Into the Woods

Broadhurst Theatre

Previews Began: April 13, 2002

Opening Night: April 30, 2002

Closing Night: December 29, 2002

Music: Stephen Sondheim

Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

Book: James Lapine

The Narrator introduces the cast of characters, each with a wish: the Baker and Baker’s wife long for a child but cannot conceive, Jack desperately wishes his cow Milky White would once again provide milk so he wouldn’t have to sell her, and Cinderella dreams of attending the king’s ball and someday being free of her cruel stepmother and step-sisters. When all their tales, and the tales of other fairy tale characters, lead to the woods and become intertwined, dreams come true and wishes are granted. Their happiness has consequences, though, and the characters are forced to band together to save their world from destruction.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONE

Prologue: Into the Woods………………………Company
Hello, Little Girl………..Wolves, Little Red Riding Hood
I Guess This Is Goodbye……………………………….Jack
Maybe They’re Magic………………………..Baker’s Wife
I Know Things Now………………Little Red Riding Hood
A Very Nice Prince……………..Cinderella, 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

Prologue: So Happy……………………………..Company
Agony (Reprise)………………………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 Riding Hood
Last Midnight………………………………………..Witch
No More…………………………..Baker, Mysterious Man
No One Is Alone…………………Baker, Jack, Cinderella,
Little Red Riding Hood
Finale: Children Will Listen…………….Witch, Company

CAST

OPENING NIGHT

John McMartin Narrator
Mysterious Man
Vanessa Williams Witch
Laura Benanti Cinderella
Marylouise Burke Jack’s Mother
Stephen DeRosa Baker
Gregg Edelman Wolf
Cinderella’s Prince
Molly Ephraim Little Red Riding Hood
Kerry O’Malley Baker’s Wife
Christopher Sieber Wolf
Rapunzel’s Prince
Adam Wylie Jack
Tracy Nicole Chapman Florinda
Judi Dench Giant
(Recorded Voice)
Melissa Dye Rapunzel
Dennis Kelly Cinderella’s Father
Trent Armand Kendall Steward
Chad Kimball Milky White
Jennifer Malenke Horse
Pamela Myers Cinderella’s Stepmother
Grandmother
Amanda Naughton Lucinda

Understudies: Stephen Berger (Narrator, Mysterious Man, Baker, Cinderella’s Father, Steward), Adam Brazier (Jack, Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince, Wolf, Steward, Horse), Kristin Carbone (Milky White, Cinderella’s Stepmother, Grandmother, Lucinda, Florinda), Linda Mugleston (Witch, Baker’s Wife, Jack’s Mother, Cinderella’s Stepmother, Grandmother), Kate Reinders (Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Milky White)

REPLACEMENTS

Erin Dilly Cinderella
11/16/2002 – 12/29/2002

Joy Franz Cinderella’s Stepmother
Grandmother

Danielle Huben Rapunzel

Nora Mae Lyng Jack’s Mother

Linda Mugleston Witch
12/24/2002 – 12/29/2002