan Muraoka as the Narrator Mysterious Man and Darren Ritchie as Rapunzel s Prince 120 Also in 2019 Into the Woods was done by the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield Massachusetts It starred Mykal Kilgore as the Witch Mara Davi as the Baker s Wife Jonathan Raviv as the Baker Pepe Nufrio as Rapunzel s Prince Sarah Dacey Charles as Cinderella s Stepmother Granny Cinderella s Mother Dorcas Leung as Little Red Ridinghood Amanda Robles as Cinderella Thom Sesma as the Narrator Mysterious Man Kevin Toniazzo Naughton as the Wolf Cinderella s Prince Clay Singer as Jack Zoe Aarts as Lucinda Megan Orticelli as Florinda and Leslie Becker as the Giant s Wife Jack s Mother 121 A 2022 production staged at Arkansas Repertory Theatre featured the pre recorded voice of former Secretary of State and one time Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as the Giant 122 In 2023 a production was done by Open Stage Theatre Company in Harrisburg Pennsylvania A production by Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney Australia ran in 2023 from 23 March to 30 April 123 Principal characters and casts EditThe original principal casts of notable stage productions of Into the Woods Role Original Broadway production First National Tour West End production London Revival First Broadway Revival London Revival Regent s Park Open Air Theatre production Central Park production 36 Film version Hollywood Bowl 41 Second Broadway Revival U S National Tour1987 1988 1990 1998 2002 2007 2010 2012 2014 2019 2022 2023The Witch Bernadette Peters Cleo Laine Julia McKenzie Clare Burt Vanessa Williams Beverly Klein Hannah Waddingham Donna Murphy Meryl Streep Patina Miller Montego GloverThe Baker Chip Zien Ray Gill Ian Bartholomew Nick Holder Stephen DeRosa Clive Rowe Mark Hadfield Denis O Hare James Corden Skylar Astin Brian d Arcy James Sebastian ArcelusThe Baker s Wife Joanna Gleason Mary Gordon Murray Imelda Staunton Sophie Thompson Kerry O Malley Anna Francolini Jenna Russell Amy Adams Emily Blunt Sutton Foster Sara Bareilles Stephanie J BlockCinderella Kim Crosby Kathleen Rowe McAllen Jacqui Dankworth Jenna Russell Laura Benanti Gillian Kirkpatrick Helen Dallimore Jessie Mueller Anna Kendrick Sierra Boggess Phillipa Soo Diane PhelanCinderella s Prince Robert Westenberg Chuck Wagner Clive Carter Damian Lewis Gregg Edelman Nicholas Garrett Michael Xavier Ivan Hernandez Chris Pine Cheyenne Jackson Gavin CreelThe Big Bad Wolf Gregg EdelmanChristopher Sieber Johnny DeppLittle Red Riding Hood Danielle Ferland Tracy Katz Tessa Burbridge Sheridan Smith Molly Ephraim Suzie Toase Beverly Rudd Sarah Stiles Lilla Crawford Shanice Williams Julia Lester Katy GeraghtyJack Ben Wright Robert Duncan McNeill Richard Dempsey Christopher Pizzey Adam Wylie Peter Caulfield Ben Stott Gideon Glick Daniel Huttlestone Gaten Matarazzo Cole ThompsonThe Narrator Tom Aldredge Rex Robbins Nicholas Parsons Frank Middlemiss John McMartin Gary Waldhorn Eddie Manning Jack Broderick James Corden Edward Hibbert David Patrick KellyThe Mysterious Man John Rogan Michael N Harbour Martin Nelson Billy Boyle Chip Zien Simon Russell Beale Anthony CrivelloRapunzel s Prince Chuck Wagner Douglas Sills Mark Tinkler Matt Rawle Christopher Sieber Nic Greenshields Simon Thomas Cooper Grodin Billy Magnussen Chris Carmack Joshua Henry Jason ForbachJack s Mother Barbara Bryne Charlotte Rae Patsy Rowlands Sheila Reid Marylouise Burke Anne Reid Marilyn Cutts Kristine Zbornik Tracey Ullman Rebecca Spencer Aymee Garcia Rayanne GonzalesAymee GarciaRapunzel Pamela Winslow Marguerite Lowell Mary Lincoln Samantha Lavender Melissa Dye Christina Haldane Alice Fearn Tess Soltau Mackenzie Mauzy Hailey Kilgore Alysia VelezCinderella s Stepmother Joy Franz Jo Ann Cunningham Ann Howard Louise Davidson Pamela Myers Elizabeth Brice Gaye Brown Ellen Harvey Christine Baranski Edelyn Okano Nancy OpelThe Steward Philip Hoffman Marcus Olson Peter Ledbury Tony Timberlake