Biography stephen sondheim into the woods review
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Review: INTO THE WOODS by Mary Moody Northen Theatre
by Vanessa Hoang Hughes
What goes down when unlikely stories intertwine? Can witches be right, and giants be good? Into the Woods by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim weaves numerous characters from different fairy tales into a single intertwining story. Wish fulfillment unravels in a whirlpool of chaos and confusion. The story depicts life, love, and loss with unlikely scenarios and Sondheim’s enchanting music. Even when dreams come true, not everything is as it seems; even when things go south, you can find the light.
In sixth grade, I played the Narrator in my school’s Into the Woods, Jr. It was one of the most shaping experiences I’ve ever had. From it I learned so much about myself and the way I understand the world. That experience gave me an insider’s perspective when watching this production. Several others in the audience were also alumni of Into the Woods. For us, the Mary Moody Northen theater at St. Edward’s University was filled with nostalgia and a special excitement.
As soon as I stepped into the arena-style theater, I was thrilled by the detail and creativity of the set Donna Coughlin had so meticulously designed. Creating a story worl
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Review: Into the Woods
The challenge of adapting any stage musical to film is a significant one. This is obviously true for a well-known hit such as Les Miserables¸ but even a relative rarity such as Into The Woods – a Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine creation from the 80s – comes with its own set of challenges: not least how to attract a cinema audience that would mostly never choose to go to see an off-Broadway deconstruction of the idea of fairy tales.
Into The Woods, however, should manage to please the fans and the uninitiated alike. It’s admittedly not the simplest concept a musical has ever had: mix half a dozen different fairy tales together, stir them around and then destroy their assorted happy endings for the sake of pointing out that real life is much messier and more difficult than any of us would like to believe. This descent into the gloom of reality is made palatable through the inclusion of much ridiculous and self-referential humour: an early example comes when Little Red Riding Hood, skipping off into the eponymous woods to see Granny, blithely observes that “for all that I know, she’s already dead!”
The credit for balancing this absurdity against the darker side of fairy tales goes mainly to the truly excellent cast, who can switch from one to the oth