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{{Infobox musical
|name=Into the Woods
|image= Into the Woods poster.jpg
|caption= Windowcard for the original Broadway production
|music= [[Stephen Sondheim]]
|lyrics= Stephen Sondheim
|book= [[James Lapine]]
|productions= {{plain list|
* 1986 [[San Diego]]
* 1987 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
* 1988 US Tour
* 1990 [[West End theatre|West End]]
* 1997 Broadway concert
* 1998 London [[revival (theatre)|revival]]
* 2002 Broadway revival
* 2010 London revival
* 2012 New York revival
* 2022 [[Encores!]]
* 2022 Broadway revival
* 2023 US Tour
}}
<!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->
|awards= {{plain list|
* [[Tony Award for Best Original Score]]
* [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]]
* [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Drama Desk Outstanding Musical]]
* 2002 [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Tony Award for Best Revival]]
* {{no wrap|2011 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival]]}}
* 2022 [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]]
}}
}}

'''''Into the Woods''''' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]] and book by [[James Lapine]].

The musical intertwines the plots of several [[Brothers Grimm]] [[fairy tale]]s, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]"<!-- Use Grimm rendering of "Riding Hood" in this instance only --> (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.

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 theatre|Broadway]] on November 5, 1987, where it won three major [[Tony Award]]s ([[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]], [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book]], and [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] for [[Joanna Gleason]]), in a year dominated by ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 U.S. national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1997 10th-anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Michael H. |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Into the Woods |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide}}</ref> and a 2012 outdoor [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] production in New York City.

A [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[Into the Woods (film)|film adaptation]], directed by [[Rob Marshall]], was released in 2014. The film grossed over $213 million worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piccalo |first=Gina |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Record-breaking 'Into the Woods' is a surprise hit |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-into-the-woods-20150106-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210509/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-into-the-woods-20150106-story.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> and received three nominations at both the [[Academy Award]]s and the [[Golden Globe Awards]].

A second Broadway revival began performances on June 28, 2022, at the [[St. James Theatre]], and opened on July 10. The production closed on January 8, 2023, and began touring the U.S. on February 18 of the same year.

==Synopsis==
===Act 1===
The narrator introduces four groups of characters: [[Cinderella]], who wishes to attend the king's festival; [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]], who wishes his cow, Milky White, would give milk; a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; and [[Little Red Riding Hood|Little Red Ridinghood]],<ref>The Sondheim score and Lapine book differ from the Brothers Grimm tale by rendering "Riding Hood" as "Ridinghood".<!--So please do not change back.--></ref> who wishes for bread that she can bring to her grandmother.

The baker's neighbor, an ugly and aging witch, reveals the couple is infertile because she cursed 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 witch took the baker's father's child, [[Rapunzel]]. 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"—within three days. If they fail to do so for any reason, they will forever be barren. 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").

Cinderella receives a gown and golden slippers from her mother's spirit ("Cinderella at the Grave"). A mysterious man mocks Jack for valuing his cow more than a "sack of beans". Little Red meets a hungry [[Big Bad Wolf|wolf]], who persuades her, with ulterior motives, to take a longer path and admire the beauty of the woods ("Hello, Little Girl"). The baker, followed by his wife, meets Jack. They convince him that the beans 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"). The baker has qualms about their deceit, but his wife reassures him ("Maybe They're Magic").

The witch has raised Rapunzel in a tall tower accessible only by climbing Rapunzel's long, golden hair ("Our Little World"); a [[Prince Charming|prince]] spies Rapunzel. The baker, in pursuit of Little Red's cape ("Maybe They're Magic" Reprise), slays the wolf and rescues Little Red and her grandmother. Little Red rewards him with her cape, and reflects on her experiences ("I Know Things Now"). Jack's mother tosses aside his beans, which grow into an enormous stalk. 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"). Spotting Cinderella's gold slippers, the baker's wife chases her and loses Milky White. The characters recite morals as the day ends ("First Midnight").

Jack describes his adventure climbing the beanstalk ("Giants in the Sky"). He gives the baker gold he stole from the giants to buy back his cow, and returns up the beanstalk to find more; the mysterious man steals the money. Cinderella's prince and Rapunzel's prince, who are brothers, compare their unobtainable amours ("Agony"). The baker's wife overhears their talk of a girl with golden hair. She fools Rapunzel and takes a piece of her hair. The mysterious man returns Milky White to the baker.

The baker's wife again fails to seize Cinderella's slippers. The baker admits they must work together ("It Takes Two"). Jack arrives with a hen that lays golden eggs, but Milky White keels over dead as midnight chimes ("Second Midnight"). The Witch discovers the prince's visits and demands Rapunzel stay sheltered from the world ("Stay with Me"). Rapunzel refuses, and the witch cuts off Rapunzel's hair and banishes her. The mysterious man gives the baker money for another cow. Jack meets Little Red, now sporting a wolfskin cape and knife. She goads him into returning to the giants' home to retrieve a golden harp.

Torn between staying with her prince and escaping, Cinderella leaves him a slipper as a clue ("On the Steps of the Palace") and trades shoes with the baker's wife. The baker arrives with another cow; they now have all four items. A great crash sounds, and Jack's mother reports a dead giant in her backyard. Jack returns with the harp. The witch discovers the new cow is useless, and resurrects Milky White, who is fed the ingredients but fails to give milk. The witch explains that Rapunzel's hair will not work because she touched it, and the mysterious man offers corn silk instead; Milky White produces the potion. The witch reveals the mysterious man is the baker's father, and drinks the potion. The mysterious man falls dead, the curse is broken, and the witch regains her youth and beauty.

Cinderella's prince seeks the girl who fits the slipper; Cinderella's desperate stepsisters mutilate their feet ("Careful My Toe"). Cinderella succeeds and becomes his bride. Rapunzel bears twins and is found by her prince. The witch finds her, and attempts to claim her back, but the witch's powers have been lost in exchange for her youth and beauty. At Cinderella's wedding, birds blind her stepsisters, and the baker's wife, now very pregnant, thanks Cinderella for her help ("So Happy" Prelude). Congratulating themselves on living "happily ever after", the characters fail to notice another beanstalk growing ("Ever After").

===Act 2===
The narrator continues, "Once upon a time... later." Everyone still has wishes—the baker and his wife face new frustrations with their infant son, newly rich Jack misses the kingdom in the sky, Cinderella is bored with life in the palace ("So Happy")—but is relatively content.

With a tremendous crash, a giant's foot destroys the witch's garden and damages the baker's home. The baker travels to the palace, but his warning is ignored by the prince's steward and by Jack's mother. Returning home, he finds Little Red on her way to her grandmother's; he and his wife escort her. Jack decides to slay the new giant and Cinderella investigates her mother's disturbed grave. Everyone returns to the woods, but notices that the weather is more ominous ("Into the Woods" Reprise).

Rapunzel, driven mad, also flees to the woods. Her prince follows and meets his brother; they confess their lust for two new women, [[Snow White]] and [[Sleeping Beauty]] ("Agony" Reprise).

The baker, his wife, and Little Red find Cinderella's family and the steward, who reveal that the giant set upon the castle. The witch brings news that the giant destroyed the village and the baker's house. The giantess—widow of the giant Jack killed—appears, seeking revenge. As a sacrifice, the group offer up the narrator, who is killed. Jack's mother defends her son, angering the giantess, and the steward silences Jack's mother, inadvertently killing her. As the giantess leaves in search of Jack, Rapunzel is trampled to death leaving the distraught Witch to mourn ("Witch's Lament").

The royal family flee despite the baker's pleas to stay and fight. The witch vows to find Jack and give him to the giantess, and the baker and his wife split up to find him first. Cinderella's prince seduces the baker's wife ("Any Moment"). The baker finds Cinderella and convinces her to join their group. The baker's wife reflects on her adventure and tryst with the prince ("Moments in the Woods"), but stumbles into the giantess's path and is killed.

The baker, Little Red, and Cinderella await the return of the baker's wife when the witch arrives holding Jack hostage, who is found weeping over the baker's wife's body. The baker turns against Jack, and the two, along with Cinderella and Little Red, blame each other for the situation before the four turn on the witch for cursing the father in the first place ("Your Fault"). Chastising their inability to accept their actions' consequences, the witch pelts them her remaining beans, and is struck by a curse for losing the magic beans again, killing herself in the process by turning into a pit of tar ("Last Midnight").

Grief-stricken, the baker flees, but is convinced by his father's spirit to face his responsibilities ("No More"). He returns and forms a plan to kill the giantess. Cinderella stays behind with the baker's child and confronts her prince over his infidelity. He explains his feelings of unfulfillment and that he wasn't raised to be sincere, and she asks him to leave.

Little Red discovers the giantess has killed her grandmother, as the baker tells Jack that his mother is dead. Jack vows to kill the steward but the baker dissuades him, while Cinderella comforts Little Red. The baker and Cinderella explain that choices have consequences, and everyone is connected ("No One Is Alone").

The four together slay the giantess by using the tar pit to trap her with, and the other characters—including the royal family, who have starved to death, and the princes and their new paramours—return to share one last set of morals. The survivors band together to hail the quartet as their heroes, and the spirit of the baker's wife comforts her mourning husband, encouraging him to tell their child their story. The baker begins to tell his son the tale, while the witch's spirit appears and warns the audience: "Careful the things you say, children will listen". All join in on a last reprise of the title song, surmising that we all must venture into the woods while remembering the choices we've made and learning from each endeavour we come across ("Finale: Children Will Listen"). As the characters conclude the song singing, "Into the woods, then out of the woods and happily ever after", Cinderella closes the show with one last "I wish..."

==Musical numbers==
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* Prologue: "Into the Woods" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Jack's Mother, Little Red Ridinghood, Witch, Cinderella's Father</small>
* "Cinderella at the Grave" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother</small>
* "Hello, Little Girl" – <small>Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "I Guess This Is Goodbye" – <small>Jack</small>
* "Maybe They're Magic" – <small>Baker's Wife, Baker</small>
* "Our Little World" – <small>Witch, Rapunzel</small>**
* "Maybe They're Magic" (reprise) – <small>Baker</small>*
* "I Know Things Now" – <small>Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "A Very Nice Prince" – <small>Cinderella, Baker's Wife</small>
* "First Midnight" – <small>Company</small>
* "Giants in the Sky" – <small>Jack</small>
* "Agony" – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince</small>
* "A Very Nice Prince" (reprise) – <small>Cinderella, Baker's Wife</small>*
* "It Takes Two" – <small>Baker's Wife, Baker</small>
* "Second Midnight" – <small>Witch, Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Granny, Narrator</small>*
* "Stay with Me" – <small>Witch, Rapunzel</small>
* "On the Steps of the Palace" – <small>Cinderella</small>
* "Careful My Toe" – <small>Narrator, Florinda, Cinderella's Stepmother, Lucinda, Cinderella's Mother, Cinderella's Prince, Cinderella's Father</small>*
* "So Happy" (Prelude) – <small>Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince, Baker, Baker's Wife</small>*
* "Ever After" – <small>Narrator, Florinda, Lucinda, Witch, Company</small>

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; Act II
* Prologue: "So Happy" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife, Baker's Child, Cinderella's Prince, Jack's Mother, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Witch</small>
* Prologue: "Into the Woods" (reprise) – <small>Baker, Baker's Wife, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Rapunzel</small>
* "Agony" (reprise) – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince</small>
* "Lament" – <small>Witch</small>
* "Any Moment" – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Baker's Wife</small>
* "Moments in the Woods" – <small>Baker's Wife</small>
* "Your Fault" – <small>Jack, Baker, Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "Last Midnight" – <small>Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker</small>
* "No More" – <small>Baker, Mysterious Man</small>
* "[[No One Is Alone (song)|No One Is Alone]]" – <small>Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack</small>
* "Finale: Children Will Listen" – <small>Company</small>

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:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Not included in the original Broadway cast recording
:<nowiki>**</nowiki>Added for the 1990 London production

==Productions==

===Pre-Broadway San Diego production===
''Into the Woods'' premiered at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego, California, on December 4, 1986, and ran for 50 performances, under the direction of James Lapine.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#Globe "Into the Woods' listing, Old Globe Theatre, 1986] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#Globe |date=2016-03-05 }} SondheimGuide.com, retrieved April 17, 2010</ref> Many of the performers from that production appeared in the Broadway cast, except for John Cunningham as the Narrator/Wolf/Steward, [[George Coe]] as the Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father, [[Kenneth Marshall]] as Cinderella's Prince, LuAnne Ponce as Little Red, and [[Ellen Foley]] as the Witch. Kay McClelland, who played Rapunzel and Florinda, went with the cast to Broadway but only played Florinda.

