Into The Woods (DVD)

What do you get when you mix Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and other fairy tales? You get a fantastic musical made for Broadway called “Into The Woods”. An interesting tale that weaves and entwines the stories with magic and music. With such acclaimed stage performances by stars such as Bernadette Peters and Robert Westenberg, you get a healthy serving of wonderful singing, light comedy and lessons ...
...The first act blends familiar fairy tales with a new story of a baker and his wife who wish more than anything to have a child. However, the baker’s family has a curse on it, laid by the witch who lives next door. Unless they help the witch by collecting the items she needs for a spell, they shall never have a child. Without these items, the witch will stay old and ugly. And so, attempting to collect the items needed (a cow as white as snow, ...

Shadowtwinchaos 27.12.2001 (04.04.2003) · Read full review
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...red cloak who was headed into the woods to visit her sick Granny, and the witch who lived next door revealed the curse upon the baker's family. Sooner or later, everyone must journey Into the Woods to find their happily ever after... but will it be what they expected? "Nice is different than Good." ~ Little Red Riding Hood ~~~~~~ My Thoughts ~~~~ This 1991 Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical is a must have for every family! Fortunately for us all, ...
...Rapunzel all find their way into each others lives, if only in passing. The Baker and his wife successfully complete the Witch's quest, and the curse of infertility is lifted from his home. Cinderella marries her prince. Jack gives his mother a life of wealth and regains his beloved cow. Red and her Granny are rescued from the sleeping Wolf, and even the witch is happy having regained her beauty. Look out though, because "happily ever after" doesn't ...

Entwife 28.06.2008 · Read full review
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...The Witch who pops into each story is played by the simply wonderful Bernadette Peters, The Prince Charming by Robert Westernberg.. In the first act, the characters set out to achieve their goal of living "Happily Ever After" through familiar routes - Cinderella goes to the Ball and captures the heart of Prince Charming, Jack climbs the Beanstalk and finds a land of Giants and Gold, Little Red Riding Hood survives her clash with the wolf at Grandma's ...
...aid of a handsome prince who climbs her long hair. The Baker and his Wife move through their stories while pursuing their own goal - the witch who keeps Rapunzel (revealed to be the Baker's sister) has put the curse on his house, and agrees to lift it if the Baker and his Wife can find the ingredients to help her reverse a spell which her mother has laid on her, keeping her old and ugly. Those ingredients are: A Slipper As Pure As Gold, which the ...

hayleyjwarner 20.10.2004 · Read full review
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...characters! I won't go into the story line much more as this review is supposed to be what I think, not a synopsis, but I could talk about it for ages! I would definitely recommend this DVD/Show as it is so different to the average 'song and dance' musicals! Sondheim is, only in my opinion a genius and Lapine is indeed a very very clever man...this has it all... Please Please watch it...take the chance and have a go...I love it and it is without ...
...be searching for Sweeny Todd (Sondheim) and Assassins (also Sondheim) so they can be reviewed as they need it...I love Ciao as I can tell it like I feel it... Great piece of musical theatre and well worth a watch!! Enjoy and please let me know if you watch or have watched it, I'd be really really interested to know what you thought? ...

TheWarners 25.10.2004 · Read full review
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