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Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast)

Into the Woods

Shows · Into the Woods

First tried out at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in December 1986, Into the Woods took a look at the darker — or grimmer — side of fairy tales in dealing with the themes of communal responsibility, the importance of showing consideration to others, and the values we pass on to our children. The story brings together such familiar characters as Cinderella and her Prince, Jack the Giant Killer, Little Red Ridingho…

Opened
1987
Performances
765
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Stephen SondheimLyrics: Stephen SondheimBook: James Lapine

Productions5 on Broadway

1987 Martin Beck Theatre Original. November 5, 1987 · James Lapine 765 performances · 3 Tony wins
1997 Broadway Theatre Revival. November 9, 1997 2 performances
2002 Broadhurst Theatre Revival. April 30, 2002 · James Lapine 279 performances
2022 St. James Theatre Revival. July 10, 2022 · Lear deBessonet 425 performances
2026 Noël Coward Theatre Original.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 18 albums held

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Into the Woods (1987 demo cast)
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Into the Woods RCA Victor RD 86796. 1987
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Into the Woods RCA Victor 6796-2-RC. January 19, 1988
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Into The Woods—Original London Cast Recording RCA Victor RD 60 752. 1991
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Into the Woods (1991 original London cast) RCA Victor 60752-2-RC. May 28, 1991
Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast)
Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast) Nonesuch 7559-79686-2. June 25, 2002
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Into the Woods Masterworks Broadway 82876 68636-2. March 20, 2007
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Into the Woods Masterworks Broadway 88697 90256 2. 2011
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Into the Woods Walt Disney Records. 2014
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Into the Woods Walt Disney Records D002076392. December 15, 2014
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Into the Woods (2014 Motion Picture Soundtrack) Walt Disney Records. December 15, 2014
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Into the Woods (2014 Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] Walt Disney Records. December 15, 2014
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Into the Woods Walt Disney Records D002124092. December 16, 2014
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Into the Woods: Instrumental Songs Version Walt Disney Records. January 1, 2015
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Into the Woods: 2022 Broadway Cast Recording Craft Recordings. September 30, 2022
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Into the Woods: 2022 Broadway Cast Recording Craft Recordings. September 30, 2022
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Into the Woods: 2022 Broadway Cast Recording Craft Recordings. September 30, 2022
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Into the Woods: 2022 Broadway Cast Recording Craft Recordings CR00635. January 27, 2023

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Into the Woods matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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65 passages naming Into the Woods, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.

Into the Woods, 84, 342, 503 book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p651

RIGHT: The bewitching and irreplaceable Joanna Gleason made the Baker's Wife in Sondheim's fractured fairy tale, Into the Woods, alternately deeply touching and highly contemporary. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p77

Into the Woods had a run of 764 performances. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p393

After a popular Forum revival in 1996, the short twenty-first century has already witnessed a Sondheim Broadway revival nearly every year: Follies (2001), Into the Woods (2002), Assassins (2004), Sweeney Todd (2005), Company (2006), and Sunday in the Park with George (2008). book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p394

Sondheim has frequently been indicted for writing about cold, neurotic, and frequently unlikable people and for confronting unpalatable subjects ranging from marital infidelity (e.g., Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park, Into the Woods), the loss of youthful dreams (Follies, Merrily We Roll Along… book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p429

Like the sadder-but-wiser characters in Into the Woods, George learns that he too is not alone, but rather part of a great tradition that includes the artistry of his great-grandfather and the wisdom of his maternal ancestors. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p432

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