Editing Into the Woods (section)

===2022 Encores! production===
[[New York City Center]] staged ''Into the Woods'' as part of its [[Encores!]] series from May 4–15, 2022, directed by Encores! artistic director Lear deBessonet. The cast starred [[Heather Headley]] as the Witch, [[Neil Patrick Harris]] as The Baker and [[Sara Bareilles]] as the Baker's Wife, with [[Denée Benton]] as Cinderella, Cole Thompson as Jack,[[ Ann Harada]] as Jack's Mother, [[Julia Lester]] as Little Red, Shereen Pimentel as Rapunzel, [[Gavin Creel]] as Cinderella's Prince/Wolf, [[Jordan Donica]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Annie Golden]] as Grandmother/Cinderella's Mother/Giant's Wife, [[David Patrick Kelly]] as Narrator/Mysterious Man, Ta'nika Gibson as Lucinda, Lauren Mitchell (who played Lucinda in the 1987 Broadway production) as Cinderella's StepmotherAlbert Guerzon as Cinderella's Father, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, Lauren Mitchell as Cinderella's Stepmother and David Turner as Steward<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Heather Headley, Sara Bareilles, Neil Patrick Harris, More Go ''Into the Woods'' for New York City Center Encores! Beginning May 4 |url=https://playbill.com/article/heather-headley-sara-bareilles-neil-patrick-harris-more-go-into-the-woods-for-new-york-city-center-encores-beginning-may-4 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507071132/https://playbill.com/article/heather-headley-sara-bareilles-neil-patrick-harris-more-go-into-the-woods-for-new-york-city-center-encores-beginning-may-4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Long |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Denée Benton, Gavin Creel, Ann Harada, More Join Encores! ''Into the Woods'' |url=https://playbill.com/article/denee-benton-gavin-creel-ann-harada-more-join-encores-into-the-woods |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216200126/https://playbill.com/article/denee-benton-gavin-creel-ann-harada-more-join-encores-into-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref> Donica tested positive for [[COVID-19]], and so Jason Forbach played Rapunzel's Prince for the first week of performances.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}