Grammy and Daytime Emmy winner John McDaniel will direct and conduct Into the Woods in Concert for the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.

The Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical will be presented March 8 at 8 PM and March 9 at 2 PM and 8 PM. The performances will include limited staging, sets, and costumes, and actors may perform with scripts-in-hand.

The production will feature 14 actors backed by a 15-piece band. Casting will be announced at a later date; Stephen DeAngelis is the casting director.

McDaniel was the music director and/or arranger for Broadway's Bonnie and Clyde, Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn, Taboo, Annie Get Your Gun, Patti LuPone in Concert, Grease, and Company. He has frequently collaborated with Rosie O'Donnell, including as a producer and composer as well as her bandleader for her Emmy-winning talk show.

For tickets, priced $39-$69, visit PatchogueTheatre.org.

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