Into the Woods
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| + | '''''Into the Woods''''' is a musical with music and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]] and book by [[James Lapine]]. It debuted in San Diego at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. [[Bernadette Peters]]' performance as the Witch and [[Joanna Gleason|Joanna Gleason's]] portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim to the production during its original Broadway run. ''Into the Woods'' won several [[Tony Award]]s, including [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]], [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book]], and [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. | ||
| - | *A story about a writer creating a story; e.g. ''[[At Swim-Two-Birds]]'' by [[Brian O'Nolan|Flann O'Brien]], [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Misery (novel)|Misery]]'' and ''[[Secret Window, Secret Garden]]'', [[Ian McEwan]]'s ''[[Atonement (novel)|Atonement]]'', ''[[The Counterfeiters (novel)|The Counterfeiters]]'' by [[André Gide]], [[John Irving]]'s ''[[The World According to Garp]]'', ''[[Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea]]'' by [[Michael Morpurgo]], ''[[A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]]'' by [[James Joyce]], ''[[Oracle Night]]'' by [[Paul Auster]], ''[[More Bears!]]'' by [[Kenn Nesbitt]], and Cy Coleman's 1989 Tony Award best musical, ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]''. | + | The musical has been produced many times, with a 1988 US national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1991 television production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival and in 2012 as part of New York City's outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series. The musical intertwines the plots of several [[Brothers Grimm]] [[fairy tale]]s and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "[[Little Red Riding Hood]]",<!-- Use Grimm rendering of "Riding Hood" in this instance only --> "[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]", "[[Rapunzel]]", and "[[Cinderella]]", as well as several others. The musical is tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, and their interaction with a Witch and her curse on them. |
| - | *A story about a reader reading a book; e.g. ''[[The Neverending Story]]'' by [[Michael Ende]], [[Italo Calvino]]'s ''[[If on a winter's night a traveler]]'', [[Ishmael Reed]]'s ''Mumbo Jumbo'', [[Elizabeth Kostova]]'s ''[[The Historian]]'' and ''[[The Princess Bride]]'' by [[William Goldman]]. | + | |
| - | *A story that features itself (as a narrative or as a physical object) as its own prop or [[MacGuffin]]; e.g. [[Cornelia Funke]]'s ''[[Inkheart]]'' (which also plays a role in the sequels); ''[[The Dark Tower (Lewis novel)|The Dark Tower]]'' by [[C. S. Lewis]]; [[Wim Coleman]] and [[Pat Perrin]]'s ''[[The Jamais Vu Papers]]''. [[Ira Levin]]'s play ''[[Deathtrap]]'' is an extreme example. | + | |
| - | *A story containing another work of fiction within itself; e.g. ''[[The Laughing Man (Salinger)|The Laughing Man]]'', ''[[The Dark Tower (Lewis novel)|The Dark Tower]]'', ''[[The Iron Dream]]'', ''[[The Crying of Lot 49]]'', ''[[Sophie's World]]'', ''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Pale Fire]]'', ''[[The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[Ki Longfellow|Houdini Heart]], ''[[The Island of the Day Before]]'', ''[[Steppenwolf (novel)|Steppenwolf]]'', ''[[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay]]'', ''[[The Man in the High Castle]]'', ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''. | + | |
| - | *A story addressing the specific conventions of story, such as title, character conventions, paragraphing or plots; e.g. ''[[Lost in the Funhouse]]'' and ''[[On with the Story]]'' by [[John Barth]], ''[[The Last Unicorn]]'' by [[Peter S. Beagle]], or [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s musical ''[[Into the Woods]]''. | + | |
| - | *A novel where the narrator intentionally exposes him or herself as the author of the story; e.g. ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'', ''[[The Razor's Edge]]'', ''[[Mister B. Gone]]'', ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'', ''[[The Plague]]'', ''[[Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (novel)|Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]]'', ''[[The BFG]]'', ''[[O Tempo e o Vento]]'', ''[[The Museum of Innocence]]'', [[Ishmael Reed]]'s ''[[Japanese by Spring]]'', ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'', ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', [[Samuel R. Delany]]'s ''[[Nova (novel)|Nova]]''. | + | |
| - | *A book in which the book itself seeks interaction with the reader; e.g. ''[[Willie Masters' Lonely Wife]]'' by [[William H. Gass]], ''[[House of Leaves]]'' by [[Mark Z. Danielewski]], or ''[[Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!]]'' by [[Mo Willems]]. | + | |
| - | *A story in which the readers of the story itself force the author to change the story; e.g. ''[[More Bears!]]'' by [[Kenn Nesbitt]]. | + | |
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Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Bernadette Peters' performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim to the production during its original Broadway run. Into the Woods won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera.
The musical has been produced many times, with a 1988 US national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1991 television production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival and in 2012 as part of New York City's outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "Little Red Riding Hood", "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Rapunzel", and "Cinderella", as well as several others. The musical is tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, and their interaction with a Witch and her curse on them.
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