The show evolved, the most notable change being the addition of the song "[[No One Is Alone (song)|No One Is Alone]]" in the middle of the run. Because of this, the finale was also altered. It was originally "Midnight/Ever After (reprise)/It Takes Two (reprise)/Into the Woods (reprise 2)" but evolved into its present form. Another notable change was that, originally, the baker and Cinderella became a couple during the finale and kissed before singing the reprise of "It Takes Two".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into The Woods Finale 1986 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sENUmbb3Njw |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

===Original Broadway production===
''Into the Woods'' opened on Broadway at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] on November 5, 1987, and closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 performances. It starred [[Bernadette Peters]] as the Witch, [[Joanna Gleason]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Chip Zien]] as the Baker, [[Robert Westenberg]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Tom Aldredge]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, [[Kim Crosby (singer)|Kim Crosby]] as Cinderella, [[Danielle Ferland]] as Little Red Ridinghood, [[Ben Wright (American actor)|Ben Wright]] as Jack, [[Chuck Wagner]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Barbara Bryne]] as Jack's Mother, [[Pamela Winslow]] as Rapunzel, [[Merle Louise]] as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant's Wife, [[Edmund Lyndeck]] as Cinderella's Father, [[Joy Franz]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, Philip Hoffman as the Steward, Lauren Mitchell as Lucinda, Kay McClelland as Florinda, [[Jean Kelly]] as Snow White, and Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty. It was directed by Lapine, with musical staging by [[Lar Lubovitch]], settings by [[Tony Straiges]], lighting by [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]], costumes by [[Ann Hould-Ward]] (based on original concepts by [[Patricia Zipprodt]] and Ann Hould-Ward), and makeup by Jeff Raum. The original production won the 1988 [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] Award and the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Best Musical, and the [[Cast recording|original cast recording]] won a [[Grammy Award]]. The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won three: Best Score (Sondheim), Best Book (Lapine) and Best Actress in a Musical (Gleason).

Peters left the show after almost five months due to a prior commitment to film the movie ''[[Slaves of New York]]''.<ref>"Bernadette Peters is leaving ''Into the Woods'' as of March 30 to make the movie ''Slaves of New York''..." Nemy, Enid. "On Stage", ''The New York Times'', March 11, 1988, p. C2</ref> The Witch was then played by [[Betsy Joslyn]] (from March 30, 1988);<ref>"Phylicia Rashad is to replace Bernadette Peters in the role of the Witch...[Rashad] will take over the Broadway role in mid-April. Until then, the Witch is being played by Betsy Joslyn." "Phylicia Rashad Joining Cast of ''Into the Woods''", ''The New York Times'', p. C18, March 30, 1988 (no author)</ref> [[Phylicia Rashad]] (from April 14, 1988); Betsy Joslyn (from July 5, 1988); [[Nancy Dussault]] (from December 13, 1988);<ref>Guernsey, Otis L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LoMrnezE8D8C&q=%22Betsy+Joslin%22 "'Into the Woods' Listing"], ''The Best Plays of 1988–1989'', Hal Leonard Corporation, 1989, {{ISBN|1557830568}}, p.462</ref> and [[Ellen Foley]] (from August 1, 1989, until the closing).<ref name="replacement">[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#BWP "Cast Replacements-Witch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#BWP |date=2016-03-05 }}, SondheimGuide.com, accessed August 2, 2012</ref> Understudies for the part included Joslyn, [[Marin Mazzie]], [[Lauren Vélez]], [[Suzzanne Douglas]], and [[Joy Franz]].

Other cast replacements included [[Dick Cavett]] as the Narrator (as of July 19, 1988, as a temporary engagement after which Aldredge returned), [[Edmund Lyndeck]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Patricia Ben Peterson]] as Cinderella, LuAnne Ponce returning as Little Red, [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]] as Jack, [[Marin Mazzie]] as Rapunzel (as of March 7, 1989), [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]] and Don Goodspeed as Rapunzel's Prince, Susan Gordon Clark as Florinda, Teresa Burrell as Lucinda, Adam Grupper as the Steward, Cindy Robinson and Heather Shulman as Snow White, and Kay McClelland, Lauren Mitchell, Cynthia Sikes, and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker's Wife.<ref name=replacement/>

In 1989, from May 23 to May 25 the full original cast (with the exception of Cindy Robinson as Snow White instead of [[Jean Kelly]]) reunited for three performances to tape the show in its entirety for the Season 10 premiere episode of [[PBS]]'s ''[[American Playhouse]]'', which first aired on March 15, 1991. The show was filmed professionally with seven cameras on the set of the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] in front of an audience, with certain elements slightly changed for the recording in order to better fit the screen, such as the lighting and minor costume differences. There were also pick-up shots not filmed in front of an audience for various purposes. This video has since been released on VHS and DVD and, on occasion, remastered and rereleased.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#TV "1991 Television Version"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#TV |date=2016-03-05 }} SondheimGuide.com, accessed March 19, 2012</ref>

Tenth Anniversary benefit performances were held on November 9, 1997, at the [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]] (New York), with most of the original cast.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts2.html#1997Woods "Concert, Tenth Anniversary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819093433/http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts2.html#1997Woods |date=2007-08-19 }} SondheimGuide.com</ref> Original cast understudies Chuck Wagner and Jeff Blumenkrantz played the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince and the Steward in place of Robert Westenberg and Philip Hoffmann, while [[Jonathan Dokuchitz]] (who joined the Broadway production as an understudy in 1989) played Rapunzel's Prince in place of Wagner. This concert featured the duet "Our Little World", written for the first London production of the show.

On November 9, 2014, most of the original cast reunited for two reunion concerts and discussion in Costa Mesa, California. [[Mo Rocca]] hosted the reunion and interviewed Sondheim, Lapine, and each cast member. Appearing were Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright and husband and wife Robert Westenberg and Kim Crosby.<ref>Henerson, Evan. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bernadette-peters-joanna-gleason-stephen-sondheim-and-more-return-to-the-woods-335110 "Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Stephen Sondheim and More Return to The Woods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215133807/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bernadette-peters-joanna-gleason-stephen-sondheim-and-more-return-to-the-woods-335110 |date=2014-12-15 }} playbill.com, November 10, 2014</ref> The same group presented this discussion/concert on June 21, 2015, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City.<ref>Gioia, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/learn-how-into-the-woods-began-who-got-married-the-line-sondheim-stole-and-how-the-witch-transformed-351830#search_form "Learn How 'Into the Woods' Began"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624155659/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/learn-how-into-the-woods-began-who-got-married-the-line-sondheim-stole-and-how-the-witch-transformed-351830#search_form |date=2015-06-24 }} playbill.com, June 22, 2015</ref>

===1988 US tour production===
A U.S. tour started performances on November 22, 1988. The cast included [[Cleo Laine]] as the Witch, [[Rex Robbins]] as the Narrator and Mysterious Man, Ray Gill and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker and his Wife, [[Kathleen Rowe McAllen]] as Cinderella, [[Chuck Wagner]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Douglas Sills]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] and [[Charlotte Rae]] as Jack and his Mother, Marcus Olson as the Steward, and Susan Gordon Clark reprising her role as Florinda from the Broadway production. The set was almost completely reconstructed, and there were certain changes to the script, changing certain story elements.

Cast replacements included [[Betsy Joslyn]] as the Witch, [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, James Weatherstone as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Jonathan Hadley as Rapunzel's Prince, Marcus Olson as the Baker, later replaced by Adam Grupper (who understudied the role on Broadway), Judy McLane as the Baker's Wife, Nora Mae Lyng as Jack's Mother, later replaced by Frances Ford, [[Stuart Zagnit]] as the Steward, Jill Geddes as Cinderella, later replaced by [[Patricia Ben Peterson]], and Kevin R. Wright as Jack.

The tour<ref>Green, Stanley and Green, Kay. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&q=%22Cleo+Laine%22 "'Into the Woods'"], ''Broadway Musicals, Show by Show''(5ed), Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996, {{ISBN|0793577500}}, p. 277</ref> played cities around the country, such as [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]], Los Angeles, and [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Michael H. |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Into the Woods, 1988 National Touring Company |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#NTC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#NTC |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide}}</ref><ref>Stearns, David Patrick. ''USA Today'', January 26, 1989, p.4D</ref> The tour ran at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] from June to July 16, 1989, with ''[[The Washington Post]]''<nowiki/>'s reviewer writing: "his lovely score—poised between melody and dissonance—is the perfect measure of our tenuous condition. The songs invariably follow the characters' thinking patterns, as they weigh their options and digest their experience. Needless to say, that doesn't make for traditional show-stoppers. But it does make for vivacity of another kind. And Sondheim's lyrics...are brilliant.... I think you'll find these cast members alert and engaging."<ref>Richards, David. "Woods' of enchantment; At the Opera House, Sondlheim's Bittersweet Turn on Happily Ever After", ''The Washington Post'', June 24, 1989, p.B1</ref>

===Original London production===
[[File:Into the Woods cast recording (London, 1990).jpg|thumb|The album cover of the London cast recording]]

The original West End production opened on September 25, 1990, at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] and closed on February 23, 1991, after 197 performances. It was directed by [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]] and produced by [[David Mirvish]], with set design by Richard Hudson, choreography by [[Anthony Van Laast]], costumes by [[Sue Blane]], and [[orchestration]]s by [[Jonathan Tunick]]. The cast featured [[Julia McKenzie]] as the Witch, [[Ian Bartholomew]] as the Baker, [[Imelda Staunton]] as the Baker's Wife and [[Clive Carter]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince. The show received seven [[Olivier Award]] nominations in 1991, winning Best Actress in a Musical (Staunton) and Best Director of a Musical (Jones).

The song "Our Little World" was added.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#LP "1990 London Production"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#LP |date=2016-03-05 }} SondheimGuide.com, accessed March 26, 2011</ref> This song was a duet for the Witch and Rapunzel giving further insight into the Witch's care for her self-proclaimed daughter and the desire Rapunzel has to see the world outside her tower. The show's overall feel was darker than that of the original Broadway production. Critic [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] wrote: "But the evening's triumph belongs also to director Richard Jones, set designer Richard Hudson and costume designer Sue Blane who evoke exactly the right mood of haunted theatricality. Old-fashioned footlights give the faces a sinister glow. The woods themselves are a semi-circular, black-and-silver screen punctuated with nine doors and a crazy clock: they achieve exactly the 'agreeable terror' of Gustave Dore's children's illustrations. And the effects are terrific: doors open to reveal the rotating magnified eyeball or the admonitory finger of the predatory giant."<ref>"Arts: In the thickets of thought – [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] sings the praises of Sondheim and Lapine's fairy tale attempt to push the musical into new and daring directions", ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London), September 27, 1990 (no page number)</ref>

===1998 London revival production===
A new intimate production of the show opened (billed as the first London revival) at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] on 16 November 1998, closing on 13 February 1999. It was directed by [[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]] and designed by his brother, [[Bob Crowley]]. The cast included [[Clare Burt]] as the Witch, Nick Holder as the Baker, [[Sophie Thompson]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Jenna Russell]] as Cinderella, [[Sheridan Smith]] as Little Red, [[Damian Lewis]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, and Frank Middlemiss as the Narrator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 Donmar Warehouse, London Production |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#1998LP |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Sondheim Guide}}</ref> Russell later appeared as the Baker's Wife in the 2010 [[Regent's Park]] production. Thompson won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, while the production was nominated for Outstanding Musical Production.

===2002 Broadway revival production===
[[File:Into the Woods poster (Broadway revival).jpg|thumb|left|150px|A poster for the 2002 Broadway revival]]

A revival opened at the [[Ahmanson Theatre]] in Los Angeles, running from February 1 to March 24, 2002. It was directed and choreographed with the same principal cast that later ran on Broadway.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html "2002 Los Angeles Production"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |date=2016-03-05 }} sondheimguide.com, accessed July 1, 2011</ref>

The 2002 Broadway revival, directed by Lapine and choreographed by [[John Carrafa]], began previews on April 13, 2002, and opened April 30 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]], closing on December 29 after a run of 18 previews and 279 regular performances.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Broadway League |date=April 30, 2002 |title=Into the Woods – Broadway Musical – 2002 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/into-the-woods-13281 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/into-the-woods-13281 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=IBDB}}<br/>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods (Broadway, Broadhurst Theatre, 2002) |url=https://playbill.com/production/into-the-woods-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000001997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://playbill.com/production/into-the-woods-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000001997 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=Playbill |language=en}}</ref> It starred [[Vanessa Williams]] as the Witch, [[John McMartin]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, [[Stephen DeRosa]] as the Baker, [[Kerry O'Malley]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Gregg Edelman]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Christopher Sieber]] as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, [[Molly Ephraim]] as Little Red, [[Adam Wylie]] as Jack, and [[Laura Benanti]] as Cinderella. [[Judi Dench]] provided the giantess's pre-recorded voice.

