Into the Woods

    • Opened on Broadway in 1987
    • Winner of 3 1987 Tony Awards
    • Original cast included actress Bernadette Peters as the character the Witch
    • 21 musical numbers
    • Television movie directed by James Lapine
    • Nominated by the Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
    • Role as the Witch was played by singer Vanessa Williams in a 2002 revival
  • Into the Woods is a Stephen Sondheim musical inspired by Bruno Bettelheim's 1976 book The Uses of Enchantment. It debuted in San Diego in 1986 and made its Broadway debut the following year. The musical incorporates several of the plots and characters from well-known Brothers Grimm fairy tales including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel.
  • 1987 Broadway Cast

    1. Bernadette Peters as Witch
    2. Tom Aldredge as Narrator
    3. Kim Crosby as Cinderella
    4. Chip Zien as Baker
    5. Joanna Gleason as Baker's Wife
    6. Ben Wright as Mother
    7. Barbara Bryne as Jack's Mother
    8. Danielle Ferland as Little Red Riding Hood
    9. Jean Louisa Kelly as Snow White
    10. Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty
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