Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
#1Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:27pm
My favorite musical - I AM SO EXCITED!! Let’s dream cast it!!!
#2Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:28pmObviously Audra must play The Witch.
#3Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:29pm
What a weird choice for Encores.
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#4Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:31pmI dunno. It’s popular and a guaranteed sell out for them which they’ll need. Seems a smart choice, really.
#5Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:33pm
Then why not something like Urinetown? Well-liked AND hasn't had a major production here in a very long time.
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#6Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:34pmBecause they’re doing this show...?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#7Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:40pm
LizzieCurry said: "Then why not something like Urinetown? Well-liked AND hasn't had a major production here in a very long time."
I would say Into The Woods fits both those criteria, to an extent. We're 6 years removed from the movie and 5 from the most recent off-Broadway revival.
Maybe this will be how Chad Kimball gets his groove back. Milky White's his best role to date, given that he's in a full body costume and doesn't say anything.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#8Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:41pm
LOVE to see it!
Because they’re doing this show...?
LOLZ
#9Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:45pm
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#10Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:46pm
I had this thought while watching Laura Benanti’s concert this weekend, but assumed we wouldn’t get another major production soon. I think she could be quite the excellent Baker’s Wife. Others that jumped to mind were Carmen Cusack or Jessie Mueller.
Would love to see someone like Hailey Kilgore or Denée Benton as Cinderella.
Audra as The Witch would be perfect.
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#11Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:47pmSarna Lapine will probably direct it. Would love to see Betsy Wolf as the bakers wife, but also saw a suggestion for Carmen Cusack and I think that would also be brilliant. Excited for this to happen!
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Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#12Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:48pm
Would love to see someone like Hailey Kilgore or Denée Benton as Cinderella.
Both magical picks!
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#13Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 2:52pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Sarna Lapine will probably direct it. Would love to see Betsy Wolf as the bakers wife, but also saw a suggestion for Carmen Cusack and I think that would also be brilliant. Excited for this to happen!"
Lear DeBessonet is directing it
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#14Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:03pm
LizzieCurry said: "Then why not something like Urinetown? Well-liked AND hasn't had a major production here in a very long time."
You really think Urinetown is a more well known, well liked and popular show than Into the Woods??
#15Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:03pm
Well, you know I always have to ask it - any chance they could bring Bernadette back for the Witch?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#16Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:07pm
I hope Alice Ripley is The Witch and she does her performance exactly like that last benefit.
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#18Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:16pmBut seriously though, speaking of that concert - Kate Shindle was the single best Bakers Wife I’ve ever seen, besides Gleason. I’ve never seen one actress even come close to nailing the role the way she did. I’d love to see her tackle it again.
#19Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:32pmOMG what if Gyllenhaal played The Baker
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#20Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:38pm
Jordan Catalano said: "OMG what if Gyllenhaal played The Baker"
Bring Annaleigh in for Baker's Wife is this is the case!! Their magic together is amazing.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#22Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:39pm
Jordan Catalano said: "OMG what if Gyllenhaal played The Baker"
I just bought that hypothetical ticket.
#23Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:43pmHe’s still committed to doing SITPWG in London next year so who knows if it could happen but it NEEDS TO.
#24Encores Will Present INTO THE WOODS
Posted: 11/18/20 at 3:54pmIt is an unusual choice for Encores but it will absolutely sell, which is what they (and every theater) will be looking for in the next couple years.
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