Photo FeaturesListening Party: Revisit Into the WoodsFalsettos alum Nick Adams recommends having a theatre-filled Saturday by listening to the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical (as well as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Moulin Rouge!).
Need something to listen to? Falsettos alum Nick Adams recommends having a theatre-filled Saturday by listening to the cast recordings for Into the Woods, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Moulin Rouge!.
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods first opened at the Martin Beck TheatreNovember 7, 1987. Starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien, and more, the production played 43 previews and 765 performances before closing September 3, 1989. The musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning three, including best Original Score.
Into the Woods tells the story of a childless baker and his wife who endeavor to lift their family curse by journeying into the woods, where they encounter Rapunzel, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding Hood, and other classic fairy tale characters, and they all must learn the responsibility that comes with getting what you want.
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A Look Back at 3 Decades of Into the Woods
A Look Back at 3 Decades of Into the Woods
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Stephen Sondheim, Bernadette Peters and James Lapine in rehearsal for the original Broadway production
Danielle Ferland in the original Broadway production
Bernadette Peters, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien in the original Broadway production
Barbara Bryne
The original Broadway production
Robert Westenberg and Joanna Gleason
Nancy Dussault in the original Broadway production
Phylicia Rashad in the original Broadway production
Cynthia Sikes, Nancy Dussault and Chip Zien in the original Broadway production
Betsy Joslyn, Chip Zien and Mary Gordon Murray in the original Broadway production
Chip Zien, Betsy Joslyn and Mary Gordon Murray in the original Broadway production
Cynthia Sikes and Chip Zien in the original Broadway production
Joy Franz, Kim Crosby, Lauren Mitchell, Kay McClelland, and Philip Hoffman
Cynthia Sikes and Robert Westenberg in the original Broadway production
Brian d'Arcy James, Daniel Frank Kelley, Tracy Katz Paladini and Patricia Ben Peterson in a 2000 production at the Ordway in Minnesota
Laura Benanti in the 2002 Broadway revival
Kerry O'Malley, Stephen DeRosa and Vanessa Williams in the 2002 Broadway revival
The cast of the 2002 Broadway revival
Gregg Edelman and Christopher Sieber in the 2002 Broadway revival
Gregg Edelman and Christopher Sieber in the 2002 Broadway revival
Vanessa Williams in the 2002 Broadway revival
Melissa Dye and Vanessa Williams in the 2002 Broadway revival
John McMartin in the 2002 Broadway revival
Derrick Cobey and Erin Childs in a 2008 production at the Great Lakes Theater Festival
The cast of the Great Lakes Theater Festival production, 2008
Yvette Cason
Jeffry Denman and Vicki Lewis
Kim Huber
Jeffry Denman, Vicki Lewis and Yvette Cason
Gordon Goodman and Jason Forbach
Euan Morton and Zachary Hoar
Michele Ragusa and Lauren Braton
Dana Steingold and Claybourne Elder
Brynn O’Malley, Zachary Prince and Michele Ragusa
Katie Karel, Lauren Worsham and Katie Kalahurka
Euan Morton
Claybourne Elder and Brynn O’Malley
The cast of Into the Woods
Beth Leavel
Sara Jean Ford
Jen Cody and Kevin Earley
Brynn O’Malley
Hunter Foster, Brynn O’Malley and Beth Leavel
Stanley Bahorek
Hunter Foster and Brynn O’Malley
The cast of Into the Woods
Douglas Jabara, Rachel York and Shannon Lee Jones
Rachel York
Greg Stone
The cast of Into the Woods
Hannah Waddingham
Helen Dallimore and Jenna Russell
Jenna Russell and Mark Hadfield
Hannah Waddingham
Michael Xavier and Beverly Rudd
Jeffry Denman in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Jenny Latimer and Danielle Ferland in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Lauren Kennedy and Britney Coleman in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Alma Cuervo, Eleni Deopoulos and Nikka Graff Lanzarone in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Justin Scott Brown and Dana Steingold in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Lauren Kennedy in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Nik Walker, Jenny Latimer, Jeffry Denman, Danielle Ferland and Erik Liberman in the 2012 Baltimore Center Stage-Westport Country Playhouse co-production
Sarah Stiles and Ivan Hernandez in the Shakespeare in the Park production
Amy Adams and Denis O'Hare in the Shakespeare in the Park production
Ivan Hernandez and Jessie Mueller in the Shakespeare in the Park production
Denis O'Hare, Noah Radcliffe and Donna Murphy in the Shakespeare in the Park production
The cast of Into the Woods at Shakespeare in the Park
The production featured Tom Aldredge as the Narrator, Joanna Gleason as the Baker’s Wife, Bernadette Peters as the Witch, Robert Westenberg as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Chip Zien as the Baker, Barbara Bryne as Jack’s Mother, Kim Crosby as Cinderella, Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty, Danielle Ferland as Little Red Riding Hood, Joy Franz as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Philip Hoffman as the Steward, Jean Kelly as Snow White, Merle Louise as Grandmother/Giant/Cinderella’s Mother, Edmund Lyndeck as Cinderella’s Father, Kay McCelland as Flordina, Lauren Mitchell as Lucinda, Chuck Wagner as Rapunzel’s Prince, Pamela Winslow as Rapunzel, and Ben Wright as Jack.
Directed by James Lapine, Into the Woods featured musical staging Lar Lubovitch, scenic design by Tony Straiges, costume design by Ann Hould-Ward (based on original concepts by Patricia Zipprodt), lighting design by Richard Nelson, and sound design by Alan Stieb and James Brousseau.
In addition to Into the Woods, Adams recommends listening to the 2012 stage adaptation of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, in which he starred, and Moulin Rouge!, which opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre July 25, 2019.