Lapine revised the script slightly for this production, with a cameo appearance of the ''[[Three Little Pigs]]'' restored from the earlier San Diego production.<ref name="revival">[http://www.sondheim.com/news/reviving_the_woods.html Reviving the Woods (2002)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927013554/http://www.sondheim.com/news/reviving_the_woods.html |date=2011-09-27 }} sondheim.com, accessed March 26, 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 9, 2022 |title='Woods' Path Takes New Twists |page=35 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/image/408349133/?terms=%27Woods%27%20Path%20Takes%20New%20Twists&match=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |via=New York Daily News Archive}}</ref><ref name="post">Pressley, Nelson. "A Spruced-Up 'Into the Woods' Grows on Broadway", ''The Washington Post'', May 1, 2002, p. C1</ref> Other changes, apart from numerous small dialogue changes, included the addition of the song "Our Little World", the addition of a second Wolf who ogles The Three Little Pigs (portrayed by the same actor as Rapunzel's Prince), the portrayal of Jack's cow by a live performer ([[Chad Kimball]]) in an intricate costume, and new lyrics for "Last Midnight", now a menacing lullaby sung by the Witch to the Baker's baby.<ref name=post/>

This production featured scenic design by Douglas W. Schmidt, costume design by [[Susan Hilferty]], lighting design by [[Brian MacDevitt]], sound design by [[Dan Moses Schreier]] and projection design by [[Elaine J. McCarthy]]. The revival won Tonys for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]] and Best Lighting Design.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#2002BW "2002 revival production information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#2002BW |date=2016-03-05 }} sondheimguide.com</ref> This Broadway revival wardrobe is on display at the Costume World in South Florida.

===London Royal Opera House, 2007===
A revival at the [[Royal Opera House]]'s Linbury Studio in [[Covent Garden]] had a limited run from June 14 to 30, 2007, followed by a short stint at [[The Lowry]] theatre, Salford Quays, Manchester on 4–7 July. The production mixed opera singers, musical theatre actors, and film and television actors, including [[Anne Reid]] as Jack's Mother and [[Gary Waldhorn]] as the Narrator. Directed by [[Will Tuckett]], it received mixed reviews, although there were clear standout performances.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=June 21, 2007 |title=Beyond the happy-ever-after |work=The Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3665992/Beyond-the-happy-ever-after.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004513/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3665992/Beyond-the-happy-ever-after.html |archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=George |date=June 20, 2007 |title=Into the Woods |work=The Stage |location=London |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/17233/into-the-woods |url-status=live |access-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112235052/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/17233/into-the-woods |archive-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=June 20, 2007 |title=Into the Woods |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2106977,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821180016/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2106977,00.html |archive-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref>

The production completely sold out three weeks before opening. As this was an "opera" production, the show and its performers were overlooked in the "musical" nominations for the [[2008 Laurence Olivier Awards]]. It featured [[Suzie Toase]] (Little Red), [[Peter Caulfield (actor)|Peter Caulfield]] (Jack), Beverley Klein (Witch), [[Anna Francolini]] (Baker's Wife), Clive Rowe (Baker), [[Nick Garrett (bass-baritone)|Nicholas Garrett]] (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), and [[Lara Pulver]] (Lucinda). This was the second Sondheim musical to be staged by the Opera House, following 2003's ''Sweeney Todd''.

===Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production, 2010===
The [[Olivier Award]]-winning [[Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] production, directed by [[Timothy Sheader]] and choreographed by Liam Steel, ran for a six-week limited season from 6 August to 11 September 2010. The cast included [[Hannah Waddingham]] as the Witch, [[Mark Hadfield]] as the Baker, [[Jenna Russell]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Helen Dallimore]] as Cinderella, [[Michael Xavier]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, and [[Judi Dench]] as the recorded voice of the Giant. [[Gareth Valentine]] was the [[Musical Director]].<ref name="Regent's Park">[http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Waddingham-Russel-Lead-Open-Air-Theatres-INTO-THE-WOODS-86911-20100806 Waddingham, Russel Lead Open Air Theatre's ''Into the Woods'', 8/6-9/11] Broadway World, Retrieved July 27, 2013</ref><ref>Shenton, Mark.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142088-New-London-Production-of-Into-the-Woods-Opens-at-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-Aug-16 "New London Production of Into the Woods Opens at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park Aug. 16"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017192307/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142088-New-London-Production-of-Into-the-Woods-Opens-at-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-Aug-16 |date=2012-10-17 }} Playbill.com, August 16, 2010</ref> The musical was performed outdoors in a wooded area. Whilst the book remained mostly unchanged, the subtext of the plot was dramatically altered by casting the role of the Narrator as a young school boy lost in the woods following a family argument – a device used to further illustrate the musical's themes of [[parenting]] and adolescence.

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The production opened to wide critical acclaim, much of the press commenting on the effectiveness of the open air setting. The ''Telegraph'' reviewer, for example, wrote: "It is an inspired idea to stage this show in the magical, sylvan surroundings of Regent's Park, and designer Soutra Gilmour has come up with a marvellously rickety, adventure playground of a set, all ladders, stairs and elevated walkways, with Rapunzel discovered high up in a tree."<ref>Spencer, Charles.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7950065/Into-the-Woods-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-review.html "'Into the Woods', Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621193617/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7950065/Into-the-Woods-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-review.html |date=2018-06-21 }} telegraph.co.uk, 17 August 2010</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reviewer commented: "The natural environment makes for something genuinely haunting and mysterious as night falls on the audience".<ref>Wolf, Matt.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25iht-lon25.html "Playing Sondheim in the Woods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630121212/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25iht-lon25.html |date=2017-06-30 }} ''The New York Times'', August 24, 2010</ref> Sondheim attended twice, reportedly extremely pleased with the production. The production also won the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]] and Xavier was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]].

The production was recorded in its entirety, available to download and watch from [[Digital Theatre (website)|Digital Theatre]].

===Central Park Delacorte Theater production, 2012===
The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production transferred to the [[Public Theater]]'s 2012 summer series of free performances [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] at the [[Delacorte Theater]] in [[Central Park]], New York, with an American cast as well as new designers.<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-INTO-THE-WOODS-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT-Set-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Lily-Rabe-Set-for-Rosalind-20120126 "Official: ''Into the Woods'' & ''As You Like It'' Set for Shakespeare in the Park; Lily Rabe Set for 'Rosalind'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128104619/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-INTO-THE-WOODS-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT-Set-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Lily-Rabe-Set-for-Rosalind-20120126 |date=2012-01-28 }} broadwayworld.com, January 26, 2012</ref> Sheader again was the director and Steel served as co-director and choreographer. Performances were originally to run from July 24 (delayed from July 23 due to the weather) to August 25, 2012, but the show was extended till September 1.<ref>[http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163302/into-the-woods-starring-amy-adams-denis-ohare-donna-murphy-extends-central-park-run/ "''Into the Woods'', Starring Amy Adams, Denis O'Hare & Donna Murphy, Extends Central Park Run"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810122230/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163302/into-the-woods-starring-amy-adams-denis-ohare-donna-murphy-extends-central-park-run/ |date=2012-08-10 }} broadway.com, August 7, 2012</ref> The cast included [[Amy Adams]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Donna Murphy]] as the Witch, [[Denis O'Hare]] as the Baker, [[Chip Zien]] (the Baker in the 1987 Broadway cast) as the Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father, Ivan Hernandez as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Jessie Mueller]] as Cinderella, Jack Broderick as the young Narrator, [[Gideon Glick]] as Jack, Cooper Grodin as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Sarah Stiles]] as Little Red, Josh Lamon as the Steward, and [[Glenn Close]] as the Voice of the Giant. The set was a "collaboration between original Open Air Theatre designer Soutra Gilmour and...[[John Lee Beatty]], [and] rises over 50 feet in the air, with a series of tree-covered catwalks and pathways."<ref name="public">{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=July 23, 2012 |title="Once Upon a Time": Into the Woods, With Chip Zien, Donna Murphy, Denis O'Hare and Amy Adams, Begins July 23 in Central Park |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/168255-Once-Upon-a-Time-Into-the-Woods-With-Chip-Zien-Donna-Murphy-Denis-OHare-and-Amy-Adams-Begins-July-23-in-Central-Park  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131104629/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/168255-Once-Upon-a-Time-Into-the-Woods-With-Chip-Zien-Donna-Murphy-Denis-OHare-and-Amy-Adams-Begins-July-23-in-Central-Park |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=July 23, 2012 |publisher=playbill.com}}</ref> The production was dedicated to [[Nora Ephron]], who had died earlier in 2012. In February and May 2012, reports of a possible Broadway transfer surfaced with the production's principal actors in negotiations to reprise their roles.<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Central-Park-INTO-THE-WOODS-Already-Considering-Broadway-20120222 "Central Park 'Into the Woods' Already Considering Broadway?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508153546/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Central-Park-INTO-THE-WOODS-Already-Considering-Broadway-20120222 |date=2012-05-08 }}, Broadwayworld.com, February 22, 2012</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/16/ref5893-Is-Public-Theater-Considering-Broadway-Run-of-Into-the-Woods "Is Public Theater Considering Broadway Run of 'Into the Woods?'"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Playbill.com, May 11, 2012</ref> In January 2013, it was announced that the production would not transfer to Broadway due to scheduling conflicts.<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Will-Not-Transfer-to-Broadway-THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS-Delayed-to-2013-14-Season-20130106 ''Into the Woods'' Will Not Transfer to Broadway; ''The Sunshine Boys'' Delayed to 2013–14 Season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109023047/http://broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Will-Not-Transfer-to-Broadway-THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS-Delayed-to-2013-14-Season-20130106 |date=2013-01-09 }} Broadway World, January 6, 2013</ref>

===Hollywood Bowl production, 2019===
For its annual fully staged musical event, the [[Hollywood Bowl]] produced a limited run of ''Into the Woods'' from July 26–28, 2019, directed and choreographed by [[Robert Longbottom]].<ref name="holly">{{Cite web |title=''Into the Woods'' – Annual Fully Staged Musical. Hollywood Bowl |url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/583/2019-07-26/into-the-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729225229/https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/583/2019-07-26/into-the-woods |archive-date=29 July 2019 |access-date=29 July 2019 |website=Hollywood Bowl}}</ref> The cast included [[Skylar Astin]] as the Baker, [[Sutton Foster]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Patina Miller]] as the Witch, [[Sierra Boggess]] as Cinderella, [[Cheyenne Jackson]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Chris Carmack]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Gaten Matarazzo]] as Jack, [[Anthony Crivello]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Edward Hibbert]] as the Narrator, [[Shanice Williams]] as Little Red, [[Hailey Kilgore]] as Rapunzel, [[Rebecca Spencer (singer)|Rebecca Spencer]] as Jack's Mother, original Broadway cast member Gregory North as Cinderella's Father, and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] as the voice of the Giant.<ref name="bowl">Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods-starring-patina-miller-sutton-foster-skylar-astin-cheyenne-jackson# "Read Reviews for Hollywood Bowl ''Into the Woods'', Starring Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, Skylar Astin, Cheyenne Jackson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022607/http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods-starring-patina-miller-sutton-foster-skylar-astin-cheyenne-jackson |date=2019-07-31 }} playbill, July 28, 2019</ref> The production featured Ann Hould-Ward's costumes from the Original Broadway Production.

===2022 Encores! production===
In November 2020, it was announced that [[New York City Center]] would stage ''Into the Woods'' as part of its [[Encores!]] series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=November 18, 2020 |title=City Center Encores! to Present ''Into the Woods'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/city-center-encores-to-present-into-the-woods |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> In August 2021, it was announced that [[Christian Borle]], [[Sara Bareilles]], [[Ashley Park (actress)|Ashley Park]], and [[Heather Headley]] had joined the cast as, respectively, the Baker, his Wife, Cinderella, and the Witch. Park was initially scheduled to star in the Encores! production of ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)|Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'', but it was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McPhee |first=Ryan |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Heather Headley, Sara Bareilles, Christian Borle, Ashley Park to Star in Encores! ''Into the Woods'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/heather-headley-sara-bareilles-christian-borle-ashley-park-to-star-in-encores-into-the-woods |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> Headley had played the Witch at [[The Muny]] in 2015.

