NewsStephen Sondheim, Bernadette Peters and Original Into the Woods Cast Reunite June 21 at BAMStephen Sondheim, James Lapine and cast and creative members from the 1987 Tony-winning production of Into the Woods reunite June 21 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
By
Michael Gioia
June 21, 2015
At two panel discussions (held at 2 PM and 7 PM), moderated by Mo Rocca, cast and creative team members discuss what happened in the woods and talk to audiences about their own "ever afters."
Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright, Kim Crosby, Chip Zien and Bernadette Peters in Into the WoodsPhoto by Martha Swope
The event is described as part retrospective, part moderated panel and part live performance. The tribute covers every aspect of the production's storied trajectory — from its genesis, to the creation of its award-winning score and book, to the casting process.
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 reunion was conceived by Eileen Roberts, who first co-produced it last fall at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA. Playbill.com recounted the event here for our readers. The production was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 1988, taking home prizes for Best Original Score (Sondheim), Best Book of a Musical (Lapine) and Best Actress in a Musical (Gleason).
In celebration of Sondheim's birthday this year, Lindsay Mendez performed an exclusive mashup of his "Children Will Listen" and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "You Must Love Me." Watch it below!
