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Into the Woods opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 5, 1987, and closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 performances.
Nov 5, 1987 · James Lapine, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, and Paul Gemignani explain how Into the Woods changed up until opening night on Broadway, November 5, 1987.
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Into the Woods draws plot lines and characters from a variety of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim were drawn by the true morals of the main characters of these stories. However, they found that the stories were all very short and, rather than creating ...
Into the Woods, with book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, premiered in San Diego, California, at the Old Globe Theatre on December 4, 1986. It ran for 50 performances. The musical later opened on Broadway on November 5, 1987, at the Martin Beck Theatre. The production closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 shows, although ...
Both the original Broadway cast and the 2010 Regent Park production were video recorded. The former was first broadcast on public television before being released on DVD, while the latter was relea...
Into the Woods premiered in 1986 in San Diego, California, before moving to Broadway in 1987. A West End production opened in 1990. As critic William A. Henry III wrote in a glowing review in Time magazine in 1987: [B]y the end of the first act the fairy-tale figures have bonded into a community and sing and dance about living happily ever ...
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Into the Woods plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Into the Woods. a musical in two acts: Book by James Lapine: Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. First produced at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, 4 December 1986 with Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Ellen Foley (Witch) and John Cunningham (Narrator).
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What happened to the Baker's Wife in the very first production? Learn how Into the Woods changed from its premiere performance on stage to the Disney motion picture.
