Editing Into the Woods (section)

===London Royal Opera House, 2007===
A revival at the [[Royal Opera House]]'s Linbury Studio in [[Covent Garden]] ran from June 14 to 30, 2007, followed by a short stint at [[The Lowry]] theatre, [[Salford Quays]], [[Manchester]] on July 4–7. The production mixed opera singers, musical theatre actors, and film and television actors, including [[Anne Reid]] (Jack's mother) and [[Gary Waldhorn]] (the narrator), [[Suzie Toase]] (Little Red), [[Peter Caulfield (actor)|Peter Caulfield]] (Jack), Beverley Klein (Witch), [[Anna Francolini]] (Baker's Wife), [[Clive Rowe]] (Baker), [[Nick Garrett (bass-baritone)|Nicholas Garrett]] (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), and [[Lara Pulver]] (Lucinda). This was the second Sondheim musical to be staged by the Opera House, following 2003's ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''.. Directed by [[Will Tuckett]], it received mixed reviews, although there were clear standout performances.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=June 21, 2007 |title=Beyond the happy-ever-after |work=The Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3665992/Beyond-the-happy-ever-after.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004513/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3665992/Beyond-the-happy-ever-after.html |archive-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=George |date=June 20, 2007 |title=Into the Woods |work=The Stage |location=London |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/17233/into-the-woods |url-status=live |access-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112235052/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/17233/into-the-woods |archive-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Billington (critic) |date=June 20, 2007 |title=Into the Woods |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2106977,00.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821180016/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2106977,00.html |archive-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref>

The production completely sold out three weeks before opening. As it was billed as an opera production, the show and its performers were not considered in the musical theatre nominations for the [[2008 Laurence Olivier Awards]].{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}