Trent Armand Kendall Byron Watson Mark Goldthorp Josh Lamon Richard Glover Daniel Lopez David Turner Jim StanekThe Giant s Wife Merle Louise Nora Mae Lyng Eunice Gayson 124 Dilys Laye Judi Dench Pre recorded Linda Hibberd Judi Dench Pre recorded Glenn Close Pre recorded 125 Frances de la Tour Whoopi Goldberg Pre recorded Annie Golden Felicia CurryNotable replacements Edit Broadway 1987 89 Edit The Witch Nancy Dussault Betsy Joslyn Phylicia Rashad Ellen Foley Joy Franz u s Marin Mazzie u s Suzzanne Douglas u s Lauren Velez u s Cinderella Patricia Ben Peterson Pamela Winslow u s Betsy Joslyn u s Marin Mazzie u s Cindy Robinson u s Suzzanne Douglas u s Cinderella s Prince Chuck Wagner u s Dean Butler u s The Wolf Chuck Wagner u s Dean Butler u s Jonathan Dokuchitz u s Little Red Ridinghood Jean Kelly u s Cindy Robinson u s Jack Jeff Blumenkrantz Jonathan Dokuchitz u s The Narrator Dick Cavett Edmund Lyndeck s b The Mysterious Man Edmund Lyndeck Rapunzel s Prince Dean Butler Jeff Blumenkrantz u s Jonathan Dokuchitz u s Rapunzel Marin Mazzie Jean Kelly u s Cindy Robinson u s The Steward Jeff Blumenkrantz u s 1st US National Tour 1988 90 Edit The Witch Betsy Joslyn The Baker Stuart Zagnit u s Cinderella Patricia Ben Peterson Cinderella s Prince Douglas Sills u s The Narrator The Mysterious Man Peter Walker Stuart Zagnit u s Cinderella s Stepmother Joy Franz The Steward Stuart Zagnit1st Broadway Revival 2002 Edit The Witch Tracy Nicole Chapman u s Cinderella Erin Dilly Kate Reinders u s Cinderella s Prince The Wolf Christopher Sieber u s Little Red Ridinghood Kate Reinders u s Jack Chad Kimball u s The Narrator The Mysterious Man Dennis Kelly u s The Wolf Rapunzel s Prince Chad Kimball u s Jack s Mother Pamela Myers u s Joy Franz u s Rapunzel Kate Reinders u s Cinderella s Stepmother Joy Franz2nd Broadway Revival 2022 23 Edit The Witch Montego Glover Joaquina Kalukango The Baker Sebastian Arcelus Jason Forbach u s Jim Stanek u s The Baker s Wife Stephanie J Block Cinderella Krysta Rodriguez Denee Benton Cinderella s Prince The Wolf Cheyenne Jackson Andy Karl Jason Forbach u s The Narrator The Mysterious Man Paul Kreppel u s Jason Forbach u s Rapunzel s Prince Andy Karl Jason Forbach u s Jack s Mother Ann Harada The Steward Jim Stanek Paul Kreppel u s US National Tour 2023 Edit The Baker Jason Forbach Jim Stanek u s The Narrator The Mysterious Man Paul Kreppel s b Jim Stanek u s Rapunzel s Prince Andy Karl The Steward Paul Kreppel u s Additional performers Edit The Witch Gillian Bevan Rhonda Burchmore Tituss Burgess Carolee Carmello Yvette Cason Judi Connelli Heather Headley Nicola Hughes Lauren Kennedy Mykal Kilgore Beth Leavel Alice Ripley Angela Robinson Lourdes Robles Lea Salonga Rachel York The Baker Jeffry Denman Hunter Foster Nicholas Garrett Neil Patrick Harris Erik Liberman Rob McClure John McTernan Manu Narayan Victor Santiago Tony Sheldon Jim Stanek Rhashan Stone The Baker s Wife Mara Davi Erin Dilly Melissa Errico Danielle Ferland Ana Isabelle Arielle Jacobs Vicki Lewis Patti Murin Gina Riley Geraldine Turner Cinderella Ali Ewoldt Pippa Grandison Lucy Maunder Lisa McCune Elena Shaddow Cinderella s Prince Thom Allison Jordan Donica Kevin Earley Tim Martin Gleason Robert Grubb Ryan Forde Iosco Constantine Maroulis Kenneth Marshall Roy Padrick Philip Quast Drew Sarich Hayden Tee The Wolf Thom Allison Jordan Donica Kevin Earley Jason Forbach Tim Martin Gleason Robert Grubb Ryan Forde Iosco Joseph Mahowald Constantine Maroulis Roy Padrick Philip Quast Drew Sarich Hayden Tee Little Red Ridinghood Tamsin Carroll Jennifer Cody Francesca Jackson Sharon Millerchip Jack Stanley Bahorek Hayden Tee Jason Forbach u s The Narrator Asher Angel Cameron Blakely Peter Carroll Jeffry Denman Alan Muraoka Ken Page The Mysterious Man Cameron Blakely Julian Bleach Peter Carroll George Coe Michael McCormick Alan Muraoka Rapunzel s Prince Jonathan Dokuchitz Jordan Donica Tim Martin Gleason Jolyon James Laird