Encores: Into the Woods to Transfer to the St. James for limited run this summer? — Page 8

As for whether the show can make a profit in 8-12 weeks. If there is a modest up-front budget (e.g. $6-7 million USD - not sure if that is realistic these days) with a weekly operating cost of around $800,000 USD (not sure what costs are like these days but nothing ever seems cheap) and they manage to sell every seat at the St James at close to full price they might be able to break even and make a small modest profit. The Sondheim is too small a theatre to make a profit so I can't see it going there.

For what it’s worth, the only people who I have heard are not continuing are NPH, Heather, and Denee.

They should wait for Heather and Sara.

They are elevating this into something so new and fresh.

both of them have Tony winning performances no question.

If it is Goldsberry, for me that would be a let down. I don’t think she has the range vocally or otherwise to land this role. Her vocals especially in her upper range are not as strong as Heather’s- go back and watch any of the last cast of Rent on tape- she was the weak link. I know she’s done Hamilton since, but arguably others have sing the role better. Also, of Girls5Eva I find her comedy very forced. If Donna is in the running I’d prefer to see her get another crack at it.

When they did that reunion concert a few years ago Bernadette could still sing the score.... just saying.

Renee Elise would be a welcomed improvement over Headley. For me, NPH was MUCH more intrinsic to that production’s success than Headley — she didn’t bring anything thrilling to the part imo

Are they trying to get Ashley Park back for Cinderella? Would be funny to have 3/5 of the Girls5Eva in this one production!!!

Who voiced the giant at Encores? Could that be Donna?

Jordan Catalano said: "I can’t believe I live in a world where trump won in 2016 and people are speaking negatively about Heather Headley. Both should never be allowed to happen again."

Amen to that. I thought she was wonderful.

I had trouble understanding almost everything Headley said in act 1, when she had a more understated demeanor, but I understood her much better in act 2 when the adopted a different characterization - but even then I still missed a lot of her words.

It seemed to me that Headley's performance was deeply thought-out, and deeply-felt. You could tell that she had worked hard to get in the emotional headspace of the character, and she poured out all the tragedy and frustration into her passionate (and gorgeous) vocals. But it was a performance that felt very internal to me; like she was more interested in creating this character and bringing her to life, than she was in telling the story of Into the Woods, and maintaining a broad awareness of how she fit into the whole. Consequently, she didn't seem to be aware of when her lines contained important exposition that she had to emphasize, either for the plot or for the more emotional themes. And I also never really felt like she was connecting to her stage partners.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Everything JBroadway said is how I feel about Headley. It was an intensely isolated performance that felt disjointed from the rest of the production (and I also didn't love her costumes). Vocally she was good, but a lot of other ladies have been sung that role well, too. It's not a hard role.

And thanks for whoever confirmed Annie Golden did the Giant. I don't have my playbill near me."

Looking forward to hearing your rendition of Last Midnight since it's so easy vocally.

JSquared2 said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "When they did that reunion concert a few years ago Bernadette could still sing the score.... just saying."

Do you mean "a few years back" as in 1997? 25 years is more than a few years.

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/into-the-woods-13360

I think they were talking about this reunion from 2014:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Segerstrom-Center-Adds-Second-INTO-THE-WOODS-Reunion-Performance-with-Stephen-Sondheim-James-Lapine-Original-Cast-20141007

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Heck, Peters has even sung “Last Midnight” in 2015!

Yes, she was.

https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-gilded-age-season-2-cast-promotions-series-regulars-kelli-ohara-donna-murphy-thomas-cocquerel-exits-1235002960/