Synopsis
Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods weaves together many famous fairy tales in an allegorical story of family, love, growing up and the hazy areas between right and wrong. This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air theatre and was directed by Timothy Sheader. Into the Woods takes the stories of the Brothers Grimm and gives them a dark and humorous twist. The popular tales of Red Ridinghood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Cinderella and Rapunzel are interwoven with that of the Baker and his Wife and their quest to have a child. However this re-telling goes beyond "happily ever after" as the familiar characters find themselves in unfamiliar circumstances and hopes and dreams are questioned and revisited.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Eddie ManningThe Narrator
- Helen DallimoreCinderella
- Ben StottJack
- Mark HadfieldBaker
- Jenna RussellBaker's Wife
- Gaye BrownCinderella's Stepmother
- Amy Ellen RichardsonFlorinda
- Amy GriffithsLucinda
- Marilyn CuttsJack's Mother
- Beverly RuddLittle Red Ridinghood
Recommendations
Be the first to write about Into the Woods.