In December 2021, ''[[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series]]'' star [[Julia Lester]] joined the cast as Little Red Ridinghood, alongside [[Shereen Pimentel]] as Rapunzel, [[Jordan Donica]] as her Prince, and Cole Thompson as Jack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McPhee |first=Ryan |date=December 3, 2021 |title=Julia Lester, Jordan Donica, More Join Encores! ''Into the Woods''; Trevor Jackson Replaces Dulé Hill for ''The Tap Dance Kid'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/julia-lester-jordan-donica-more-join-encores-into-the-woods-trevor-jackson-replaces-dule-hill-for-the-tap-dance-kid |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> In March 2022, it was revealed that [[Denée Benton]] had replaced Park as Cinderella, with other cast members including [[Gavin Creel]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Annie Golden]] as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant's Wife, [[Ann Harada]] as Jack's Mother, [[David Patrick Kelly]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Tiffany Denise Hobbs as Lucinda (later replaced by Ta'Nika Gibson), Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, Lauren Mitchell (who played Lucinda in the 1987 Broadway production) as Cinderella's Stepmother, and David Turner as the Steward.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Long |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Denée Benton, Gavin Creel, Ann Harada, More Join Encores! ''Into the Woods'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/denee-benton-gavin-creel-ann-harada-more-join-encores-into-the-woods |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> In April 2022, [[Neil Patrick Harris]] was announced as playing the Baker, replacing Borle due to a schedule conflict. Albert Guerzon also joined the cast as Cinderella's Father.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=April 13, 2022 |title=Neil Patrick Harris Replaces Christian Borle as the Baker in Encores! INTO THE WOODS |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Neil-Patrick-Harris-Replaces-Christian-Borle-as-the-Baker-in-Encores-INTO-THE-WOODS-20220413 |access-date=December 27, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref> [[Jason Forbach]], Mary Kate Moore, and Cameron Johnson were the production's swings. After Jordan Donica tested positive for [[COVID-19]], Jason Forbach played Rapunzel's Prince for the first week of performances.

The production ran from May 4–15, 2022, and was directed by Encores! artistic director Lear deBessonet.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Heather Headley, Sara Bareilles, Neil Patrick Harris, More Go ''Into the Woods'' for New York City Center Encores! Beginning May 4 |url=https://playbill.com/article/heather-headley-sara-bareilles-neil-patrick-harris-more-go-into-the-woods-for-new-york-city-center-encores-beginning-may-4 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> This was the final Encores! show to have Rob Berman conducting the Encores! orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Rob Berman Will Step Down as City Center Encores! Music Director |url=https://playbill.com/article/rob-berman-will-step-down-as-city-center-encores-music-director |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

===2022 Broadway revival production===
[[File:Into the Woods Broadway 2022.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Poster for the 2022 Broadway revival]]
Fewer than two weeks after closing the limited engagement at Encores!, it was announced that the production would transfer to Broadway at the [[St. James Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Acclaimed 'Into The Woods' Encores! Production Will Move To Broadway In June, With Some Cast Changes |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/into-the-woods-broadway-encores-transfer-sara-bareilles-gavin-creel-phillipa-soo-1235032873/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> The Broadway production officially opened on July 10, 2022 (with previews having begun on June 28), to universally positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods |url=https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/into-the-woods-3/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Did They Like It? |language=en}}</ref>

Most of the Encores! cast transferred, with the additions of [[Brian d'Arcy James]] as the Baker, [[Patina Miller]] as the Witch, [[Phillipa Soo]] as Cinderella, and [[Joshua Henry]] as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Encores! Into the Woods Sets Broadway Transfer With Patina Miller, Brian D'Arcy James, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, Sara Bareilles, More |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/encores-into-the-woods-sets-broadway-transfer-with-patina-miller-brian-darcy-james-phillipa-soo-joshua-henry-sara-bareilles-more |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> Other new cast members included [[Nancy Opel]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack's Mother, Alysia Velez as Rapunzel, and [[Paul Kreppel]], Diane Phelan, Alex Joseph Grayson, Felicia Curry, Delphi Borich, and Lucia Spina as understudies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=June 8, 2022 |title=Nancy Opel, Aymee Garcia, Alysia Velez & More Join INTO THE WOODS on Broadway |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nancy-Opel-Aymee-Garcia-Alysia-Velez-More-Join-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20220608 |access-date=June 19, 2022 |website=Broadway World}}</ref> From July 24 to August 2, [[Cheyenne Jackson]] temporarily filled in for [[Gavin Creel]] as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince, reprising his roles from the Hollywood Bowl production.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Cheyenne Jackson Will Return to Broadway for Short Stint in Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-will-return-to-broadway-for-short-stint-in-into-the-woods |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> On July 18, 2022, [[Sara Bareilles]] revealed on her [[Instagram]] Stories that a cast album of this production was being recorded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bareilles |first=Sara |date=July 18, 2022 |title=[Bareilles Instagram story] |url=https://www.instagram.com/stories/sarabareilles/2885343748599130903/ |access-date=July 18, 2022 |website=Instagram}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Into the Woods Broadway Revival Cast Album to Be Released This Fall |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-broadway-revival-cast-album-to-be-released-this-fall |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> During July, it was announced that the production, originally scheduled for an eight-week run, had extended its run through October 16.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Into the Woods Extends Broadway Run Through October; Casting to Be Announced |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-extends-broadway-run-through-october-casting-to-be-announced |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

On August 4, 2022, it was announced that the entire Broadway cast would remain with the show through September 4.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=August 4, 2022 |title=Entire Cast of Broadway's Into the Woods Extend Contracts Through September |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/entire-cast-of-broadways-into-the-woods-extend-contracts-through-september |access-date=August 4, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> On September 6, married couple [[Stephanie J. Block]] and [[Sebastian Arcelus]] replaced Bareilles and James as the Baker's Wife and  the Baker. Other replacements included [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Cinderella, Katy Geraghty replacing [[Julia Lester]] as Little Red, and [[Jim Stanek]] replacing David Turner as the Steward. [[Montego Glover]] also began sharing the role of the Witch with Miller, and [[Andy Karl]] played a limited run as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince from September 6–15, filling in for Creel. [[Ann Harada]] joined the cast reprising her role as Jack's Mother from the Encores! production on September 27.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Margaret |date=12 August 2022 |title=Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus, Krysta Rodriguez, Montego Glover, More to Join Broadway's Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/stephanie-j-block-sebastian-arcelus-krysta-rodriguez-more-to-join-into-the-woods |website=Playbill}}</ref> During that same month, it was announced that the production was given a final extension through January 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=7 September 2022 |title=Broadway Revival of Into the Woods Extends Through January |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-revival-of-into-the-woods-will-extend-through-january |website=Playbill}}</ref> On September 22, it was announced that James would return to the cast as the Baker starting October 25, and Karl would also return, this time as Rapunzel's Prince, starting October 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=22 September 2022 |title=Brian D'Arcy James and Andy Karl Will Return to Broadway's Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/brian-darcy-james-and-andy-karl-will-return-to-broadways-into-the-woods |website=Playbill}}</ref> The cast album was released on September 30.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=30 September 2022 |title=Into the Woods Revival Cast Album Released September 30 |url=https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-revival-cast-album-released-september-30 |website=Playbill}}</ref> On October 25, it was announced that [[Denée Benton]] would join the cast reprising her role as Cinderella from the Encores! production on November 21. She left the production on December 24.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=25 October 2022 |title=Denee Benton Will Reprise Role of Cinderella in INTO THE WOODS on Broadway |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Denee-Benton-Will-Reprise-Role-of-Cinderella-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20221025 |website=Broadway World}}</ref> On November 17, it was announced that [[Joaquina Kalukango]] would start playing the Witch from December 16 to the show's closing date January 8.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=17 November 2022 |title=Joaquina Kalukango Will Play The Witch in INTO THE WOODS Beginning Next Month |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Joaquina-Kalukango-Will-Play-The-Witch-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-Beginning-Next-Month-20221117 |website=Broadway World}}</ref> Karl's extended run<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karl |first=Andy |date=November 28, 2022 |title=Back in the Woods until Friday 12/2! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ClgjfC_Ob4O/?hl=en |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=Instagram}}</ref> ended December 2 for the return of Henry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshua Henry (Performer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/joshua-henry-vault-0000114723 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> That same day, the cast recording was released on CD.<ref name="2022album">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Paul |date=September 15, 2022 |title=INTO THE WOODS CAST RECORDING RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED, FIRST LISTEN NOW |url=https://broadwaydirect.com/into-the-woods-cast-recording-release-date-announced-first-listen-now/#:~:text=The%20recording%2C%20released%20by%20Concord,Woods%E2%80%9D%20from%20Into%20the%20Woods. |access-date=March 6, 2023 |website=BroadwayDirect}}</ref> On December 15, it was announced that understudy Diane Phelan would take over as Cinderella on December 26 for the last two weeks of the show's run. It was also announced that Arcelus would return to the production, replacing James as the Baker, starting January 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Sebastian Arcelus to Return INTO THE WOODS; Diane Phelan to Take Over as Cinderella |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sebastian-Arcelus-to-Return-INTO-THE-WOODS-Diane-Phelan-to-Take-Over-as-Cinderella-20221215 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref>

The Broadway production closed on January 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=January 8, 2023 |title=Into the Woods Broadway Revival Ends Extended Run January 8 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-broadway-revival-ends-extended-run-january-8 |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref> The final Broadway cast was Kalukango as the Witch, Arcelus and Block as the Baker and his Wife, Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Phelan as Cinderella, Cole Thompson as Jack, Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, Henry as Rapunzel's Prince, [[David Patrick Kelly]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Harada as Jack's Mother, Opel as Cinderella's Stepmother, Velez as Rapunzel, Stanek as the Steward, [[Annie Golden]] as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giantess, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Ta'Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Albert Guerzon as Cinderella's Father/Puppeteer, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White/Puppeteer, and [[Jason Forbach]], Mary Kate Moore, Cameron Johnson, Kreppel, Grayson, Curry, Borich, Spina, and Sam Simahk as understudies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods 2022-23 Broadway Revival Current Cast |url=https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=7627fde2-16ab-4795-b2fb-2cb997a23d63&type=cp#cc |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref> The [[Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)|production's cast recording]] won the [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]].<ref>[https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-wins-grammy-award-for-best-musical-theater-album "Into The Woods Wins Grammy Award For Best Musical Theatre Album"] Playbill, February 5, 2023</ref> The recording was released on vinyl on March 17, 2023.<ref name=2022album/> The production was nominated for six [[Tony Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Tony Awards: Some Like It Hot Leads Nominations; See the Full List &#124; Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-nominations-2023}}</ref>

===Theatre Royal, Bath, 2022===
In December 2021, it was announced that a new production of ''Into the Woods'' would take place at the [[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]] in Bath for 4 weeks, starting on August 17.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into The Woods — Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/event/into-the-woods/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.theatreroyal.org.uk}}</ref> It is directed by [[Terry Gilliam]] and Leah Hausman, who already worked together for the staging of two operas by Berlioz at the [[English National Opera]]: ''The Damnation of Faust'' in 2011 and ''Benvenuto Cellini'' in 2014. The show was first booked for the [[The Old Vic|Old Vic Theatre]] in 2020 but was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and then canceled altogether. The cast included [[Julian Bleach]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Nicola Hughes (actress)|Nicola Hughes]] as the Witch, [[Rhashan Stone]] as the Baker, Alex Young as the Baker's Wife, Nathanael Campbell as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince, [[Audrey Brisson]] as Cinderella, Barney Wilkinson as Jack, [[Gillian Bevan]] as Jack's Mother, [[Charlotte Jaconelli]] as Florinda, Maria Conneeley as Rapunzel, and Lauren Conroy as Little Red Ridinghood in her first professional stage debut. Milky White is played in pantomime by the dancer Faith Prendergast. The music director is [[Stephen Higgins (conductor)|Stephen Higgins]] and [[Jon Bausor]] is in charge of the production design and Anthony McDonald of the costumes.

