Sondheim: Into The Woods
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Into The Woods
Vanessa Williams & John McMartin / 2002 Broadway Cast
[ Nonesuch / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 26 August 2002
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 their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.
"let us praise the show's toplined performer, Vanessa Williams, the most wickedly appealing witch it's possible to imagine. When she's transformed from gnarled crone into - well, Vanessa Williams! - toward the end of the first act, it's as if all the men in the audience have been granted the wish they've been fervently wishing since the curtain went up. " Variety
NOTE: Cardboard box has some very minor wear