Mackintosh Darren Ritchie Jack s Mother Gillian Bevan Cheryl Stern Rebecca de Pont Davies Rapunzel Louise Alder Samantha Massell Cinderella s Stepmother Alma Cuervo Susan Zelinsky The Steward Jeff Blumenkrantz The Giant s Wife Fanny Ardant Hillary Clinton Alma Cuervo Phylicia RashadAdaptations EditJunior version Edit The musical has been adapted into a child friendly version for use by schools and young companies with the second act completely removed as well as almost half the material from the first The show is shortened from the original two and a half hours to fit in a 50 minute range and the music transposed into keys that more easily fit young voices It is licensed through Music Theatre International Broadway Junior musicals 126 In 2019 a similar adaptation Into the Woods Sr adapted for performance by senior citizens in community centers and nursing homes premiered It is available under license 127 128 Film Edit Main article Into the Woods film A theatrical film adaptation of the musical was produced by Walt Disney Pictures directed by Rob Marshall and starring Meryl Streep as the Witch Emily Blunt as the Baker s Wife James Corden as the Baker Anna Kendrick as Cinderella Chris Pine as Cinderella s Prince Daniel Huttlestone as Jack Lilla Crawford as Little Red Ridinghood Tracey Ullman as Jack s Mother Billy Magnussen as Rapunzel s Prince Christine Baranski as Cinderella s Stepmother MacKenzie Mauzy as Rapunzel Tammy Blanchard as Florinda and Johnny Depp as the Wolf 129 130 The film was released on December 25 2014 131 It was a critical and commercial hit grossing over 213 million worldwide For her performance as the Witch Streep was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 132 The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design 132 Analysis of book and music EditIn most productions of Into the Woods including the original Broadway production several parts are doubled Cinderella s Prince and the Wolf who share the characteristic of being unable to control their appetites are usually played by the same actor Similarly so are the Narrator and the Mysterious Man who share the characteristic of commenting on the story while avoiding any personal involvement or responsibility Granny and Cinderella s Mother who are both matriarchal characters in the story are also typically played by the same person who also gives voice to the nurturing but later murderous Giant s Wife The show covers multiple themes growing up parents and children accepting responsibility morality and finally wish fulfillment and its consequences 133 The Time Magazine reviewers wrote that the play s basic insight is at heart most fairy tales are about the loving yet embattled relationship between parents and children Almost everything that goes wrong which is to say almost everything that can arises from a failure of parental or filial duty despite the best intentions 134 Stephen Holden wrote that the themes of the show include parent child relationships and the individual s responsibility to the community The witch isn t just a scowling old hag but a key symbol of moral ambivalence James Lapine said that the most unpleasant person the Witch would have the truest things to say and the nicer people would be less honest 135 In the Witch s words I m not good I m not nice I m just right Given the show s debut during the 1980s the height of the US AIDS crisis the work has been interpreted to be a parable about AIDS 136 137 In this interpretation the Giant s Wife serves as a metaphor for HIV AIDS killing good and bad characters indiscriminately and forcing the survivors to band together to stop the threat and move on from the devastation reflecting the devastation to many communities during the AIDS crisis 137 138 139 140 When asked about the thematic connection Sondheim acknowledged that initial audiences interpreted it as an AIDS metaphor but stated that the work was not intended to be specific 137 The