In contrast to the simultaneous Broadway revival, this production is quite visual, with elaborate sets and props, its conceit being that the characters are figures in a Victorian toy theatre a young girl is playing with.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Into the Woods cast at Theatre Royal Bath includes Alex Young, Nicola Hughes, Julian Bleach, Audrey Brisson, Rhashan Stone {{!}} WestendTheatre.com |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/114930/news/into-the-woods-casting-to-include-nicola-hughes-julian-bleach-audrey-brisson-rhashan-stone-alex-young/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The toy theatre is taking full-stage with "giant" props (cans of beans, a watch, a vase, a doll) appearing throughout and used by the characters as elements of setting (for example, Rapunzel's tower is a pile of bean cans).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods at Theatre Royal Bath – first look photos {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/into-the-woods-revival-photos_57209.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> Slapstick is also emphasized, "done in the spirit of what Sondheim has written".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Read |first=7 Min |date=2022-07-26 |title=Conjuring up new worlds: in conversation with theatre director Leah Hausman |url=https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/conjuring-up-new-worlds-in-conversation-with-theatre-director-leah-hausman/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Bath Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Lapine and Sondheim supported this new vision,<ref>{{Cite web |last=whdadmin |date=2022-01-07 |title=Into The Woods: Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical to open at Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.scenario-two.com/into-the-woods-stephen-sondheims-beloved-musical-to-open-at-theatre-royal-bath/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Scenario Two |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Gilliam |url=https://www.facebook.com/Terry.Gilliam/posts/pfbid0PS1THRmC8FCaqHRLEcmapwfsVTTHrBAMmQwrWiPToHZa8u2vVK8FM33WgowQ12czl |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref> and Sondheim gave his approval for the cast before he died.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicola Hughes sur Instagram: "Finally I can share my news!!! I auditioned early last year and before his passing the late great Stephen Sondheim gave his approval for me to play the Witch. It was and is a dream come true for me. It's been a tough couple of years… Work has been slow to come by, Covid made sure of that, plus I'm a single mummy to 3 gorgeous boys. This means the world and I'll embrace every second 🙏🏾💙#intothewoods #sondheim #workingmum #happiness #grateful #witch" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CckgNjhoPRo/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Instagram |language=fr}}</ref> Sondheim also discussed the production with the directors over [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]]. Allegedly he liked what he saw so much that he fell off his chair laughing.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Into the Woods {{!}} In rehearsals with Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXiqAnTed4 |access-date=2022-08-15 |language=en}}</ref>

Terry Gilliam had met with Sondheim in the 1990s for a film adaptation of the show that Paramount was supposed to produce, with Robin Williams and Emma Thompson as the Baker and Baker's Wife, but Gilliam refused to do it because he thought the script less good than the original.<ref name=":0" />

The show opened to overall positive reviews, critics praising this "hallucinogenic take",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=2022-08-25 |title=Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath, review: Terry Gilliam's hallucinogenic take on Sondheim rises from the ashes of cancellation |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/woods-theatre-royal-bath-review-terry-gilliams-hallucinogenic/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> with its "imaginative imagery"<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods review at Theatre Royal Bath, directed by Terry Gilliam |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reviews/into-the-woods-directed-by-terry-gilliam-review-at-theatre-royal-bath |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref> and "sheer spectacle"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Clive |title=Into the Woods review — Terry Gilliam's 'cancelled' Sondheim is sheer spectacle |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/into-the-woods-review-terry-gilliams-cancelled-sondheim-is-sheer-spectacle-c7znpb8hz |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and acclaiming Leah Hausman's "particularly crisp" choreography,<ref name=":1" /> while some regretted a lack of an "emotional connection between the characters and the audience"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods review – the spectacle in Sondheim and Lapine's musical comes at a price {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/reviews/into-the-woods-spectacle-gilliam-sondheim_57234.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> and feeling that "nothing quite develops its emotional power as much as it might".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |title=Into the Woods review – Terry Gilliam's rollicking take on Sondheim's 'fairytale collision' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/25/into-the-woods-review-terry-gilliams-rollicking-take-on-sondheims-fairytale-collision |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Yet all recognize the strength and the vocal talent of the cast. Special compliments often go to the "outstanding work"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre review: Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/into-the-woods-theatre-royal-b-21273 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=British Theatre Guide |language=en-GB}}</ref> of Faith Prendergast as Milky White, ''[[The Guardian]]'' going as far as calling it "the most characterful presence" on the stage.

The show was announced to transfer to a [[West End theatre]] in late 2022 or early 2023, however this never occurred.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-13 |title=Into the Woods to open at Theatre Royal Bath directed by Terry Gilliam before West End transfer {{!}} WestendTheatre.com |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/105481/news/into-the-woods-to-open-at-theatre-royal-bath-directed-by-terry-gilliam/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===2023 US tour production===
On December 6, 2022, it was announced that the 2022 Broadway revival production would tour the U.S. in 2023, starting on February 18. It starred [[Montego Glover]] as the Witch, [[Sebastian Arcelus]] and [[Stephanie J. Block]] as the Baker and his Wife, [[Gavin Creel]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Cole Thompson as Jack, Katy Geraghty as Little Red, [[David Patrick Kelly]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, [[Nancy Opel]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack's Mother (from Boston onward), Ta'Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, [[Jim Stanek]] as the Steward, Alysia Velez as Rapunzel, and Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White/Puppeteer, all reprising their Broadway roles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Broadway's Into the Woods Revival Will Journey Across the U.S. On Tour |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadways-into-the-woods-revival-will-journey-across-the-u-s-on-tour |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref> On December 15, it was announced that Diane Phelan would reprise her role as Cinderella on tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Diane Phelan as Cinderella |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CmM7P2IvC_e/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Instagram}}</ref> On January 17, the rest of the cast was announced, including Broadway understudies [[Jason Forbach]] and Felicia Curry as Rapunzel's Prince and the Giant's Wife/Cinderella's Mother/Granny respectively. Other cast members included Rayanne Gonzales as Jack's Mother (in Buffalo and Washington, D.C. only), Josh Breckenridge as Cinderella's Father/Puppeteer, and [[Paul Kreppel]], Sam Simahk, Erica Durham, Ellie Fishman, Marya Grandy, Ximone Rose, and Eddie Lopez as understudies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Complete Cast and Additional Cities Announced For INTO THE WOODS Tour |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Complete-Cast-and-Additional-Cities-Announced-For-INTO-THE-WOODS-Tour-20230117 |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref>

On January 31, it was announced the production was extending its Boston engagement by another week. It was also announced Arcelus and Block would not perform six days of the engagement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=January 31, 2023 |title=National Tour of INTO THE WOODS Extends Boston Engagement |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/National-Tour-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-Extends-Boston-Engagement-20230131 |access-date=February 23, 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref> On February 25–26, [[Andy Karl]] reprised his Broadway role of Rapunzel's Prince during the opening weekend of the tour's engagement in Washington D.C. while Forbach stepped into the role of the Baker for Arcelus, who was recovering from an injury sustained earlier in the week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingenthron |first=Blair |date=February 25, 2023 |title=Andy Karl to Rejoin INTO THE WOODS at the Kennedy Center This Weekend |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Karl-to-Rejoin-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-the-Kennedy-Center-This-Weekend-20230225 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref> Forbach filled in for Arcelus for over two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2023 |title=Arcelus returns to the Woods |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpq3m3tDymh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= |website=Instagram}}</ref> On February 28, Forbach announced on his [[Instagram]] Stories that he would play the Baker during Arcelus's absence in Boston.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forbach |first=Jason |date=February 28, 2023 |title=BOSTON FRIENDS! I will be on as The Baker from 3/28-4/2, get your tix today! |url=https://instagram.com/stories/jasonforbach/3048131972119922044?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= |website=Instagram}}</ref> Understudy Sam Simahk played Rapunzel's Prince in his place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simahk |first=Sam |date=February 28, 2023 |title=I'll be on as Rapunzel's Prince for an entire week in BOSTON!! |url=https://instagram.com/stories/soapboxsam/3048386582948698611?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= |website=Instagram}}</ref> On March 1, it was announced during "Wonderstudy Wednesday" on Instagram that understudy Ximone Rose would play the Baker's Wife during Block's absence in Boston.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2023 |title=FIRST WONDERSTUDY WEDNESDAY ON THE ROAD!! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRDlKxhjKb/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Instagram}}</ref> From March 28 to April 2, Cameron Johnson reprised his role as an understudy while Simahk played Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Login • Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fstories%2Fkaty.geraghty%2F3068766724740659425%2F%3Futm_source%3Dig_story_item_share%26igshid%3DYmMyMTA2M2Y%253D |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> Durham took over from Ishibashi as Florinda on July 5 and Sabrina Santana joined the cast as an understudy.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct9_Q8GSHRb/?igshid=MjAxZDBhZDhlNA== Durham Florinda]</ref> [[Krysta Rodriguez]] and Albert Guerzon reprised their roles of Cinderella and Cinderella's Father/Puppeteer from the Broadway production on July 13 and July 18 respectively and played the roles until the tour closed on July 30.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Loagn |date=July 13, 2023 |title=Krysta Rodriguez to Rejoin Into the Woods for Tour's Final Weeks |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/krysta-rodriguez-to-rejoin-into-the-woods-for-tours-final-weeks |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

The production ran for a ten-city engagement tour, visiting [[Shea's Performing Arts Center]] in [[Buffalo, New York]], the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Center Opera House]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[Emerson Colonial Theatre]] in [[Boston]], the [[Miller Theater (Philadelphia)|Miller Theater]] in [[Philadelphia]], the [[North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center|Blumenthal Performing Arts Center]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], the [[James M. Nederlander Theatre]] in [[Chicago]], the [[Curran Theatre]] in [[San Francisco]], the [[Ahmanson Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], the [[Tennessee Performing Arts Center]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], and the [[Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts|Dr. Phillips Center]] in [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |author=The Broadway League |title=Into the Woods |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/into-the-woods-536014 |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=IBDB}}</ref>

===Other productions===
A production played in Sydney from 19 March 1993 to 5 June 1993 at the Drama Theatre, [[Sydney Opera House]]. It starred [[Judi Connelli]] as the Witch, [[Geraldine Turner]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Tony Sheldon (actor)|Tony Sheldon]] as the Baker, [[Philip Quast]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Pippa Grandison]] as Cinderella, [[Sharon Millerchip]] as Little Red Ridinghood, and D. J. Foster as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>Healey, Ken (and others). [http://capitan.tripod.com/Woods.html "Reviews, Sydney Theatre Company, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530213608/http://capitan.tripod.com/Woods.html |date=2012-05-30 }} The Sun-Herald, (and others) March 28, 1993</ref> [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] played from 17 January 1998 to 21 February 1998 at the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre. It starred [[Rhonda Burchmore]] as the Witch, [[John McTernan (actor)|John McTernan]] as the Baker, [[Gina Riley]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Lisa McCune]] as Cinderella, [[Robert Grubb]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Peter Carroll (actor)|Peter Carroll]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, and [[Tamsin Carroll]] as Little Red Ridinghood.<ref>Kemp, Peter. [http://www5.playbill.com/news/article/35190-Roger-Hodgman-Unveils-His-Final-Season-at-Melbourne-Theatre-Company Roger Hodgman Unveils His Final Season at Melbourne Theatre Company"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131162721/http://www5.playbill.com/news/article/35190-Roger-Hodgman-Unveils-His-Final-Season-at-Melbourne-Theatre-Company |date=2013-01-31 }}, Playbill, September 30, 1997</ref><ref>Burchmore, Rhonda and Howson, Frank. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oDB_it01ymMC&q=%22Into+the+Woods%22 ''Into the Woods''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419013645/https://books.google.com/books?id=oDB_it01ymMC&dq=Victorian+Arts+Centre+%22Rhonda+Burchmore%22+%22Into+the+Woods%22&q=%22Into+the+Woods%22#v=snippet&q=%22Into%20the%20Woods%22&f=false |date=2017-04-19 }} ''Legs 11'', New Holland Publishers (AU), 2010, {{ISBN|1742570119}}, (page numbers unknown)</ref> In 2000, there was a production starring [[Pat Harrington, Jr.]] as the Narrator, [[Brian d'Arcy James]] as the Baker, Leah Hocking as the Baker's Wife, Tracy Katz as Little Red, Liz McCartney as the Witch, and [[Patricia Ben Peterson]] as Cinderella at the [[Ordway Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref>[https://ovrtur.com/production/2897941/credits BDJ PBP Into the Woods cast]</ref><ref>[https://playbill.com/article/celebrate-into-the-woods-with-a-look-back-at-3-decades-of-the-beloved-show Look back at Into the Woods playbill]</ref>

In 2009, a production was done in [[Sacramento]], [[California]] by the [[Wells Fargo Pavilion]]. It starred [[Yvette Cason]] as the Witch, [[Jeffry Denman]] as the Baker, [[Vicki Lewis]] as his Wife, Tracy Katz reprising her role as Little Red Ridinghood from the first national tour, [[Jason Forbach]] as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, Gordon Goodman as Cinderella's Prince, Kim Huber as Cinderella, Matthew Wolpe as Jack, and Michael G. Hawkins as the Narrator/Mysterious Man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=July 29, 2009 |title=PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods, with Denman and Lewis, in Sacramento |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-into-the-woods-with-denman-and-lewis-in-sacramento-com-163156 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
 
