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Into the Woods tells the fairy tale of a Baker and his Wife who must go on a scavenger hunt to appease the witch next door. Along the way they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack of beanstalk fame, to name just a few. The title of the musical refers to the journey that each of these characters must make in order to fulfill their dreams. In the Act One finale they declare themselves "happy now and happy then, happy ever after," but the second act finds each of them just a little discontent. Their second trip "into...
Christine Kienzle as the Witch also deserves acclaim. She is delightfully malicious in the first act and Kienzle does not make the mistake of letting the Witch get any nicer after her physical transformation. Kienzle is perhaps at her best when she is blithely running down the crimes of the Baker's father: "I'll tell you the same I tell Kings and Queens--never never ever mess around with my greens--especially the beans...
DONENE M. WILLIAMS--Harvard Union ofClerical and Technical Workers president wouldbring a little spunk to the labor department. Avoice for the working people. Chants from thebeltway like "Darkness, darkness, crescent moon,we need to have a contract soon" would reallystick it to Corporate America. Most recently seenparading in a witch costume outside PresidentRudenstine's house...
Union President Donene M. Williams, sporting a pointed witch's hat, stood next to an oblong cardboard box painted with flames...
CRITICS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRAtion call the affair "Iraqgate." The Administration's defenders call it a "witch hunt." Others call it a confusing mess. But whatever the term, the overeager attempts by the Reagan and Bush administrations to make friends with Iraq in the years before the Persian Gulf War -- and later attempts to contain the political damage of that failed policy -- have become yet another problem for George Bush as he struggles against increasingly heavy odds to win a second term...