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Into the Woods
Book by James
Lapine
Music by Stephen
Sondheim
Lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim
Based on Classic Fairy Tales
Two Acts, Book Musical, Rated PG
Revised 2006 Version
SYNOPSIS
This Tony Award-winning musical is a hilarious retelling of Grimm Brothers stories. These fractured fairy tales of a darker hue provide the remarkable context for
Into the Woods, which deconstructs the Brothers Grimm by way of Rod Serling. While the faces and names are familiar, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, and company inhabit a sylvan neighborhood in which witches and bakers are next-door neighbors, handsome princes from once-parallel fables are competitive (and equally vain) brothers, and all the stories intersect through unexpected new plot twists.
Into the Woods is appealing to people of all ages and interests with its witty catchy music, and dramatic fairy tale narrative.
The original production ran for 764 performances on Broadway and had a
17-month national tour. The original cast featured Bernadette Peters (the
Witch) and Joanna Gleason (the Baker's Wife). Other Witches included Phyllicia
Rashad, Nancy Dussault, Betty Buckley, Ellen Foley and Cleo Laine. Dick Cavett
played the Narrator for several weeks on Broadway in 1988. There was also a
much-heralded London production, which is also available as an RCA cast album.
The original Broadway cast was videotaped for PBS' Great Performances"
series; that show was made available on laserdisc and now on videotape.
This same team won the Pulitzer Prize for Sunday in the Park With George three
years before."
Total enchantment. A spellbounding score, witty enough to make old stories
fresh for adults, lovely enough to enchant youngsters."
- Daily News
"Bewitching... dazzling... triumphant." - New York Post
"Non-stop pure pleasure. A ravishing explosion of color and melody and
magic and laughter." - Time Magazine"
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Medium (11-20) |
| Cast Type: |
Ensemble Cast - Many featured roles |
| Dance requirement: |
None/minimal |
| Casting notes: |
Includes older role(s) |
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Character Breakdown
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| CINDERELLA |
Earnest, warm-hearted.
G3 - G5
Soprano
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| CINDERELLA'S FATHER |
C3 - F4
Baritone
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| CINDERELLA'S MOTHER |
E4 - F4 (or Ab5)
Mezzo-Soprano
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| CINDERELLA'S PRINCE |
Vain and gorgeous.
Baritone: B - High F
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| CINDERELLA'S
STEPMOTHER |
Mean-spirited.
A3 - F#5
Mezzo-Soprano
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| FLORINDA |
Cinderella's
stepsister, lovely but black of heart.
C4 - Ab5
Soprano (Mezzo-Soprano)
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| GIANT |
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| GRANNY |
Red's feisty, savage
grandmother.
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| JACK |
The feckless Giant
Killer, almost a man.
B2 - G4
Tenor
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| JACK'S MOTHER |
Browbeating and weary.
Bb3 - Gb5
Mezzo-Soprano
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| LITTLE RED RIDINGHOOD |
A spoiled smart aleck.
Bb3 - F5
Soprano (light Mezzo-Soprano)
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| LUCINDA |
Cinderella's
stepsister, lovely but black of heart.
C3 - F5 (Ab5)
Mezzo-Soprano
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| MYSTERIOUS MAN |
A mischievous vagrant.
G2 - Eb4
Baritone
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| NARRATOR |
Intellectual and
pleasant.
G2 - E4
Baritone
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| RAPUNZEL |
A loopy-but-lovely
maiden.
B3 - A5
Soprano
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| RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE |
Just as vain and
gorgeous.
Baritone: C sharp - High E
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| SLEEPING BEAUTY |
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| SNOW WHITE |
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| STEWARD |
Surly and
bureaucratic.
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| THE BAKER |
Harried and insecure.
Ab2 - G4
Baritone
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| THE BAKER'S WIFE |
Determined and bright.
F3 - G5
Mezzo-Soprano
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| THE WITCH |
Sarcastic,
ugly-then-gorgeous.
F3 - G5
Mezzo-Soprano
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| WOLF |
Hungry and insatiable.
Bb2 - Gb4
Baritone |
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