The baker admits they must work together ("It Takes Two").
The baker's wife again fails to seize Cinderella's slippers. The mysterious man returns Milky White to the baker. She fools Rapunzel and takes a piece of her hair. The baker's wife overhears their talk of a girl with golden hair. Cinderella's prince and Rapunzel's prince, who are brothers, compare their unobtainable amours ("Agony"). He gives the baker gold stolen from the giants to buy back his cow, and returns up the beanstalk to find more the mysterious man steals the money. Jack describes his adventure climbing the beanstalk ("Giants in the Sky"). The characters recite morals as the day ends ("First Midnight"). Spotting Cinderella's gold slippers, the baker's wife chases her and loses Milky White. Cinderella flees the festival, pursued by another prince, and the baker's wife hides her asked about the ball, Cinderella is unimpressed ("A Very Nice Prince"). Jack's mother tosses his beans aside, which grow into an enormous stalk. Little Red rewards him with her cape, and reflects on her experiences ("I Know Things Now"). The baker, in pursuit of the red cape ("Maybe They're Magic" Reprise), slays the wolf and rescues Little Red and her grandmother. The witch has raised Rapunzel in a tall tower accessible only by climbing Rapunzel's long, golden hair ("Our Little World") a prince spies Rapunzel. The baker has qualms about their deceit, but his wife reassures him ("Maybe They're Magic"). They convince Jack that the beans found in the baker's father's jacket are magic and trade them for the cow Jack bids Milky White a tearful farewell ("I Guess This Is Goodbye"). ("Hello, Little Girl") The baker, followed by his wife, meets Jack. Little Red meets a hungry wolf, who persuades her to take a longer path and admire the beauty of the woods, with his own ulterior motives in mind. A mysterious man mocks Jack for valuing his cow more than a "sack of beans". All begin the journey into the woods: Jack to sell his beloved cow Cinderella to her mother's grave Little Red to her grandmother's house and the baker, refusing his wife's help, to find the ingredients ("Prologue").Ĭinderella receives a gown and golden slippers from her mother's spirit ("Cinderella at the Grave").
She explains the curse will be lifted if she is brought four ingredients – "the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold" – in three days' time. The witch took the baker’s father’s child, Rapunzel. The baker's neighbor, an ugly old witch, reveals the couple is infertile from a curse she cast on his father for stealing her vegetables, including magic beans, which prompted the Witch’s own mother to punish her with the curse of age and ugliness. 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 grandmother.
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 second collaboration between Sondheim and Lapine after Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods 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. 2022 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival.
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