Into the Woods

With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, Into the Woods marks the musical’s return to the Footlite repertoire following a 1991 internationally honored production. It takes a modern look at classic fairy tales featuring an ambivalent Cinderella, a blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood, a Prince Charming with a roving eye and a wicked witch who raps. When a baker and his wife learn they’ve been cursed with childlessness by the witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel, and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk). Everyone’s wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results, in Act Two. What begins a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of “The Princess Bride” becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

This show closes on a Saturday due to Mothers Day (5/14).