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Shows · Into the Woods · Broadhurst Theatre, 2002

Into the Woods, 2002

Opened April 30, 2002

Closed December 29, 2002

279 performances

Broadhurst Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 2000s, this had the 80th longest run.

Other stagings of Into the Woods 4 more

1987
Martin Beck TheatreBroadway Original, directed by James Lapine
765 performances
1997
Broadway TheatreBroadway Revival
2 performances
2022
St. James TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Lear deBessonet
425 performances
2026
Noël Coward TheatreLondon Original

Who was in it22 named

Molly Ephraim
Adam Wylie
Melissa Dye
Trent Armand Kendall
Amanda Naughton
Danielle Huben
Nora Mae Lyng

Creative team

Director
James Lapine
Choreographer
John Carrafa

Recordings 1 released while this run was on

2002
Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast)
Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast) Nonesuch 7559-79686-2, released June 25, 2002
United States

17 more exist for other runs of this show: see Into the Woods for all of them.

Around this production

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 cha…

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