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Dec 24, 2014 · What I learned from “Into the Woods,” most of all, was ambivalence. It’s in every song, undermining prepackaged morals. (“Isn’t it nice to know a lot?”
Dec 20, 2014 · Director Rob Marshall is no stranger to the movie musical — and now, he's taking on the challenge of adapting Stephen Sondheim's knotty, complicated songs to the big screen with Into the Woods.
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.
Into the Woods was particularly complicated because you’re telling three stories and you have to start each story for the audience. It would be extremely boring if you started with a scene with the Baker and his Wife and they sang a song.
Dec 24, 2014 · Meryl Streep ventures “Into the Woods” as the Witch who wishes to reverse a curse so that her beauty may be restored. The humorous and heartfelt musical, a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, explores the consequences of the quests of Peter Mountain, Disney Enterprises Inc.
Jan 1, 2015 · Into the Woods and its effective use of magic realism place it into a different category. Magic and mystery are blended into the story and are the story to such a complete degree that you believe everything. Rather than trying to close every loose end (and there are a number, given that it adapts and combines many preexisting characters), the ...
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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.
