NewsPhoto Recap: "Into the Woods" Premieres in NYC! Film Stars and Celebrity Guests Walk the Red CarpetDisney's Into the Woods made its much anticipated World Premiere the evening of Dec. 8, 2014 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. Stars of the film and celebrity guests were on hand to walk the red carpet.
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"Into the Woods" Premieres in NYC! Film Stars and Celebrity Guests Walk the Red Carpet
Directed by Rob Marshall, the film cast includes Simon Russell Beale as the Baker's Father, Chris Pine as Cinderella's Prince, Billy Magnussen as Rapunzel's Prince, Christine Baranski as Stepmother, Annette Crosbie as Granny, Joanna Riding as Cinderella's Mother, Richard Glover as The Steward, Frances De La Tour as The Giant, Lucy Punch as Lucinda,Tammy Blanchard as Florinda, MacKenzie Mauzyas Rapunzel, Daniel Huttlestone as Jack, Lilla Crawford as Little Red Riding Hood, Johnny Depp as The Wolf, Tracey Ullman as Jack's Mother, James Corden as The Baker, Emily Blunt as The Baker's Wife, Meryl Streep as The Witch and Anna Kendrick as Cinderella.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
The play comes on the heels of a broader cultural conversation about Dahl's work and the prejudice that was embedded in many of his most beloved stories.