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Into the Woods
| Into the Woods | |
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 Original Broadway windowcard | |
| Music | Stephen Sondheim |
| Lyrics | Stephen Sondheim |
| Book | James Lapine |
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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. The main characters are taken from "Little Red Riding Hood" (spelled "Ridinghood" in the published vocal score), "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Rapunzel", "Cinderella", and several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of the Grimm Brothers' "Rapunzel"), their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and encounters with other storybook characters during their journey.
The second collaboration between Sondheim and Lapine after Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, where it won three major Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical for Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera. The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 U.S. national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1997 10th-anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 outdoor Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production in London,[1] which transferred to a Shakespeare in the Park production in New York City, and a 2022 Broadway revival.
A Disney film adaptation, directed by Rob Marshall, was released in 2014. The film grossed over $213 million worldwide,[2] and received three nominations at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
- ^ Hutchins, Michael H. (October 14, 2010). "Into the Woods". The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ Piccalo, Gina (January 5, 2015). "Record-breaking 'Into the Woods' is a surprise hit". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
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