Open Site - Arts: Performing Arts: Theatre: Musicals: Into the Woods

Top: Arts: Performing Arts: Theatre: Musicals: Into the Woods

Pages

Licensing

[ history ]

Description

Into the Woods tells the story of a baker and his wife who learn they are been cursed with childlessness by the next-door witch. They go out on a quest for the items need to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from famous fairy tale characters such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk. All of the characters' wishes are granted by the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions haunt them later in Act Two.

[ history ]

Requirements

Cast Size: 11-20 roles
Principal Roles: 6 Men & 1 Woman
Set Requirements: A set that looks like its in the woods. Also, an optional prop is a fake cow that can "die".

[ history ]

Musical Numbers

Act One
Into the Woods - Company
Hello, Little Girl - Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood
I Guess This Is Goodbye - Jack
Maybe They're Magic - Baker's Wife
I Know Things Now - Little Red Ridinghood
A Very Nice Prince - Cindrella, Baker's Wife
Giants in the Sky - Jack
Agony - Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince
It Takes Two - Baker, Baker's Wife
Stay with Me - Witch
On the Steps of the Palace - Cinderella
Ever After - Narrator, Company

Act Two
So Happy - Company
Agony - Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince
Lament - Witch
Any Moment - Cinderella's Prince, Baker's Wife
Moments in the Woods - Baker's Wife
Your Fault - Jack, Baker, Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood
Last Midnight - Witch
No More - Baker, Mysterious Man
No One Is Alone - Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack
Children Will Listen - Wich, Company