Into The Woods
About
Venture back Into The Woods as Roundabout Theatre Company presents the acclaimed McCarter Theatre Center and Fiasco Theater production of the Tony Award-winning musical classic by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. With only 10 actors, one piano and boundless imagination, this witty and wildly theatrical re-invention is Into The Woods like you’ve never seen it before!
Including dazzling songs like “Children Will Listen” and “No One Is Alone," this stripped-down, thrillingly clever new version made Ben Brantley of The New York Times fall "head over heels.” Mind the wolf, heed the witch and honor the giant in the sky at this extraordinary musical about the power of wishes and what really happens after they come true.
Original Cast
Into the Woods Original Cast clockwise from left:Claire Karpen, Noah Brody, Jennifer Mudge, Liz Hayes, Ben Seinfeld, Jessie Austrian, Paul L Coffey, Andy Grotelueschen, Patrick Mulryan, Emily Young, Matt Castle.
Fiasco Theater
Fiasco Theater is an ensemble theater company created by graduates of the Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. acting program. Past shows include Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, and Into the Woods. Cymbeline was presented Off-Broadway twice, for nearly 200 performances, and was honored with the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for best revival of 2011/2012. On February 28th they will premiere their current production, Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, at the New Victory Theatre through March 16th. This spring they will present a new production of Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. This summer their critically acclaimed production of Into the Woods will be presented at the Old Globe in San Diego before its New York run at Roundabout. Fiasco has been in residence with the Sundance Theatre Lab, NYU-Gallatin, Duke University, Marquette University, and LSU. Their work has been developed at the Orchard Project and the Shakespeare Society, and they have led master classes at Brown University and NYU. Since 2008, Fiasco has annually offered the Free Training Initiative—a conservatory-level classical acting intensive for professional actors, completely free of charge to students. www.fiascotheater.com
Creative Team
Stephen Sondheim, Music and Lyrics
James Lapine, Book
Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld, Director
Lisa Shriver, Choreographer
Derek McLane, Set Design
Christopher Ackerlind, Lighting Design
Daron L West, Sound Design
Mara Isaacs, Artistic Advisor
Frank Galeano & Matt Castle, Orchestrations
Michael Pearlman, Associate Director
Production History
The Fiasco Theater production of Into the Woods was originally produced by McCarter Theatre Center in 2013. The production was subsequently presented by The Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the summer of 2014.
In 2015, Roundabout Theatre Company in association with The McCarter Theatre Center presented the Fiasco Theater production of Into the Woods. The highly acclaimed production played to sold-out houses and received the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Revival.
Into the Woods to played London's Menier Chocolate Factory, July 1 - September 17, 2016
A US Tour was produced in the 2016-17 season by Dodgers and NetWorks.
What People Are Saying
"Truly enchanting! These are the woods that you want to get lost in, a place you'll find buried treasures that you didn't even know existed."
— Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"Gorgeous, Into the Woods not only features a giant but IS ONE."
— Jesse Green, New York Magazine
"Inspired. By far the most emotionally powerful production of Into the Woods I've seen. I don't expect the theater season will offer many better experiences."