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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

Productions4 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

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

Recordings 3 albums held

Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast)
Into the Woods (2002 Broadway revival cast) Nonesuch 7559-79686-2. June 25, 2002
Into the Woods
Into the Woods Masterworks Broadway 82876 68636-2. March 20, 2007
Into the Woods
Into the Woods Walt Disney Records D002076392. December 15, 2014

Licensing 1 entry

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

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In the literature65 passages

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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