Shows · Into the Woods (2022 Revival)
Into the Woods (2022 Revival)
Opened 2022
425 performances
Revival, Contemporary
A baker and his wife venture into the woods to break a witch's curse on their family, encountering Cinderella, Jack of beanstalk fame, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel along the way. After everyone gets their fairy-tale wishes in Act One, the second act reveals the devastating consequences of those wishes as a vengeful giant's wife threatens to destroy everything.
- Music
- Stephen Sondheim
- Lyrics
- Stephen Sondheim
- Book
- James Lapine
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Into the Woods matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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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