score is also notable in Sondheim s output because of its intricate reworking and development of small musical motifs In particular the opening words I wish are set to the interval of a rising major second and this small unit is both repeated and developed throughout the show just as Lapine s book explores the consequences of self interest and wishing The dialogue in the show is characterized by the heavy use of syncopated speech In many instances the characters lines are delivered with a fixed beat that follows natural speech rhythms but is also purposely composed in eighth sixteenth and quarter note rhythms as part of a spoken song Like many Sondheim Lapine productions the songs contain thought process narrative where characters converse or think aloud Sondheim drew on parts of his troubled childhood when writing the show In 1987 he told Time Magazine that the father uncomfortable with babies was his father and the mother who regrets having had children was his mother 141 Awards and nominations EditOriginal Broadway production Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result1988 Tony Award Best Musical NominatedBest Original Score Stephen Sondheim WonBest Book of a Musical James Lapine WonBest Direction of a Musical NominatedBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Joanna Gleason WonBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Robert Westenberg NominatedBest Choreography Lar Lubovitch NominatedBest Scenic Design Tony Straiges NominatedBest Costume Design Ann Hould Ward NominatedBest Lighting Design Richard Nelson NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Musical WonOutstanding Music Stephen Sondheim NominatedOutstanding Lyrics WonOutstanding Book of a Musical James Lapine WonOutstanding Director of a Musical NominatedOutstanding Actress in a Musical Bernadette Peters NominatedOutstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Robert Westenberg WonOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Joanna Gleason WonDanielle Ferland NominatedOutstanding Set Design Tony Straiges NominatedOutstanding Costume Design Ann Hould Ward NominatedOutstanding Lighting Design Richard Nelson NominatedOutstanding Orchestrations Jonathan Tunick NominatedOriginal London production Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result1991 Laurence Olivier Award Best New Musical NominatedBest Director of a Musical Richard Jones WonBest Actor in a Musical Ian Bartholomew NominatedBest Actress in a Musical Imelda Staunton WonJulia McKenzie NominatedBest Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Clive Carter NominatedBest Costume Design Sue Blane Nominated1999 London revival Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result1999 Laurence Olivier Award Outstanding Musical Production NominatedBest Actress in a Musical Sophie Thompson Won2002 Broadway revival Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2002 Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical WonBest Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical John McMartin NominatedBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Vanessa Williams NominatedBest Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Gregg Edelman NominatedBest Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Laura Benanti NominatedBest Direction of a Musical James Lapine NominatedBest Choreography John Carrafa NominatedBest Scenic Design Douglas W Schmidt NominatedBest Costume Design Susan Hilferty NominatedBest Lighting Design Brian MacDevitt WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical WonOutstanding Actress in a Musical Laura Benanti NominatedVanessa Williams NominatedOutstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Gregg Edelman NominatedOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Kerry O Malley NominatedOutstanding Director of a Musical James Lapine NominatedOutstanding Set Design Douglas W Schmidt WonOutstanding Costume Design Susan Hilferty