INTO THE WOODS and AS YOU LIKE IT official for Shakespeare in the Park

and more info @ https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Official-INTO-THE-WOODS-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT-Set-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Lily-Rabe-Set-for-Rosalind-20120126

So excited for this

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Can't wait! Into The Woods is my favorite Sondheim show.

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Fingers crossed that Sierra Boggess gets cast as Cinderella in "Into the Woods" since "REBECCA" got pushed back til next season.

Sounds like this production of Into The Woods is going to greatly differ from the one in London, at least design wise.

And please, not Sierra Boggess for Cinderella. How about a soprano with spunk? Jessie Mueller is my first choice. You can hear her Amalia Balash on youtube. A crystal clear soprano and she actually has personality.

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Sounds like this production of Into The Woods is going to greatly differ from the one in London, at least design wise

Which is too bad. This would have been a perfect chance to get it to NYC, as it was a great production. The bar is too high now for Into The Woods, good luck to them.

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What does that even mean? "It is based on another production, but it is a brand new production?"

Am I reading it wrong or what are they trying to say? That the staging will be similar but the design different?

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I think what that means is, "We'd certainly love to mount a production of Into the Woods that could feasibly transfer into a Broadway house, which the Regent's production cannot do as-is".

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Stephanie J. Block said she'd like to play the Baker's Wife one day, but she might be reprising the role of Reno Sweeney in 'Anything Goes' on tour. (If Foster were to depart in April like she originally planned, they may have Block temporarily come back again)

Laura Benanti could also do what Jenna Russell did. Russell originally played Cinderella in another London production before playing the Baker's Wife in the Open Air Theatre production. So, maybe Benanti could play the Baker's Wife now after playing Cinderella in the 2002 Broadway revival.

Updated On: 1/26/12 at 03:38 PM

As was discussed in the previous thread, Cinderella is the toughest role in the show to cast. She really needs a dark edge, and as talented as Laura Osnes is, she doesn't really have that quality. If they go for theater actors, which is relatively unlikely, Id rather see someone much more interesting and off-kilter cast, like a Jessie Mueller or a Lauren Ambrose (though Ambrose would be my first choice for the Baker's Wife.)

Kad, the changes in the design have nothing to do with accommodating a possible transfer. Like Oskar Eustis said in the Times, they're merely accounting for the fact that Regent's Park and the Delacorte have very different geographical layouts. The Public did HAIR in a completely atmospheric setting and then totally re-designed it when it moved, so they'd hardly handicap themselves by thinking too far ahead, not to mention the fact that I don't see this moving anyway.

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Updated On: 1/26/12 at 04:11 PM

Kim Crosby had very little edge...but is still, in my mind, the perfect Cinderella. She fulfilled the fairy tale trappings of the role, but grew into a fully-realized woman by the end. A masterful performance that was subtle, beautifully sung and didn't rely on any sort of gimmick to make it work.

Sounds just like Crosby's perfect performance!