Into the Woods

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Be careful what you wish for ….

Into the Woods is a 1987 multiple-award winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood”Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, “Cinderella”, and several others. The story is about a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey. The story has an unexpected twist at the end.

Into the Woods debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway in 1987, where it won three major Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress, in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera.

This production boasts a formidable cast, with Joel Parnis as the baker, Rachel Fabri as the baker’s wife, Thomas Camilleri and Ryan Grech as the Princes, Gianluca Cilia as Jack, Nadia Vella as Cinderella, Dorothy Bezzina as the witch, and Stephen Oliver as the narrator, amongst others. Direction is in the hands of Lucienne Camilleri and Ryal Paul Abela is Musical Director. The production is designed by Matthew Cassar.