NominatedOutstanding Sound Design Dan Moses Schreier Won2010 London revival Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2011 Laurence Olivier Award Best Musical Revival WonBest Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Michael Xavier Nominated2012 New York revival Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2013 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Donna Murphy Nominated2014 Australian production Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2015 Helpmann Award Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Lucy Maunder NominatedBest Direction of a Musical Stuart Maunder Nominated2015 Off Broadway production Edit Year Award Category Result2015 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical NominatedDrama League Award Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off Broadway Musical Nominated2022 Broadway revival Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2023 Tony Awards 142 Best Revival of a Musical NominatedBest Direction of a Musical Lear deBessonet NominatedBest Leading Actor in a Musical Brian d Arcy James NominatedBest Leading Actress in a Musical Sara Bareilles NominatedBest Featured Actress in a Musical Julia Lester NominatedBest Sound Design of a Musical Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann NominatedDrama Desk Award 143 Outstanding Revival of a Musical NominatedOutstanding Lead Performance in a Musical Sara Bareilles NominatedOutstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Phillipa Soo NominatedJulia Lester NominatedOutstanding Puppet Design James Ortiz and Kennedy Kanagawa NominatedOutstanding Sound Design in a Musical Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann WonDrama League Award 144 Distinguished Performance Award Sara Bareilles NominatedPatina Miller NominatedOutstanding Revival of Musical WonOutstanding Direction of a Musical Lear DeBessonet WonGrammy Award 145 Best Musical Theater Album WonOuter Critics Circle Award 146 Outstanding Revival of a Musical Broadway or Off Broadway NominatedOutstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical Julia Lester NominatedBroadway com Audience Choice Awards 147 148 Favorite Musical Revival WonFavorite Performance Of The Year Sara Bareilles WonFavorite Leading Actress In A Musical NominatedPatina Miller NominatedFavorite Diva Performance WonFavorite Leading Actor In A Musical Brian d Arcy James NominatedFavorite Featured Actor In A Musical Gavin Creel WonFavorite Funny Performance NominatedFavorite Breakthrough Performance Female Julia Lester WonFavorite Featured Actress In A Musical NominatedPhillipa Soo WonFavorite Onstage Pair Gavin Creel and Joshua Henry NominatedSara Bareilles and Brian d Arcy James NominatedFavorite Replacement Female Stephanie J Block NominatedFavorite Replacement Male Sebastian Arcelus NominatedCheyenne Jackson NominatedAndy Karl Nominated2023 US National tour Edit Year Award Category Nominee Result2023 Elliot Norton Awards Outstanding Visiting Musical WonOutstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical Gavin Creel WonReferences Edit Hutchins Michael H October 14 2010 Into the Woods The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved January 11 2012 Piccalo Gina January 5 2015 Record breaking Into the Woods is a surprise hit Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved January 9 2015 The Sondheim score and Lapine book differ from the Brothers Grimm tale by rendering Riding Hood as Ridinghood Into the Woods listing Old Globe Theatre 1986 Archived 2016 03 05 at the Wayback Machine SondheimGuide com retrieved April 17 2010 Into The Woods Finale 1986 via www youtube com Bernadette Peters is leaving Into the Woods as of March 30 to make the movie Slaves of New York Nemy Enid On Stage The New 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Sutton Foster Skylar Astin Cheyenne Jackson Archived 2019 07 31 at the Wayback Machine playbill July 28 2019 