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Into the Woods is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.
Into the Woods, witty and whimsical stage musical by composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and playwright-director James Lapine that combines the plots of familiar fairy tales.
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- Meryl Streep as The Witch. "I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right." In a normal fairy tale, The Witch would be the villain, but Into the Woods is more complicated than that.
- James Corden as The Baker. "Are we to dispel this curse through deceit?" The Baker is the ostensible hero of the story, but he does plenty of unheroic things.
- Emily Blunt as The Baker's Wife. "You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have." Like The Baker, The Baker's Wife is an original character, although she's a type in countless fairy tales.
- Anna Kendrick as Cinderella. "Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor." All Cinderella wants is to go to the Prince's ball — but she doesn't know that also meant landing a Prince.
Into the Woods is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests.
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