Into the Woods at The Hollywood Bowl

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 12:51pm

This is such a great choice for that huge stage and so many exciting casting opportunities, Id love to see Kristin Bell as the Bakers Wife. Who would you guys like to see in this?

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Hollywood-Bowl-2019-Summer-Series-Features-INTO-THE-WOODS-and-More-20190205

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 1:10pm

The show as written combined with the longer than usual intermissions at the Bowl will make for a well over three hour evening. I wonder if they will do some trims.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 1:13pm

I’ve only ever been to one show at the Bowl and don’t remember the intermissions being particularly long. How long do they usually run?

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 1:19pm

Usually 20 minutes. But INTO THE WOODS even with a ten minute intermission i think would push the limits of audience attention spans in that vast space. It’s not a theatre venue.

[greensgreens]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 3:08pm

I vote Seth MacFarlane for Wolf and Catherine Zeta Jones for Witch. Anybody else have ideas?

[DAME]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 3:42pm

No long  intermissions at the Bowl. Unless it is a leased concert. What a boring choice. So sick of this show.

Updated On: 2/5/19 at 03:42 PM

[HereAndThere2]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 4:09pm

What a wonderful choice!  Love this show.  Definitely putting this one on my calendar.

 

[Tag]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 4:20pm

10 bucks Cheno will be the Witch

[Alessio2]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 4:29pm

I really hope they cast actual singers in this

[darreyl102]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 4:55pm

They trimmed 'Hairspray' of 'Cooties', 'Miss Baltimore Crabs', 'Velma's Revenge' and alot of dialogue. I remember it so vividly because it rendered Velma basically pointless in character.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 5:15pm

"I really hope they cast actual singers in this"

Well, I hope so too because children will listen

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 5:27pm

Tina Fey as the Baker’s Wife
Bryan Darcy James as the Baker
Ashley Park as Cinderella
Ann Harada as Jack’s Mom
Karen Olivo as the Witch
James Marsden as Cinderella’s Prince
Aaron Lazar as Rapunzel’s Prince
Jennifer Simard as The Stepmother

[natashalost]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:00pm

Here are some of my ideas for casting. This is one of my favorite shows so I have a ton of ideas!

Narrator: James Monroe Iglehart, Mandy Patinkin.

The Baker: Adam Kantor, Rob McClure.

The Baker’s Wife: Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Jessie Mueller, Stephanie Torns, Ruthie Ann Miles.

The Witch: Vanessa Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Carmen Cusack.

Cinderella: Ashley Park, Ali Ewoldt.

Rapunzel: Alex Finke, Jenni Barber, Samantha Hill

The Princes: Jelani Alladin, Ari’el Statchel, Joshua Henry, Derek Klena. 

Jack: Taylor Trensch, Charlie Stemp, Roman Banks, Andrew Barth Feldman

Little Red Ridinghood: Sadie Sink

Cinderella’s Stepmother: Leslie Margarita, Jennifer Simard

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:10pm

This has great potential... I wonder who will direct? Michael Arden did their Annie last year.

I would LOVE to see Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the Baker and Sutton Foster as the Baker's Wife. And there are great cameo possibilities for the Giant and the Narrator.

RE: running time, I believe every musical has been trimmed for the Hollywood Bowl, due to union restrictions for the LA Philharmonic. (I remember their Les Mis was particularly truncated)

[DAME]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:16pm

By Hollywood Bowl casting standards it will be John Stamos, Vanessa Williams, some Fox tv personality as Cinderella, and Kelsey as the old man.  

[jbp1232]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:20pm

Catherine Zeta Jones would be perfect as the witch.

Other ideas:
Cinderella: Ashley Park or Shoba Narayan
Baker: Leslie Odom Jr
Bakers wife: Patina Miller
Little Red: Sydney Lucas

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:37pm

I love that so many of us want Ashley Park as Cinderella.

She would be absolutely phenomenal.

Catherine Zeta Jones as the Witch...can she pull off the silliness of the Act One Witch though?

Patina Miller or Cynthia Orivo as the Witch though

Sydney Lucas as Little Red is a MUST

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:46pm

DAME is right- they aren’t going to get people like Zeta Jones or Tina Faye signing on for this. It will be some TV names, some lesser Broadway talent, maybe one small role being recreated by the actor from the movie (Little Red) and a few unknowns in roles they are holding out for names but have to settle on at the last minute.

[natashalost]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:46pm

jbp1232 said: "....Cinderella: Ashley Park or Shoba Narayan.... Little Red: Sydney Lucas"

Yes, yes, and yes.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 6:52pm

I have nothing whatsoever against Shoba Narayan, but I seriously doubt the Hollywood Bowl would cast someone as unknown as her (or even Ashley Park, for that matter) in such a big role. The Bowl tends to get big celebrities and/or well-established Broadway actors. 

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 7:18pm

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "Catherine Zeta Jones as the Witch...can she pull off the silliness of the Act One Witch though?"

I don't know if CZJ could pull off the singing of the Witch or the silliness of Act I. I think Christine Baranski would be a marvelous witch! She's a TV name, a proven live performer,  and can pull off both the wacky and the classy.

[natashalost]

Posted: 2/5/19 at 7:28pm

JBroadway said: "I have nothing whatsoever against Shoba Narayan, but I seriously doubt the Hollywood Bowl would cast someone as unknown as her (or even Ashley Park, for that matter)in such a big role. The Bowl tends to get big celebrities and/or well-established Broadway actors."

I wouldn't be opposed to Laura Benanti reprising her performance...

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 3:22pm

Too bad Arden will be busy, he's the perfect choice to direct.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 5:02pm

I'm so over this musical already. It's been produced WAY TOO MUCH. The music is gorgeous but so boring. People who aren't into musicals love the fairtale aspect but hate the music. I should know because i took my family to the recent tour. They all were mad at me for taking them lol

Well.. i hope they cast great actors who can also SING.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 5:15pm

JoseLee_ said: "I'm so over this musical already. It's been produced WAY TOO MUCH. The music is gorgeous but so boring. People who aren't into musicals love the fairtale aspect but hate the music. I should know because i took my family to the recent tour. They all were mad at me for taking them lol
 

Hmm, if only there were some magical way for you to not have to see it anymore.  Wait...there is...stop going to see it!  Problem solved.  You're welcome.