Sara Bareilles, Christian Borle, Ashley Park, and Heather Headley to Lead Encores Into The Woods — Page 3

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "No discount code out for this, right?"

I never even got an Access code for Tap Dance Kid. Maybe try the usual places (Goldstar, TodayTix, TDF, etc.) to see if their prices are any lower.

I was really looking forward to seeing Park in the role, but still very excited for this overall! As long as Bareilles and Headley are still in, I'm good. 

It had completely escaped my mind that this was happening. I was planning my May NYC trip, and suddenly realized that this would be playing when I am in town! This took my last show slot (I will also be seeing The Music Man, Plaza Suite, Funny Girl, and Take Me Out), and I am beyond excited. I LOVE Into the Woods and this cast looks incredible.

Sutton Ross said: "Ashley is becoming a bigger and bigger star nowadays. Also, quite the fashion icon. She will be back on Broadway someday Im sure.

The rest of the cast is incredible and although all the good seats are gone, there are still some seats in the balcony for each performance. A few mezz too."

 

Regarding the empty seats--does anyone know how the view is from the front of the balcony? For some reason I felt like I have to see this so I did get a ticket but the only reasonable price for my budget was in the balcony--any reviews for those seats?

 

I sat front row balcony there for The Wild Party. The theater is very, very massive and the balcony is very far away. But, it still sounds great and you will see everything. Just from very far up and from a distance. 

Updated On: 3/13/22 at 05:06 PM

@Sutton Ross and @hollebolle, thank you for your reports! 

hearthemsing22 said: "@Sutton Ross and @hollebolle, thank you for your reports!"

You know it! Hope you can catch this! 

Nolan LuPone said: "Just curious, but does anyone think this could transfer to Broadway? The cast sounds like a home-run to me, and I think we are overdue for a revival, regardless of how many productions there have been."

The only way I see it transferring is if they could transfer the cast, and they can't. Borle has Some Like It Hot in the fall, Heather has Sweet Magnolias to film (if they get a 3rd season), and Sara has Girls5Eva + whatever music projects she's working on. That's the problem with an all-star cast. Nine times out of ten they're only available for that  specific block of time.

Ke3 said: "The only way I see it transferring is if they could transfer the cast, and they can't. Borle has Some Like It Hot in the fall, Heather has Sweet Magnolias to film (if they get a 3rd season), and Sara has Girls5Eva + whatever music projects she's working on."

 

But Sara Bareilles is the only one of those 3 who's actually a box office name, and who'd NEED to transfer with the show. That is, unless Sweet Magnolias is a lot more popular than I think - I've actually never heard of it, and I've been known to be oblivious to stage actors suddenly becoming famous from some TV show I missed. 

 

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "I think it's high time Circle in the Square gets a crack at it. I think that show is begging to get off traditional proscenium."

Circle In The Square would actually be a really good venue...

Call_me_jorge said: "I wonder how Sara Bareilles paired with Josh Groban as the baker might sell if this made a Broadway transfer. I know the two of them already have some kind of fan base overlap, but I could still see them both doing well."

Perhaps Rachel Zegler would like to play another princess (Cinderella) after she's done playing one on screen (Disney's Snow White).

Josh Groban is not right for the Baker. The best bet would be star-casting the Witch IF it moves to Broadway and IF they want another real name alongside Sara B; the problem is any logical candidate for the Witch has been offered that part a half-dozen times between the film, Public, Regents Park, Hollywood Bowl, and various other productions.

But all this talk is premature since we haven't seen the production yet. This feels like a de ja vu of the Shakespeare in the Park talk, where there were months of rumors of it transferring to Broadway (despite poor reviews). And then it didn't.

Updated On: 3/16/22 at 11:15 AM

Nolan LuPone said: "What about Audra McDonald for the witch?"

She doesn't mean substantially more than Headley at the box office, though obviously she'd be great.

IF it gets love-letter raves at Encores and IF they transfer it, Barielles might be enough to get it to Broadway if she can commit to a long enough run. And maybe they get some sitcom guy as the Narrator/Mysterious Man (Kelsey Grammer or DHP?). But all this is truly so hypothetical at this point, and one can argue that Broadway does not NEED another Woods.

Updated On: 3/16/22 at 01:40 PM