INTO THE WOODS
 


A young maiden called Cinderella, an abstracted boy named Jack, his mother, the giant he upsets, a childless baker and his wife, Rapunzel, a couple of princes, a witch, Little Red Riding Hood, and the wolf all find themselves in the woods, and are forced to face their fears, and learn a few lessons along the way.

 

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1988 Tony Award
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Actress in a Musical
(Joanna Gleason)

1988 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Book of a Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
(Robert Westenberg)
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
(Joanna Gleason)
Outstanding Lyrics

1988 Theatre World Award
Danielle Ferland

2002 Tony Award
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Lighting Design

2002 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical
Outstanding Sound Design

BROADWAY PREMIERE
November 5, 1987, played 764 performances

REVIVAL
November 9, 1997, played 2 performances
April 30, 2002, played 279 performances
 
COMPOSER & LYRICIST
Stephen Sondheim

LIBRETTIST
James Lapine
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Tom Aldredge, Kim Crosby, Ben
Wright, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason,
Joy Franz, Kay McClelland, Lauren
Mitchell, Barbara Bryne, Danielle
Ferland, Bernadette Peters,
Edmund Lyndeck, Merle Louise,
Robert Westenberg, Pamela
Winslow, Chuck Wagner, Philip
Hoffman, Jean Kelly, Maureen Davis

DIRECTOR
James Lapine

CHOREOGRAPHER
Lar Lubovitch
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Music Theatre International

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
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