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...through May 1. In Stephen Sondheim’s retelling of several classic fairy tales, Jack (of ‘Beanstalk’ fame), Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Cinderella all find themselves wandering in the same dark woods. Tying these various stories together is that of the Baker and his Wife, who search for the four items that will lift a curse that has been cast on them: “The cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold...
...Into the Woods” is necessarily an ensemble effort and, impressively, there is not a single weak link in this production. Samuel R. Schoenberg ’13 and Christine K. L. Bendorf ’10 are paired well as the Baker and his Wife, and the subtle evolution of their relationship over the course of the play forms a solid center for the many intertwining stories. A Sondheim veteran, Bendorf (who also acted as Johanna in 2008’s Mainstage production of Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd”) creates a character...
...Witch, whose curse the Baker and his Wife are trying to undo, undergoes a more dramatic physical and emotional transformation. Her role is also perhaps the most vocally taxing, a responsibility which Megan L. Amram ’10 pulls off with ease. Amram is by turns menacing, sympathetic, and hysterical as she belts, croons, and chants her way through the woods...
...princesses, similarly, are not the naïve damsels in distress familiar from Disney home movies. Cinderella, played by Samara R. Oster ’13, ultimately convinces the Baker to look beyond the woods and his insecurities, in a scene that speaks to her strength of character. And although this Cinderella can communicate with birds—and sings just as sweetly—her talent at one point draws a disbelieving quip from the precocious, ferocious, and hilarious Little Red Riding Hood (Maya S. Sugarman...
...world in which every fairy tale collides. Cinderella wants to go to the ball, Jack has to sell his cow for magic beans, Little Red Riding Hood brings food to her grandmother’s, Rapunzel is stuck in her tower, hoping for a prince. There is also a baker and his wife, both of whom have a curse put upon them for transgressions long...