Editing Into the Woods (section)

===Original West End===
[[File:Into the Woods cast recording (London, 1990).jpg|thumb|The album cover of the London cast recording]]
The original West End production opened on September 25, 1990, at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] and closed on February 23, 1991, after 197 performances. It was directed by [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]] and produced by [[David Mirvish]], with set design by [[Richard Hudson (stage designer)|Richard Hudson]], choreography by [[Anthony Van Laast]], costumes by [[Sue Blane]], and [[orchestration]]s by [[Jonathan Tunick]]. The cast featured [[Julia McKenzie]] as the Witch, [[Ian Bartholomew]] as the Baker, [[Imelda Staunton]] as the Baker's Wife and [[Clive Carter]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's prince. The show was nominated for seven [[Olivier Award]]s in 1991, winning Best Actress in a Musical (Staunton) and Best Director of a Musical (Jones).{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

The song "Our Little World" was added.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#LP "1990 London Production"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#LP |date=2016-03-05 }} SondheimGuide.com, accessed March 26, 2011</ref> A duet for the Witch and Rapunzel, it gives further insight into the Witch's care for her self-proclaimed daughter and the desire Rapunzel has to see the world outside her tower. The show's overall feel was darker than that of the original Broadway production. Critic [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] wrote: "But the evening's triumph belongs also to director Richard Jones, set designer Richard Hudson and costume designer Sue Blane]who evoke exactly the right mood of haunted theatricality. Old-fashioned footlights give the faces a sinister glow. The woods themselves are a semi-circular, black-and-silver screen punctuated with nine doors and a crazy clock: they achieve exactly the 'agreeable terror' of [[Gustave Doré]]'s children's illustrations. And the effects are terrific: doors open to reveal the rotating magnified eyeball or the admonitory finger of the predatory giant."<ref>"Arts: In the thickets of thought – [[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]] sings the praises of Sondheim and Lapine's fairy tale attempt to push the musical into new and daring directions", ''[[The Guardian]]'' (London), September 27, 1990</ref>