The first professional Spanish language production, ''Dentro del Bosque'', was produced by University of Puerto Rico Repertory Theatre and premiered in San Juan at Teatro de la Universidad (University Theatre) on March 14, 2013. The cast included [[Víctor Santiago]] as the Baker, [[Ana Isabelle]] as the Baker's Wife and [[Lourdes Robles]] as the Witch.<ref>[http://www.vocero.com/sube-a-escena-musical-dentro-del-bosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412034321/http://www.vocero.com/sube-a-escena-musical-dentro-del-bosque|date=2013-04-12}} vocero.com</ref>

A 25th-anniversary co-production between Baltimore's [[Center Stage (theater)|Center Stage]] and [[Westport Country Playhouse]] directed by [[Mark Lamos]] was notable for casting original Little Red Ridinghood, [[Danielle Ferland]], as the Baker's Wife. The cast included [[Erik Liberman]] as the Baker, [[Lauren Kennedy]] as the Witch, [[Jeffry Denman]] as the Narrator, Nik Walker as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Dana Steingold as Little Red Ridinghood, Justin Scott Brown as Jack, Jenny Latimer as Cinderella, [[Cheryl Stern]] as Jack's Mother, Robert Lenzi as Rapunzel's Prince/Cinderella's Father, [[Alma Cuervo]] as Cinderella's Stepmother/Granny/Giant's Wife, Britney Coleman as Rapunzel/Cinderella's Mother, Nikka Lanzarone as Florinda, Eleni Delopoulos as Lucinda, and Jeremy Lawrence as the Mysterious Man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=2012-02-03 |title=Danielle Ferland, Lauren Kennedy and Erik Liberman Cast in Center Stage-Westport Into the Woods |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-and-erik-liberman-cast-in-center-stage-westport-into-the-woods-com-187097 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=Playbill |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=2012-03-07 |title=Into the Woods, With Danielle Ferland, Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman, Begins in Baltimore March 7 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-with-danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-erik-liberman-begins-in-baltimore-march-7-com-188167 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=Playbill |language=en}}</ref> The production received 2011–2012 [[Connecticut Critics Circle]] Awards for Best Production, Best Ensemble, and Steingold's Little Red Ridinghood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2012 |title=2012 CT Critics Circle Awards |url=https://ctcritics.org/2012/06/01/2012-ct-critics-circle-awards/ |website=Connecticut Critics Circle}}</ref>

In 2014, a production premiered in [[Paris, France]] at the Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet from April 1–12. It starred [[Nick Garrett (bass-baritone)|Nicholas Garrett]] as the Baker, [[Francesca Jackson]] as Little Red Ridinghood, Kimy McLaren as Cinderella, Christine Buffle as the Baker's Wife, Beverley Klein as the Witch, Pascal Charbonneau and [[Rebecca de Pont Davies]] as Jack and his Mother, Damian Thantrey as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, David Curry as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, [[Louise Alder]] as Rapunzel, and [[Fanny Ardant]] as the voice of the Giantess.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2014 |title=Casting Announced for Paris Premiere of Into the Woods |url=https://playbill.com/article/casting-announced-for-paris-premiere-of-into-the-woods-com-216483 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

The [[Roundabout Theatre]] production, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld, began performances [[Off-Broadway]] at the Laura Pels Theatre on December 19, 2014, in previews, officially on January 22, 2015, and closed on April 12, 2015.<ref>[http://playbill.com/news/article/188490-Fiasco-Theaters-Ten-Person-Into-the-Woods-Will-Venture-Off-Broadway-for-Roundabouts-2014-15-Season?tsrc=hpt2 "Fiasco Theater's Ten-Person 'Into the Woods' Will Venture Off-Broadway for Roundabout's 2014–15 Season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307011420/http://playbill.com/news/article/188490-Fiasco-Theaters-Ten-Person-Into-the-Woods-Will-Venture-Off-Broadway-for-Roundabouts-2014-15-Season?tsrc=hpt2 |date=2014-03-07 }} playbill.com, Retrieved March 6, 2014</ref><ref>[http://iobdb.com/Production/5840 ''Into the Woods''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202833/http://iobdb.com/Production/5840 |date=2019-12-04 }} Internet Off-Broadway database, accessed December 4, 2019</ref> Like the original Broadway production 28 years prior, this production had a try-out run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California from July 12, 2014 – August 17, 2014 with the opening night taking place on July 17.<ref>[http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/Into_the_Woods.html Into the Woods Press Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812202842/http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/Into_the_Woods.html |date=2014-08-12 }} theoldglobe.org, Retrieved August 11, 2014</ref> This new version is completely minimalistically reimagined by the Fiasco Theater Company, featuring only ten actors playing multiple parts, and one piano accompanist.<ref>Gioia, Michael. [http://playbill.com/news/article/a-new-path-re-imagined-ten-person-into-the-woods-begins-off-broadway-tonight-337661/print "A New Path! Re-Imagined, Ten-Person 'Into the Woods' Begins Off-Broadway Tonight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144419/http://playbill.com/news/article/a-new-path-re-imagined-ten-person-into-the-woods-begins-off-broadway-tonight-337661/print |date=2015-04-02 }} playbill.com, December 18, 2014</ref> A national tour of this production began on November 29, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Hetrick |date=July 28, 2016 |title=Into the Woods Reveals Initial National Tour Dates |url=https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-reveals-initial-national-tour-dates |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

The DreamCatcher Theatre production opened in January 2015 and played a sold-out run at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida. [[Tituss Burgess]] starred as the Witch, the first male actor to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Into the Woods'' – Adrienne Arsht Center |url=http://www.arshtcenter.org/Tickets/Calendar/2014-2015-Season/Theater-Up-Close/Into-the-Woods/# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201638/http://www.arshtcenter.org/Tickets/Calendar/2014-2015-Season/Theater-Up-Close/Into-the-Woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2017-10-05 |website=www.arshtcenter.org |language=en}}</ref> The cast also included [[Arielle Jacobs]] as the Baker's Wife, JJ Caruncho as the Baker, Justin John Moniz as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Wayne LeGette as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Annemarie Rosano as Cinderella, and Matthew Janisse as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=January 6, 2015 |title=Tituss Burgess Will Be The Witch in Miami Into the Woods; Sondheim Gives Blessing |url=https://playbill.com/article/tituss-burgess-will-be-the-witch-in-miami-into-the-woods-sondheim-gives-blessing-com-338577 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

The musical had a production at [[The Muny]] in [[Forest Park (St. Louis)|Forest Park]], [[St. Louis, Missouri]] running from July 21 through 28 2015. The cast included [[Heather Headley]] (Witch), [[Erin Dilly]] (Baker's Wife), [[Rob McClure]] (Baker), [[Ken Page]] (Narrator), [[Elena Shaddow]] (Cinderella), Andrew Samonsky (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), [[Samantha Massell]] (Rapunzel), and [[Michael McCormick (actor)|Michael McCormick]] (Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father).<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Watch-Highlights-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-The-Muny-Heather-Headley-Erin-Dilly-Rob-McClure-and-More-20150722# BWW TV: Watch Highlights of ''Into the Woodsw'' at The Muny – Heather Headley, Erin Dilly, Rob McClure and More!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801142223/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Watch-Highlights-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-The-Muny-Heather-Headley-Erin-Dilly-Rob-McClure-and-More-20150722 |date=2015-08-01 }} Broadway World, Retrieved July 29, 2015</ref>

The [[Hart House Theatre]] production in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] from January 15, 2016, to January 30, 2016, and February 9, 2023, to February 11, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods {{!}} Hart House |url=http://harthouse.ca/into-the-woods/  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201839/http://harthouse.ca/into-the-woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2017-10-05 |website=harthouse.ca |language=en}}</ref> A production ran at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] in [[Leeds]] in a collaboration with [[Opera North]] from 2 June 2016 to 25 June 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=''Into the Woods'' |publisher=West Yorkshire Playhouse |url=https://www.wyp.org.uk/events/into-the-woods/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005153900/https://www.wyp.org.uk/events/into-the-woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05}}</ref>

The Israeli premiere of the musical, אל תוך היער (El Toch Ha-ya-ar), opened in Tel Aviv in August 2016 for a limited run produced by The Tramp Productions and Stuff Like That,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-07-29 |title=הכירו את הצעיר שהקים לבד תיאטרון |work=mako |url=http://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/entertainment-q3_2016/Article-8a58f65f1d43651004.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044121/http://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/entertainment-q3_2016/Article-8a58f65f1d43651004.htm |archive-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> starring Roi Dolev as the Witch, the second male actor to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |title=First Hebrew Production of ''Into the Woods'' to Feature Male Witch, Female Narrator |work=[[BroadwayWorld]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/First-Hebrew-Production-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-to-Feature-Male-Witch-Female-Narrator-20160512 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232731/https://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/First-Hebrew-Production-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-to-Feature-Male-Witch-Female-Narrator-20160512 |archive-date=2017-10-11}}</ref>

In 2019, there was a production done at the [[Patchogue Theatre]] starring [[Constantine Maroulis]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Melissa Errico]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Ali Ewoldt]] as Cinderella, [[Alice Ripley]] as the Witch, [[Jim Stanek]] as the Baker, [[Alan Muraoka]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, and [[Darren Ritchie (actor)|Darren Ritchie]] as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis, Ali Ewoldt, More Cast in Long Island Into the Woods: In Concert &#124; Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/melissa-errico-constantine-maroulis-ali-ewoldt-more-cast-in-long-island-into-the-woods-in-concert}}</ref> Also in 2019, ''Into the Woods'' was done by the [[Barrington Stage Company]] in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]. It starred [[Mykal Kilgore]] as the Witch, [[Mara Davi]] as the Baker's Wife, Jonathan Raviv as the Baker, Pepe Nufrio as Rapunzel's Prince, Sarah Dacey Charles as Cinderella's Stepmother/Granny/Cinderella's Mother, Dorcas Leung as Little Red Ridinghood, Amanda Robles as Cinderella, Thom Sesma as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Clay Singer as Jack, Zoë Aarts as Lucinda, Megan Orticelli as Florinda, and Leslie Becker as the Giant's Wife/Jack's Mother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Marc J. |date=July 3, 2019 |title=A Look at Mykal Kilgore, Mara Davi, and More in Into the Woods |url=https://playbill.com/article/a-look-at-mykal-kilgore-mara-davi-and-more-in-into-the-woods |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>

A 2022 production staged at [[Arkansas Repertory Theatre]] featured the pre-recorded voice of former [[Secretary of State]] and one-time Presidential nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] as the Giant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP News |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Hillary Clinton to voice 'Into The Woods' role in Arkansas |url=https://apnews.com/article/hillary-clinton-into-the-woods-giant-7f613f3d61b716a2ede047f7fd1d9027 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=AP News}}</ref>

In 2023, a production was done by Open Stage Theatre Company in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A production by [[Belvoir St Theatre]] in Sydney, Australia ran in 2023, from 23 March to 30 April.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tongue |first=Cassie |date=2023-03-23 |title=Into The Woods review – Australian take on Sondheim masterpiece needs more time to soar |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/23/into-the-woods-review-australian-take-on-sondheim-masterpiece-needs-more-time-to-soar |access-date=2023-04-13 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Principal characters and casts==
The original principal casts of notable stage productions of ''Into the Woods.''

