Into the Woods on Tour
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters’ performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason’s portrayal of the Baker’s Wife brought acclaim to the production during its original Broadway run. Into the Woods won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera. The musical has been produced many times, with a 1988 national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1991 television production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival and a 2010 London revival. It was later loosely adapted into the hip-hop dance musical, Into the Hoods.
The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them further to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella, tied together by a more original story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, most likely taken from the original story of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. It also includes references to several other well-known tales.
Tour Dates
Washington – December 6, 2016 – January 8, 2017 – John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Cleveland – January 10 – 29, 2017 – PlayhouseSquare
Hershey – January 31 – February 1, 2017 – Hershey Theatre
SUNY Purchase – February 2 – 3, 2017 – The Performing Arts Center – Purchase College
Schenectady, NY – Feb 4, 2017 – Proctors
Morristown, NJ – Feb 5, 2017 – Mayo Performing Arts Center
Bloomington, IN – Feb 7 – 8, 2017 – Indiana University Auditorium
Danville, KY – Feb 9, 2017 – Norton Center for the Arts
Charlotte, NC – Feb 10 – 12, 2017 – Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Sioux Falls, SD – Feb 14 – 15, 2017 – Washington Pavilion
Lincoln, NE – Feb 16 – 17, 2017 – Lied Center
St. Louis, MO – Feb 19, 2017 – Peabody Opera House
Orange, TX – Feb 21 – 22, 2017 – Lutcher Theater
San Antonio, TX – Feb 23, 2017 – Tobin Performing Arts Center
San Francisco, CA – Mar 7 – Apr 2, 2017 – Golden Gate
Los Angeles, CA – Apr 4 – May 14, 2017 – Ahmanson Theatre
Dallas, TX – May 16, 2017 – AT&T Performing Arts Center
Cast
Eleasha Gamble – Baker’s Wife
Anthony Chatmon II – Lucinda, Wolf, Cinderella’s Prince
Fred Rose – Mysterious Man
Darick Pead – Rapunzel’s Prince, Florinda, Milky White
Bonne Kramer – Cinderella’s Stepmother, Jack’s Mother
Laurrie Veldheer – Cinderella, Granny
Vanessa Reseland – The Witch
Philippe Arroyo – Jack, Steward
Evan Harrington – Baker
Lisa Helmi Johanson – Little red Ridinghood, Rapunzel
Joshua Archer – Ensemble
Evan Rees – Pianist
Kate Moore – us Witch, us Baker’s, us Cinderella
Javier Ignacio – us Baker, us Mysterious
Alanna Saunders – Ensemble
Sean Peter Forte – us Pianist
