Into the Woods (1991) (TV)

Director:

James Lapine

Writers:

James Lapine (musical) and
Stephen Sondheim (musical)

Release Date:

20 March 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Musical

Plot:

In this Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim, several fairy tale characters learn the hard way that the 'Happily Ever After' they sought isn't necessarily so happy after all.

Plot Keywords:

Baker | Giant | Cinderella | Witch | Cow

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Bernadette Peters	...	The Witch
Chip Zien	...	Baker
Joanna Gleason	...	Baker's wife
Tom Aldredge	...	Narrator / Mysterious Man
Robert Westenberg	...	Wolf / Cinderella's Prince
Kim Crosby	...	Cinderella
Danielle Ferland	...	Little Red Riding Hood
Ben Wright	...	Jack
Barbara Bryne	...	Jack's mother
Merle Louise	...	Grandmother / Cinderella's Mother / Giant
Chuck Wagner	...	Rapunzel's Prince
Pamela Winslow	...	Rapunzel
Philip Hoffman	...	Steward
Lauren Mitchell	...	Lucinda
Kay McClelland	...	Florinda

Runtime:

USA:153 min (VHS version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Martin Beck Theatre, 302 W. 45th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Brandman Productions

Trivia:

The show was filmed 3 years after the original production opened and was shot in a different theatre.

Quotes:

[a giant is running around the kingdom]
Witch: [to the baker and his wife] With a giant, We all have to go to battle! A giant's the worst! A giant has a brain. Hard to outwit a giant. A giant's just like us, only bigger. Much, much bigger! So big that we are just an expendable
[sees a bug on the floor]
Witch: bug, beneath it's feet.
[steps on the bug and cruelly drives her foot into it]
Witch: Boom! Crush!
[eats the bug and leaves]
The Bakers Wife: We are moving!

Soundtrack:

Agony

into the woods...and home before dark!

I've loved this since i was a kid. the concept is great and so are the songs. Placiong together stories and characters for various fairy tales and creating something completely new to me is just genius. Some of the characters are hilarious and others are really believable such as the wolf and Prince charming. The songs are also brilliantly written and performed. One of the main strengths of this show was that everybody could act well and sing better. My personal favourites are the two songs done by the two princes 'Agony'. And of course the song sung by the Wolf when hes planning his evil idea for Red Riding Hood, 'that kind of scrumptious delectable feast twice in one day...there's no possible way...to describe how you feel...when your talking to your meal!!!'. Anyway back to the original point this show is amazing and really worth watching, and also don't write it off as a silly kids show because most of the jokes and quirky remarks are written for adults.