{| class="wikitable"
! width="10%" rowspan="2"| Role
! width="10%"| Broadway
! width="10%"| U.S. Tour
! width="10%"| West End
! width=10| Australia Premiere
! width="10%"| First Broadway Revival
! width="10%"| First London Revival
! Second London Revival
! width="10%"| Central Park<ref name=public/>
! width="10%"| Hollywood Bowl<ref name=holly/>
! width="10%"| Second Broadway Revival
! width="10%"| Second US Tour 
|-
! <small>1987</small>
! <small>1988</small>
! <small>1990</small>
! <small>1993</small>
! <small>2002</small>
! <small>2007</small>
! <small>2010</small>
! <small>2012</small>
! <small>2019</small>
! <small>2022</small>
! <small>2023</small>
|-
! The Witch
| align=center| [[Bernadette Peters]]
| align=center| [[Cleo Laine]]
| align=center| [[Julia McKenzie]]
| align=center|[[Judi Connelli]]
| align=center| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| align=center| Beverly Klein
| align=center| [[Hannah Waddingham]]
| align=center| [[Donna Murphy]]
| colspan=2 align="center" | [[Patina Miller]]
| align=center| [[Montego Glover]]
|-
! The Baker
| align=center| [[Chip Zien]]
| align=center| Ray Gill
| align=center| [[Ian Bartholomew]]
| align=center| [[Tony Sheldon (actor)|Tony Sheldon]]
| align=center| [[Stephen DeRosa]]
| align=center| [[Clive Rowe]]
| align=center| [[Mark Hadfield]]
| align=center| [[Denis O'Hare]]
| align=center| [[Skylar Astin]]
| align=center| [[Brian d'Arcy James]]
| align=center| [[Sebastian Arcelus]]
|-
! The Baker's Wife
| align=center|  [[Joanna Gleason]]
| align=center| [[Mary Gordon Murray]]
| align=center| [[Imelda Staunton]]
| align=center| [[Geraldine Turner]]
| align=center| [[Kerry O'Malley]]
| align=center| [[Anna Francolini]]
| align=center| [[Jenna Russell]]
| align=center| [[Amy Adams]]
| align=center| [[Sutton Foster]]
| align=center| [[Sara Bareilles]]
| align=center| [[Stephanie J. Block]]
|-
! [[Cinderella]]
| align=center| [[Kim Crosby (singer)|Kim Crosby]]
| align=center| [[Kathleen Rowe McAllen]]
| align=center| [[Jacqui Dankworth]]
| align=center| [[Pippa Grandison]]
| align=center| [[Laura Benanti]]
| align=center| Gillian Kirkpatrick
| align=center| [[Helen Dallimore]]
| align=center| [[Jessie Mueller]]
| align=center| [[Sierra Boggess]]
| align=center| [[Phillipa Soo]]
| align=center| Diane Phelan
|-
! [[Prince Charming|Cinderella's Prince]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Chuck Wagner]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Clive Carter]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Philip Quast]]
| align=center| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Nick Garrett (bass-baritone)|Nicholas Garrett]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Michael Xavier]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| Ivan Hernandez
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Cheyenne Jackson]]
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" align=center| [[Gavin Creel]]
|-
! [[The Big Bad Wolf]]
| align=center| [[Gregg Edelman]]<hr>[[Christopher Sieber]]
|-
! [[Little Red Ridinghood]]
| align=center| [[Danielle Ferland]]
| align=center| Tracy Katz
| align=center| Tessa Burbridge
| align=center| [[Sharon Millerchip]]
| align=center| [[Molly Ephraim]]
| align=center| [[Suzie Toase]]
| align=center| [[Beverly Rudd]]
| align=center| [[Sarah Stiles]]
| align=center| [[Shanice Williams]]
| align=center| [[Julia Lester]]
| align=center| Katy Geraghty
|-
! [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]]
| align=center| [[Ben Wright (American actor)|Ben Wright]]
| align=center| [[Robert Duncan McNeill]]
| align=center| [[Richard Dempsey]]
| align=center| Dean McRae
| align=center| [[Adam Wylie]]
| align=center| [[Peter Caulfield (actor)|Peter Caulfield]]
| align=center| Ben Stott
| align=center| [[Gideon Glick]]
| align=center| [[Gaten Matarazzo]]
| colspan=2 align=center| Cole Thompson
|-
! [[Narration|The Narrator]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Tom Aldredge]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Rex Robbins]]
| align=center| [[Nicholas Parsons]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Simon Chilvers]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[John McMartin]]
| align=center| [[Gary Waldhorn]]
| align=center| Eddie Manning
| align=center| Jack Broderick
| align=center| [[Edward Hibbert]]
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" align=center| [[David Patrick Kelly]]
|-
! The Mysterious Man
| align=center| [[John Rogan (actor)|John Rogan]]
| align=center| Martin Nelson
| align=center| [[Billy Boyle]]
| align=center| [[Chip Zien]]
| align=center| [[Anthony Crivello]]
|-
! [[Prince Charming|Rapunzel's Prince]]
| align=center| [[Chuck Wagner]]
| align=center| [[Douglas Sills]]
| align=center| Mark Tinkler
| align=center| D.J. Foster
| align=center| [[Christopher Sieber]]
| align=center| Nic Greenshields
| align=center| Simon Thomas
| align=center| Cooper Grodin
| align=center| [[Chris Carmack]]
| align=center| [[Joshua Henry]]
| align=center| [[Jason Forbach]]
|-
! [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]]'s Mother 
| align=center| [[Barbara Bryne]]
| align=center| [[Charlotte Rae]]
| align=center| [[Patsy Rowlands]]
| align=center| [[Melissa Jaffer]]
| align=center| [[Marylouise Burke]]
| align=center| [[Anne Reid]]
| align=center| Marilyn Cutts
| align=center| Kristine Zbornik
| align=center| [[Rebecca Spencer (singer)|Rebecca Spencer]]
| align=center| Aymee Garcia
| align=center| Rayanne Gonzales
|-
! [[Rapunzel]]
| align=center| [[Pamela Winslow]]
| align=center| Marguerite Lowell
| align=center| Mary Lincoln
| align=center| Leonie Cambage
| align=center| Melissa Dye
| align=center| Christina Haldane
| align=center| [[Alice Fearn]]
| align=center| Tess Soltau
| align=center| [[Hailey Kilgore]]
| colspan=2 align=center| Alysia Velez
|-
![[Cinderella]]'s Stepmother
| align=center| [[Joy Franz]]
| align=center| Jo Ann Cunningham
| align=center| [[Ann Howard (mezzo-soprano)|Ann Howard]]
| align=center| Deborah Wells
| align=center| [[Pamela Myers]]
| align=center| Elizabeth Brice
| align=center| Gaye Brown
| align=center| Ellen Harvey
| align=center| Edelyn Okano
| colspan=2 align=center| [[Nancy Opel]]
|-
!The Steward
| align=center| Philip Hoffman
| align=center| Marcus Olson
| align=center| Peter Ledbury
| align=center| John Simpson
| align=center| Trent Armand Kendall
| align=center| Byron Watson
| align=center| Mark Goldthorp
| align=center| Josh Lamon
| align=center| Daniel López
| align=center| David Turner
| align=center| [[Jim Stanek]]
|-
! The Giant's Wife
| align=center| [[Merle Louise]]
| align=center| Nora Mae Lyng
| align=center| [[Eunice Gayson]]<ref name="Sondheim Reference Guide">{{Cite web |title=1990 London Production Cast |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2009-01-17 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide |pages=Into the Woods}}</ref>
| align=center| Susanne Towers
| align=center| [[Judi Dench]]<br /><small>(Pre-recorded)</small>
| align=center| Linda Hibberd
| align=center| [[Judi Dench]]<br /><small>(Pre-recorded)</small>
| align=center| [[Glenn Close]]<br /><small>(Pre-recorded)</small><ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://playbill.com/news/article/168085-Glenn-Close-Will-Voice-Giant-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Parks-Into-the-Woods "Glenn Close Will Voice Giant for Shakespeare in the Park's ''Into the Woods''"], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719082659/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/168085-Glenn-Close-Will-Voice-Giant-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Parks-Into-the-Woods |date=2012-07-19 }} ''Playbill'', July 16, 2012</ref>
| align=center| [[Whoopi Goldberg]]<br /><small>(Pre-recorded)</small>
| align=center| [[Annie Golden]]
| align=center| Felicia Curry
|}

=== Notable replacements ===
==== Broadway (1987–89) ====
*'''The Witch:''' [[Nancy Dussault]], [[Betsy Joslyn]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Ellen Foley]], [[Joy Franz]] (u/s), [[Marin Mazzie]] (u/s), [[Suzzanne Douglas]] (u/s), [[Lauren Vélez]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella:''' [[Patricia Ben Peterson]], [[Pamela Winslow]] (u/s), [[Betsy Joslyn]] (u/s), [[Marin Mazzie]] (u/s), [[Cindy Robinson]] (u/s), [[Suzzanne Douglas]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella's Prince:''' [[Chuck Wagner]] (u/s), [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]] (u/s)
*'''The Wolf:''' [[Chuck Wagner]] (u/s), [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]] (u/s), [[Jonathan Dokuchitz]] (u/s)
*'''Little Red Ridinghood:''' [[Jean Kelly]] (u/s), [[Cindy Robinson]] (u/s)
*'''Jack:''' [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]], [[Jonathan Dokuchitz]] (u/s)
*'''The Narrator:''' [[Dick Cavett]], [[Edmund Lyndeck]] (s/b)
*'''The Mysterious Man:''' [[Edmund Lyndeck]]
*'''Rapunzel's Prince:''' [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]], [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]] (u/s), [[Jonathan Dokuchitz]] (u/s)
*'''Rapunzel:''' [[Marin Mazzie]], [[Jean Kelly]] (u/s), [[Cindy Robinson]] (u/s)
*'''The Steward:''' [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]] (u/s)

==== 1st US National Tour (1988-90) ====
*'''The Witch:''' [[Betsy Joslyn]]
*'''The Baker:''' [[Stuart Zagnit]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella:''' [[Patricia Ben Peterson]]
*'''Cinderella's Prince:''' [[Douglas Sills]] (u/s)
*'''The Narrator/The Mysterious Man:''' [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]], [[Stuart Zagnit]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella's Stepmother:''' [[Joy Franz]]
*'''The Steward:''' [[Stuart Zagnit]]

==== 1st Broadway Revival (2002) ====
*'''The Witch:''' [[Tracy Nicole Chapman]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella:''' [[Erin Dilly]], [[Kate Reinders]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf:''' [[Christopher Sieber]] (u/s)
*'''Little Red Ridinghood:''' [[Kate Reinders]] (u/s)
*'''Jack:''' [[Chad Kimball]] (u/s)
*'''The Narrator/The Mysterious Man:''' [[Dennis Kelly]] (u/s)
*'''The Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince:''' [[Chad Kimball]] (u/s)
*'''Jack's Mother:''' [[Pamela Myers]] (u/s), [[Joy Franz]] (u/s)
*'''Rapunzel:''' [[Kate Reinders]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella's Stepmother:''' [[Joy Franz]]

==== 2nd Broadway Revival (2022–23) ====
*'''The Witch:''' [[Montego Glover]], [[Joaquina Kalukango]]
*'''The Baker:''' [[Sebastian Arcelus]], [[Jason Forbach]] (u/s), [[Jim Stanek]] (u/s)
*'''The Baker's Wife:''' [[Stephanie J. Block]]
*'''Cinderella:''' [[Krysta Rodriguez]], [[Denée Benton]]
*'''Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf:''' [[Cheyenne Jackson]], [[Andy Karl]], [[Jason Forbach]] (u/s)
*'''The Narrator/The Mysterious Man:''' [[Paul Kreppel]] (u/s), [[Jason Forbach]] (u/s)
*'''Rapunzel's Prince:''' [[Andy Karl]], [[Jason Forbach]] (u/s)
*'''Jack's Mother:''' [[Ann Harada]]
*'''The Steward:''' [[Jim Stanek]], [[Paul Kreppel]] (u/s)

==== Ten City Engagement (2023) ====
*'''The Baker:''' [[Jason Forbach]], [[Jim Stanek]] (u/s)
*'''Cinderella:''' [[Krysta Rodriguez]]
*'''The Narrator/The Mysterious Man:''' [[Paul Kreppel]] (s/b), [[Jim Stanek]] (u/s)
*'''Rapunzel's Prince:''' [[Andy Karl]]
*'''The Steward:''' [[Paul Kreppel]] (u/s)

==Adaptations==

===Junior version===
The musical has been adapted into a child-friendly version for use by schools and young companies, with the second act completely removed, as well as almost half the material from the first. The show is shortened from the original two and a half hours to fit in a 50-minute range, and the music transposed into keys that more easily fit young voices. It is licensed through Music Theatre International Broadway Junior musicals.The plot differences from the original with the story ending on a "happy ending"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods Junior |url=http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?ID=000189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419163841/http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000189 |archive-date=2007-04-19 |access-date=2007-03-22 |website=www.mtishows.com |publisher=[[Music Theatre International]]}}</ref>

In 2019, a similar adaptation, ''Into the Woods Sr.'', adapted for performance by senior citizens in community centers and nursing homes, premiered. It is available under license.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Nancy |date=July 5, 2019 |title=Into Their 60s and 'Into the Woods' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/theater/into-the-woods-senior.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Ruthie Ann Miles, Donald Webber Jr., Phillip Boykin, Judy Kuhn, Todd Almond Sing Into the Woods' 'No More' &#124; Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/watch-ruthie-ann-miles-donald-webber-jr-phillip-boykin-judy-kuhn-todd-almond-sing-into-the-woods-no-more}}</ref>

