Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine’s contemporary classic about timeless storybook characters whose wishes come true, for better or worse. In Into the Woods, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece… and a rare modern classic. The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching. One of Sondheim’s most popular works, Into the Woods is musically sophisticated, while remaining a hilarious dark comedy with poignant lessons about making our dreams come true. Come get lost in the wondrous, enchanting, spellbinding, world of Sondheim’s Into the Woodsand leave humming your favorite songs!
The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.
Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist, considered the greatest writer of musical theatre of the late twentieth century. His most popular works include West Side Story, Gypsy, Company. Merrily We Roll Along, Follies and Sweeney Todd. He won eight Tonys, eight Grammys, six Oliviers, an Oscar, a Pulitzer Prize, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
James Lapine is a leading American theatrical director, librettist and playwright. Among Lapine’s most notable works is Sunday in the Park with George, which he produced in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim. It won two Tony Awards, numerous Drama Desk Awards and the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lapine and Sondheim collaborated again to create the musical play Into the Woods (1987), which proved to be the pair’s most successful collaboration, earning the Best Book and Best Score Tony Awards. As a follow-up, Lapine and Sondheim produced Passion (1994), a full-length intermission-less musical show about the many faces of love which also won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Ocean City Theatre Company’s production of Into The Woods is under the direction of Hannah Breed with music direction by Brinley Edwards.