Gans Andrew November 18 2020 City Center Encores to Present Into the Woods Playbill Retrieved April 17 2022 McPhee Ryan August 16 2021 Heather Headley Sara Bareilles Christian Borle Ashley Park to Star in Encores Into the Woods Playbill Retrieved April 17 2022 McPhee Ryan December 3 2021 Julia Lester Jordan Donica More Join Encores Into the Woods Trevor Jackson Replaces Dule Hill for The Tap Dance Kid Playbill Retrieved April 17 2022 Culwell Block Long March 24 2022 Denee Benton Gavin Creel Ann Harada More Join Encores Into the Woods Playbill Retrieved April 17 2022 Rabinowitz Chloe April 13 2022 Neil Patrick Harris Replaces Christian Borle as the Baker in Encores INTO THE WOODS BroadwayWorld Retrieved December 27 2022 Culwell Block Logan May 4 2022 Heather Headley Sara Bareilles Neil Patrick Harris More Go Into the Woods for New York City Center Encores Beginning May 4 Playbill Retrieved May 7 2022 Gans Andrew March 30 2022 Rob Berman Will Step Down as City Center Encores Music Director Playbill Retrieved May 7 2022 Evans Greg May 26 2022 Acclaimed Into The Woods Encores Production Will Move To Broadway In June With Some Cast Changes Deadline Hollywood Retrieved May 26 2022 Into the Woods Did They Like It Retrieved 2023 05 10 Gans Andrew May 26 2022 Encores Into the Woods Sets Broadway Transfer With Patina Miller Brian D Arcy James Phillipa Soo Joshua Henry Sara Bareilles More Playbill Retrieved May 26 2022 Rabinowitz Chloe June 8 2022 Nancy Opel Aymee Garcia Alysia Velez amp More Join INTO THE WOODS on Broadway Broadway World Retrieved June 19 2022 Arms Talaura July 12 2022 Cheyenne Jackson Will Return to Broadway for Short Stint in Into the Woods Playbill Retrieved July 12 2022 Bareilles Sara July 18 2022 Bareilles Instagram story Instagram Retrieved July 18 2022 Arms Talaura July 19 2022 Into the Woods Broadway Revival Cast Album to Be Released This Fall Playbill Retrieved July 20 2022 Arms Talaura July 27 2022 Into the Woods Extends Broadway Run Through October Casting to Be Announced Playbill Retrieved July 27 2022 Culwell Block Logan August 4 2022 Entire Cast of Broadway s Into the Woods Extend Contracts Through September Playbill Retrieved August 4 2022 Hall Margaret 12 August 2022 Stephanie J Block Sebastian Arcelus Krysta Rodriguez Montego Glover More to Join Broadway s Into the Woods Playbill a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Harms Talaura 7 September 2022 Broadway Revival of Into the Woods Extends Through January Playbill Harms Talaura 22 September 2022 Brian D Arcy James and Andy Karl Will Return to Broadway s Into the Woods Playbill Harms Talaura 30 September 2022 Into the Woods Revival Cast Album Released September 30 Playbill a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Wild Stephi 25 October 2022 Denee Benton Will Reprise Role of Cinderella in INTO THE WOODS on Broadway Broadway World Wild Stephi 17 November 2022 Joaquina Kalukango Will Play The Witch in INTO THE WOODS Beginning Next Month Broadway World Karl Andy November 28 2022 Back in the Woods until Friday 12 2 Instagram Retrieved December 12 2022 Joshua Henry Performer Playbill Retrieved December 12 2022 a b Smith Paul September 15 2022 INTO THE WOODS CAST RECORDING RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED FIRST LISTEN NOW BroadwayDirect Retrieved March 6 2023 Rabinowitz Chloe December 15 2022 Sebastian Arcelus to Return INTO THE WOODS Diane Phelan to Take Over as Cinderella BroadwayWorld Retrieved December 15 2022 Arms Talaura January 8 2023 Into the Woods Broadway Revival Ends Extended Run January 8 Playbill Retrieved January 9 2023 Into the Woods 2022 23 Broadway Revival Current Cast Playbill Retrieved January 8 2023 Into The Woods Wins Grammy Award For Best Musical Theatre Album Playbill February 5 2023 2023 Tony Awards Some Like It Hot Leads Nominations See the Full List Playbill Into The Woods Theatre Royal Bath www theatreroyal org uk Retrieved 2022 07 28 Into the