===Film===
{{main|Into the Woods (film)}}

A [[Into the Woods (film)|theatrical film adaptation of the musical]] was produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], directed by [[Rob Marshall]], and starring [[Meryl Streep]] as the Witch, [[Emily Blunt]] as the Baker's Wife, [[James Corden]] as the Baker, [[Anna Kendrick]] as Cinderella, [[Chris Pine]] as Cinderella's Prince, [[Daniel Huttlestone]] as Jack, [[Lilla Crawford]] as Little Red Ridinghood, [[Tracey Ullman]] as Jack's Mother, [[Billy Magnussen]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Christine Baranski]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, [[MacKenzie Mauzy]] as Rapunzel, [[Tammy Blanchard]] as Florinda, and [[Johnny Depp]] as the Wolf.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=David |date=5 September 2013 |title=Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall will revive their revival of 'Cabaret' |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-sam-mendes-rob-marshall-cabaret-20130905,0,7675194.story |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905234827/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-sam-mendes-rob-marshall-cabaret-20130905,0,7675194.story |archive-date=5 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cerasoro |first=Pat |date=7 August 2013 |title=''Into the Woods'' Rehearsals Begin! Complete Confirmed Cast, With Stars Already Tweeting Pics & More |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Rehearsals-Begin-Complete-Confirmed-Cast-Stars-Already-Tweeting-Pics-More-20130807 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825074122/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Rehearsals-Begin-Complete-Confirmed-Cast-Stars-Already-Tweeting-Pics-More-20130807 |archive-date=25 August 2013 |access-date=5 September 2013 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> The film was released on December 25, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schillaci |first1=Sophie |last2=Pamela McClintock |date=13 June 2013 |title=Disney Dates Musical 'Into the Woods' Opposite 'Annie' in December 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-dates-musical-woods-opposite-568528 |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055135/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-dates-musical-woods-opposite-568528 |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> It was a critical and commercial hit, grossing over $213 million worldwide. For her performance as the Witch, Streep was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]].<ref name="Oscars">{{Cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=January 15, 2015 |title=Oscars 2015: Full list of nominations |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/15/oscars-2015-nominations/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115214139/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/15/oscars-2015-nominations/ |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> The film also received Academy Award nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].<ref name="Oscars" />

==Analysis of book and music==
In most productions of ''Into the Woods'', including the original Broadway production, several parts are doubled. Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf, who both cannot control their appetites, are usually played by the same actor. Similarly, so are the Narrator and the Mysterious Man, who both comment on the story while avoiding any personal involvement or responsibility. Granny and Cinderella's Mother, both matriarchal characters, are also typically played by the same person, who also gives voice to the nurturing but later murderous Giant's Wife.

The show covers multiple themes: growing up, parents and children, accepting responsibility, morality, and finally, wish fulfillment and its consequences.<ref>Flatow, Sheryl. Liner Notes, ''Into the Woods'' CD, 1988, RCA Victor 6796-2-RC</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]''<nowiki/>'s reviewers wrote that the play's "basic insight... is at heart, most fairy tales are about the loving yet embattled relationship between parents and children. Almost everything that goes wrong—which is to say, almost everything that can—arises from a failure of parental or filial duty, despite the best intentions."<ref>Henry, William A. and Bland, Elizabeth A. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965986,00.html "Theater: Some Enchanted Evening 'Into the Woods'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729002813/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965986,00.html |date=2012-07-29 }}. ''Time Magazine'' (abstract, subscription required), November 16, 1987.<!--cannot verify this quote, the link is to abstract only--></ref> [[Stephen Holden]] wrote that the show's themes include parent-child relationships and the individual's responsibility to the community. The witch isn't just a scowling old hag, but a key symbol of moral ambivalence. Lapine said that the most unpleasant person (the Witch) would have the truest things to say and the "nicer" people would be less honest.<ref>[[Stephen Holden|Holden, Stephen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-tale.html "A Fairy-Tale Musical Grows Up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040941/http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-tale.html |date=2016-03-05 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 1, 1987</ref> In the Witch's words: "I'm not good; I'm not nice; I'm just right."

Given the show's debut during the 1980s, the height of the [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|U.S. AIDS crisis]], the work has been interpreted as a parable about [[AIDS]].<ref name="newyorker">{{Cite magazine |last=Schulman |first=Michael |date=December 24, 2014 |title=Why "Into the Woods" Matters |url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-into-the-woods-matters |url-status=live |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104411/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-into-the-woods-matters |archive-date=January 18, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{Cite magazine |last=Stevens |first=Dana |date=December 24, 2014 |title=Into the Woods |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/12/into_the_woods_starring_meryl_streep_and_emily_blunt_reviewed.html |url-status=live |magazine=Slate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121071131/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/12/into_the_woods_starring_meryl_streep_and_emily_blunt_reviewed.html |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> In this interpretation, the Giant's Wife is a metaphor for HIV/AIDS, killing good and bad characters indiscriminately and forcing survivors to band together to stop the threat and move on from the devastation, reflecting the devastation AIDS wrought on many communities.<ref name="slate" /><ref name="suffolk">{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2010 |title=Sondheim's Into the Woods Comes to Suffolk |publisher=Suffolk.edu |url=http://www2.suffolk.edu/41412.html  |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104717/http://www2.suffolk.edu/41412.html |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="TPM">{{Cite news |last=Bloom |first=Ester |date=January 2, 2015 |title=Before ''Into the Woods'' Was a Disney Movie, It Was an AIDS Parable |publisher=Talking Points Memo |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/into-the-woods-disney-aids-parable |url-status=live |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085845/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/into-the-woods-disney-aids-parable |archive-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="FCNP">{{Cite news |last=Benton |first=Nicholas F. |date=January 7, 2015 |title='Into the Woods' is An AIDS Parable |publisher=Falls Church News-Press |url=http://fcnp.com/2015/01/07/into-the-woods-is-an-aids-parable/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104545/http://fcnp.com/2015/01/07/into-the-woods-is-an-aids-parable/ |archive-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> When asked about the connection, Sondheim acknowledged that initial audiences interpreted it as an AIDS metaphor, but said that the work was not intended to be specific.<ref name="slate" />

The score is also notable in Sondheim's output because of its intricate reworking and development of small musical [[Leitmotif|motifs]]. In particular, the opening words, "I wish", are set to the interval of a rising major second and this small unit is both repeated and developed throughout the show, just as Lapine's book explores the consequences of self-interest and "wishing". The dialogue is characterized by the heavy use of [[Syncopation|syncopated]] speech. In many instances, the characters' lines are delivered with a fixed beat that follows natural speech rhythms, but is also purposely composed in eighth, sixteenth, and quarter note rhythms as part of a spoken song. Like many Sondheim/Lapine productions, the songs contain thought-process narrative, where characters converse or think aloud.

Sondheim drew on parts of his troubled childhood when writing the show. In 1987, he told ''Time Magazine'' that the "father uncomfortable with babies [was] his father, and [the] mother who regrets having had children [was] his mother."<ref name="master">{{Cite magazine |last1=Henry |first1=William A III |last2=Bland |first2=Elizabeth L. |date=December 7, 1987 |title=Master of the Musical (subscription required, abstract) |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966141,00.html  |magazine=Time Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930120011/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966141,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> <!--cannot verify this quote, the link is to abstract only-->

==Awards and nominations==

===Original Broadway production===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="23" align="center"| 1988
| rowspan="10"| [[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| [[James Lapine]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Joanna Gleason]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| [[Lar Lubovitch]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| [[Tony Straiges]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="13"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Outstanding Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music|Outstanding Music]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics|Outstanding Lyrics]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical|Outstanding Book of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| [[James Lapine]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Bernadette Peters]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Joanna Gleason]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Danielle Ferland]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| [[Tony Straiges]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design|Outstanding Lighting Design]]
| [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations|Outstanding Orchestrations]]
| [[Jonathan Tunick]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===Original London production===
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! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"| 1991
| rowspan="7"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical|Best New Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical|Best Director of a Musical]]
| [[Richard Jones (director)|Richard Jones]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Ian Bartholomew]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Imelda Staunton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Julia McKenzie]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Clive Carter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Sue Blane]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1999 London revival===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
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! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1999
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award|Outstanding Musical Production]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Sophie Thompson]]
| {{won}}
|}

===2002 Broadway revival===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="19" align="center"| 2002
| rowspan="10"| [[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[John McMartin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Laura Benanti]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[James Lapine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| [[John Carrafa]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| Douglas W. Schmidt
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Susan Hilferty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Brian MacDevitt]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Laura Benanti]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| Kerry O'Malley
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[James Lapine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| Douglas W. Schmidt
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Susan Hilferty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design|Outstanding Sound Design]]
| [[Dan Moses Schreier]]
| {{won}}
|}

===2010 London revival===
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2011
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Michael Xavier]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2012 New York revival===
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| align="center"| 2013
| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Donna Murphy]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2014 Australian production===
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2015
| rowspan="2"| [[Helpmann Award]]
| [[Helpmann Awards|Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Lucy Maunder]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Helpmann Awards|Best Direction of a Musical]]
|[[Stuart Maunder]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2015 Off-Broadway production===
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2015
| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama League Award]]
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
| {{nom}}
|}

===2022 Broadway revival===
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| rowspan="38" align="center"| 2023
|rowspan=6|[[Tony Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Rachel |last2=Cohn |first2=Gabe |date=2023-05-02 |title=Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/theater/tony-award-nominees-list.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|colspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
|Lear deBessonet
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Leading Actor in a Musical]]
|[[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Leading Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical|Best Sound Design of a Musical]]
|Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|rowspan=7| [[Drama Desk Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022-2023 Drama Desk Awards nominations announced |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2023/04/27/2023-drama-desk-award-nominations |website=www.ny1.com}}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
|[[Phillipa Soo]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design|Outstanding Puppet Design]]
|James Ortiz and Kennedy Kanagawa
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical|Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical]]
|Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Drama League Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=April 25, 2023 |title=See the Full List of 2023 Drama League Award Nominations |url=https://playbill.com/article/see-the-full-list-of-2023-drama-league-award-nominations |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Distinguished Performance Award
| [[Sara Bareilles]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Patina Miller]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Outstanding Revival of Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical
| Lear DeBessonet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award]]<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Wins-GRAMMY-Award-for-Best-Musical-Theater-Album-20230205 "INTO THE WOODS Wins GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album"] broadwayworld.com, February 5, 2023</ref>
| colspan="2"|[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=April 26, 2023 |title=''New York, New York, Some Like It Hot'' Lead 2023 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations |url=https://playbill.com/article/new-york-new-york-some-like-it-hot-lead-2023-outer-critics-circle-award-nominations |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"|Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=17|Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Broadway.com |date=May 9, 2023 |title=Into the Woods Leads 2023 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Nominations; Final Voting Now Open |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203212/into-the-woods-leads-2023-broadwaycom-audience-choice-awards-nominations-final-voting-now-open/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=Broadway.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203236/into-the-woods-tops-broadwaycom-audience-choice-award-winners/ "Into the Woods Tops Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners"] broadway.com, May 24, 2023</ref>
|colspan=2|Favorite Musical Revival
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Performance Of The Year
|rowspan=2|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Leading Actress In A Musical
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Patina Miller]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Diva Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Leading Actor In A Musical
|[[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Featured Actor In A Musical
|rowspan=2|[[Gavin Creel]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Funny Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
|rowspan=2|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Featured Actress In A Musical
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Phillipa Soo]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Onstage Pair
|[[Gavin Creel]] and [[Joshua Henry]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Sara Bareilles]] and [[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Replacement (Female)
|[[Stephanie J. Block]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|Favorite Replacement (Male)
|[[Sebastian Arcelus]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Cheyenne Jackson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Andy Karl]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

===2023 US National tour===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
|rowspan=2|2023
|rowspan=2|[[Elliot Norton Awards]]
|colspan=2|Outstanding Visiting Musical
|{{Won}}
|-
|Outstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical
|[[Gavin Creel]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|2024
|[[Helen Hayes Award]]
|Outstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical
|[[Stephanie J. Block]]
|{{pending}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{ibdb show|4753|title=Into the Woods}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030655/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show ''Into the Woods'' 2012 lortel.org]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213033849/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=6391 ''Into the Woods'' 2015 lortel.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223183546/http://theatre-musical.com/intothewoods/libretto.html Libretto for Into the Woods]
* [http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html ''Into the Woods'' on The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide]
* [http://sondheim.com/features/talbott.html Illustrated Book of ''Into the Woods'' article], Sondheim.com (2004)
* [http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000106 ''Into the Woods''] at the Music Theatre International website
* [http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000189 ''Into the Woods JR.''] at the Music Theatre International website
* [http://www.ovrtur.com/show/119941 "Profile: Into the Woods"], ''Ovrtur: International Database of Musicals''

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