The Narrator introduces four groups of characters: Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's festival Jack who wishes his cow, Milky White, would give milk a Baker and his Wife, who wish to have a child and Little Red Ridinghood, who wishes for bread to bring for her Granny. The production closed on Januand began touring the U.S. The film grossed over $213 million worldwide, and received three nominations at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.Ī second Broadway revival began performances on Jat the St. The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 US national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival, and in 2012 as part of New York City's outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series.Ī Disney film adaptation, directed by Rob Marshall, was released in 2014. The musical debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, where it won three major Tony Awards ( Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical for Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera (1988). 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. The main characters are taken from " Little Red Riding Hood" (spelled "Ridinghood" in the published vocal score), " Jack and the Beanstalk", " Rapunzel", and " Cinderella", as well as several others. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. Into the Woods is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
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