Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick 

The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairytale about wishes, family and the choices we make.  

A fed-up Cinderella wants to go to festivals, a sad young Jack wants his cow to give him some milk, and a frustrated couple just want a baby! These disgruntled characters get the action going by wishing hard for something they don’t have. But getting what they want will always mean taking from someone else – which never ends well. 

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony® and Grammy®-winning musical, Into the Woods, is a mashup of multiple Grimm’s tales and an invented one (The Baker and His Wife). The stories collide and intertwine in the woods. Grown-ups and kids get into and out of trouble as they pursue their quest. As they try to work out how to love and to get on with each other better, their lives change – and in some cases end. But to move on with our imperfect lives, we have to go Into the Woods.  

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.co.uk 

Please note change of start times to those previously published.