Photo Flash: Pittsburgh CLO's INTO THE WOODS Starring Foster, Cody, Leavel, Earley and More — Page 2

LizzieCurry: Cutie-patootie Stanley is on the website (but tiny photo)

That COW is Huge!
"Shame on the props/costume departments"
I don't think they have those departments there.

Jen Cody looks like Cheri Oteri!

that picture of Cinderella's mother.. the lighting makes her look like a wolf

Someone needs to tell Jen Cody she's short, not 16.
THAT COW!!!
But other than that it looks fine. I'm loving the stepsisters costumes.

Well said thejcm, the only thing allowed in that cow should be Benanti. Besides, the whole costume, or whatever the heck it is, looks like it was ripped from a Super Mario Bros. video game.

Or maybe that's just me.

I saw the show on Tuesday night and let's just say I was very disappointed with the production as a whole. It's one of those things where CLO either really gets it or really misses it and this was a total miss and really a total MESS.

This show should never, EVER be put up in six days and then only have six days to run it. It was a technical mess whenever I saw it on Tuesday. I really wanted to cut it some slack because I did see it on opening night but this isn't the first time I've seen CLO be a technical mess.

Hunter Foster and Brynn O'Malley were passable as the Baker and his wife. Both had a lot of missed moments although I will say that O'Malley was better of the two. Hunter had a couple lines flubs as well.

Jen Cody did read as too old and I love that woman but she really shouldn't be playing the role. Jen, also, had a line flub.

Kevin Earley as the Wolf and Cinderella's prince lacked so much charm and was just a complete bore to watch. It got the the point where I was excited to know he wouldn't be on stage for a while.

Sara Jean Ford as Cinderella was one of the better parts of the production. I felt that she tried her best and delivered a fine performance. She also has a gorgeous voice and I could listen to her sing all day.

Beth Leavel as the Witch was actually one of the better parts of the production. Was she over the top in some moments? Yes. However, it worked the way she was portraying the Witch. I admired that she had a completely different take on it than anyone else playing the role and it worked for me.


Stanley Bahorek as Jack was also boring and had plenty of missed moments, especially "Giants in the Sky."

Tim Hartman as The Narrator/Mysterious Man was interesting, to say the least. I loved his Narrator and it worked but his Mysterious Man was full of mugging.

However, the best person on that stage was Greggory Brandt as Rapunzel's Prince. He had the charm, he had the voice and he had the acting down pat. I usually hate "Agony" but whenever he was singing he was so fantastic. He really stole the show for me.

CLO's set was wonderful but, like I said, it was hard to tell from the technical nightmare that it was.

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I saw the show on Tuesday and really enjoyed it. Was is it "perfect" - no - but I'd like to see a show like this one pulled off perfectly with just under a weeks worth of rehearsals.

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Oh, but they're a VAST improvement over the photos they released of WSS: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120392-PHOTO_CALL_West_Side_Story_with_von_Essen_and_Ewoldt_at_Pittsburgh_CLO

Baby steps, Pittsburgh, CLO...

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I adore Beth Leavel, but she's incredibly miscast as The Witch.

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Also, the Steward looks like Arnold Rimmer.

Haha! Love it!

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Thank you, Blaxx. Perhaps I need to see Hunter Foster as Oliver in Oliver or Sutton Foster as Annie in Annie to know that THOSE would be a bad idea too.

Francesca Zambello?

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