PhotosEmily Skinner and Into the Woods Cast Meet the PressThe Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical will play Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars.
November 21, 2016
Tony nominee Robert Longbottom, who directed and choreographed the original Broadway production of Side Show, will assume those same duties for a newly conceptualized production of Into The Woods at Theatre Under The Stars this holiday season.The Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical will play the Houston, TX, venue December 6-18 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Tony nominee Emily Skinner, who created the role of Daisy in Side Show, will star as The Witch.
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In anticipation of the upcoming release of the long-awaited Disney screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods, Playbill.com reached out to the cast of the original Broadway production, who shared their memories from rehearsals to performance, including the creation of "No One Is Alone," candid backstage stories and standout moments with Stephen Sondheim.
Into the woods they went again: Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and a cast of legends theatre folk could only dream up in a fairytale (or four, in Into the Woods' case). But, this time the enchanted forest was located in Brooklyn — for one day only — June 21 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
What was the Witch's big song before "The Last Midnight" was written? What happened to the Baker's Wife in the very first production? Learn how Into the Woods changed from its premiere performance on stage to the Disney motion picture.