Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim

Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim

Into the Woods brings to musical life Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel and other well-known fairy-tale characters. Interwoven with these classic tales is the story of the baker and his wife, whose longing for a child is thwarted by the mischievous witch who lives next door. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine have fashioned a modern musical classic which has been performed countless times all over the world since its Tony Award-winning debut in 1987. Sondheim's songs, seamlessly melded into Lapine's text, are perfect expressions of character and action, which reflect the complications of living in modern society and the difficult choices we encounter on the paths of our lives. Into the Woods is now brought vividly to life for the first time on screen by director Rob Marshall, the filmmaker behind the Academy Award-winning musical Chicago.

James Lapine is a filmmaker, dramatist, screenwriter, and librettist who has worked on a wide range of projects. He has three Tony Award nominations for Best Book of a Musical (Passion, Falsettos, and Into the Woods), as well as nine Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk Awards, a Pulitzer Prize in Drama, and a Peabody Award. He has also received the Abbott Award for lifetime accomplishment in theater and has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.