Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical "Into the Woods" digs deep into famous fairy tales. Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, The Baker and his Wife, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel - they're all here. The show digs deep into the motivations for taking on their fairy tale quests.
Think you know what happens next? Happy ever after? Sure. But that's just Act I...
Consider yourself warned!
Tony Awards (1987):
Best Original Score (Stephen Sondheim)
Best Book of a Musical (James Lapine)
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason as The Baker's Wife)
Biggest Hits:
"Giants in the Sky"
"Stay with Me"
"Children Will Listen"
Nifty notables:
"I Know Things Now"
"On the Steps of the Palace"
"No One is Alone"
Musical Numbers:
- Prologue: Into the Woods
- Cinderella at the Grave
- Hello, Little Girl
- I Guess This is Goodbye
- Maybe They're Magic
- I Know Things Now
- A Very Nice Prince
- First Midnight
- Giants in the Sky
- Agony
- It Takes Two
- Stay with Me
- On the Steps of the Palace
- Ever After
- Act II Prologue: So Happy
- Agony (reprise)
- Lament
- Any Moment
- Moments in the Woods
- Your Fault
- Last Midnight
- No More
- No One Is Alone
- Finale: Children Will Listen