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1. • • Sondheim’s interest in a “quest” narrative, Lapine’s desire to write a fairy tale, and the plot of their abandoned television pilot, in which characters from different universes meet in a hospital waiting room, came together to create the innovative new musical.
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   How does Sondheim & Lapine imbue into the woods?

   • Sondheim and Lapine imbue Into the Woods with fairy tale references, characters, and language. The first lines spoken in the play, by the Narrator, are "Once upon a time," and later in the first scene, the Witch says, "I thought…. we all might live happily ever after." These are lines that people associate specifically with fairy tales.

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   Did Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine collaborate in into the woods?

   • For both the characters and creators of Into the Woods, collaboration is key. After all, “No One is Alone.” The collaboration between playwright James Lapine and lyricist/composer Stephen Sondheim seemed an unconventional one, given both were at different stages of their careers at the time and with different theatrical backgrounds.

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   How did Sondheim and Lapine get together?

   • Into the Woods was Sondheim and Lapine’s second collaboration, following 1984’s Sunday in the Park with George, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The idea for the project arose naturally as Sondheim and Lapine continued their working relationship.

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   Why did Sondheim write into the woods?

   • Sondheim wrote music and lyrics for Lapine's story so that Into the Woods would be a musical. The songs in the play accomplish two things. First, Sondheim uses the lyrics to full effect so that they provide background information and character insight, rather than being meant as pure entertainment.

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   How did Sondheim and Lapine start the story?

   • Sondheim and Lapine used these two central characters as a starting point, and from there, they introduced all of the other fairy tale characters and their issues at hand. The first act is more of a traditional retelling of various fairy tales.

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   How do Sondheim and Lapine deal with disenchantment?

   • Sondheim and Lapine show their characters learning to tell stories in order to cope with disenchantment in their work. By doing this, they teach the audience how to do the same: how to choose the spell they cast instead of being constantly enchanted without returning to reality.

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   Into the Woods is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.

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   Into the Woods was Sondheim and Lapine’s second collaboration, following 1984’s Sunday in the Park with George, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The idea for the project arose naturally as Sondheim and Lapine continued their working relationship.

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   Sep 5, 2019 · For both the characters and creators of Into the Woods, collaboration is key. After all, “No One is Alone.”. The collaboration between playwright James Lapine and lyricist/composer Stephen Sondheim seemed an unconventional one, given both were at different stages of their careers at the time and with different theatrical backgrounds.

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   Abstract. This chapter is about Into the Woods (1987) which features three interlocking fairytales; it appears to be the richest and most integrated work of the Sondheim-Lapine era. It consists of a juxtaposition of a number fairytales: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Baker and His Wife.

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   Jun 2, 2014 · Into the Woods was Sondheim’s second show with James Lapine, and develops one of the major themes of Sunday in the Park with George: the relationships between parents and children. In Sunday it is mostly the parents who sing, but in Into the Woods we also hear the children’s point of view as they begin to journey away from home.

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    Sondheim and Lapine imbue Into the Woods with fairy tale references, characters, and language. The first lines spoken in the play, by the Narrator, are "Once upon a time," and later in the first scene, the Witch says, "I thought…. we all might live happily ever after."

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    Feb 3, 2015 · From Into the Woods. Scott Foundas, Variety, describes the characters and plot of Rob Marshall ‘s Into the Woods, the movie version of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine play. Among others, this new version stars Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, and James Corden.