Woods cast at Theatre Royal Bath includes Alex Young Nicola Hughes Julian Bleach Audrey Brisson Rhashan Stone WestendTheatre com www westendtheatre com 2022 04 20 Retrieved 2022 07 28 Into the Woods at Theatre Royal Bath first look photos WhatsOnStage www whatsonstage com Retrieved 2022 08 23 Read 7 Min 2022 07 26 Conjuring up new worlds in conversation with theatre director Leah Hausman The Bath Magazine Retrieved 2022 07 28 whdadmin 2022 01 07 Into The Woods Stephen Sondheim s beloved musical to open at Theatre Royal Bath Scenario Two Retrieved 2022 07 29 Terry Gilliam www facebook com Retrieved 2022 07 29 Nicola Hughes sur Instagram Finally I can share my news I auditioned early last year and before his passing the late great Stephen Sondheim gave his approval for me to play the Witch It was and is a dream come true for me It s been a tough couple of years Work has been slow to come by Covid made sure of that plus I m a single mummy to 3 gorgeous boys This means the world and I ll embrace every second intothewoods sondheim workingmum happiness grateful witch Instagram in French Retrieved 2022 07 29 a b Into the Woods In rehearsals with Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman retrieved 2022 08 15 Cavendish Dominic 2022 08 25 Into the Woods Theatre Royal Bath review Terry Gilliam s hallucinogenic take on Sondheim rises from the ashes of cancellation The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 2022 08 25 a b Into the Woods review at Theatre Royal Bath directed by Terry Gilliam The Stage Retrieved 2022 08 25 Davis Clive Into the Woods review Terry Gilliam s cancelled Sondheim is sheer spectacle The Times ISSN 0140 0460 Retrieved 2022 08 25 Into the Woods review the spectacle in Sondheim and Lapine s musical comes at a price WhatsOnStage www whatsonstage com Retrieved 2022 08 25 Into the Woods review Terry Gilliam s rollicking take on Sondheim s fairytale collision The Guardian 2022 08 25 Retrieved 2022 08 25 Theatre review Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath British Theatre Guide Retrieved 2022 08 25 Into the Woods to open at Theatre Royal Bath directed by Terry Gilliam before West End transfer WestendTheatre com www westendtheatre com 2021 12 13 Retrieved 2022 07 28 Harms Talaura December 6 2022 Broadway s Into the Woods Revival Will Journey Across the U S On Tour Playbill Retrieved December 6 2022 Diane Phelan as Cinderella Instagram December 15 2022 Retrieved December 15 2022 Wild Stephi January 17 2023 Complete Cast and Additional Cities Announced For INTO THE WOODS Tour BroadwayWorld Retrieved January 23 2023 Wild Stephi January 31 2023 National Tour of INTO THE WOODS Extends Boston Engagement BroadwayWorld Retrieved February 23 2023 Ingenthron Blair February 25 2023 Andy Karl to Rejoin INTO THE WOODS at the Kennedy Center This Weekend BroadwayWorld Retrieved February 25 2023 Arcelus returns to the Woods Instagram March 11 2023 Forbach Jason February 28 2023 BOSTON FRIENDS I will be on as The Baker from 3 28 4 2 get your tix today Instagram Simahk Sam February 28 2023 I ll be on as Rapunzel s Prince for an entire week in BOSTON Instagram FIRST WONDERSTUDY WEDNESDAY ON THE ROAD Instagram March 1 2023 Retrieved March 2 2023 Login Instagram www instagram com a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help Into the Woods on Broadway Official Site intothewoodsbway com Healey Ken and others Reviews Sydney Theatre Company Drama Theatre Sydney Opera House Archived 2012 05 30 at the Wayback Machine The Sun Herald and others March 28 1993 Kemp Peter Roger Hodgman Unveils His Final Season at Melbourne Theatre Company Archived 2013 01 31 at archive today Playbill September 30 1997 Burchmore Rhonda and Howson Frank Into the Woods Archived 2017 04 19 at the Wayback Machine Legs 11 New Holland Publishers AU 2010 ISBN 1742570119 page numbers unknown Blank Matthew July 29 2009 PHOTO CALL Into 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