Editing Into the Woods

{{short description|1986 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine}}
{{About|the musical play|other uses|Into the Woods (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical
| name = Into the Woods
| image = Into the Woods poster.jpg
| caption = Original Broadway windowcard
| music = [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| lyrics = Stephen Sondheim
| book = [[James Lapine]]
| productions = {{plain list|
* 1986 [[San Diego]]
* 1987 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
* 1988 US Tour
* 1990 [[West End theatre|West End]]
* 1997 Broadway concert
* 1998 [[Off-West End]] 
* 2002 Broadway [[revival (theatre)|revival]]
* 2010 London revival
* 2012 New York revival
* 2022 [[Encores!]]
* 2022 Broadway revival
* 2023 US Tour
}}
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* [[Tony Award for Best Original Score]]
* [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]]
* [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Drama Desk Outstanding Musical]]
* 2002 [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Tony Award for Best Revival]]
* {{no wrap|2011 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival]]}}
* 1988/2022 [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]]
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'''''Into the Woods''''' is a 1986 musical with music and lyrics by [[Stephen Sondheim]] and book by [[James Lapine]].

The musical intertwines the plots of several [[Brothers Grimm]] [[fairy tale]]s, exploring 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 --> (spelled "Ridinghood" in the published vocal score), "[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]", "[[Rapunzel]]", "[[Cinderella]]", and several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of the Grimm Brothers' "Rapunzel"), their interaction with a [[witch]] who has placed a curse on them, and encounters with other storybook characters during their journey.

The second collaboration between Sondheim and Lapine after ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' (1984), ''Into the Woods'' debuted in [[San Diego]] at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in 1986 and premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on November 5, 1987, where it won three major [[Tony Award]]s ([[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]] for [[Joanna Gleason]]), in a year dominated by ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''. The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 U.S. national tour, a 1990 [[West End theatre|West End]] production, a 1997 10th-anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 outdoor [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] production in [[London]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Michael H. |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Into the Woods |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide}}</ref> which transferred to a [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] production in [[New York City]], and a 2022 Broadway revival.

A [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[Into the Woods (film)|film adaptation]], directed by [[Rob Marshall]], was released in 2014. The film grossed over $213 million worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Piccalo |first=Gina |date=January 5, 2015 |title=Record-breaking 'Into the Woods' is a surprise hit |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-into-the-woods-20150106-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210509/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-into-the-woods-20150106-story.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> and received three nominations at both the [[Academy Awards]] and the [[Golden Globe Awards]].

==Synopsis==
===Act I===
The [[Narration|Narrator]] introduces the main characters in the story. [[Cinderella]] wishes to attend a festival held by the king, much to the dismay of her Stepmother and Stepsisters. [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]] wishes his cow, Milky White, would give milk, and his Mother wishes that Jack would sell Milky White. A Baker and his Wife wish to have a child, and [[Little Red Riding Hood]] wishes for bread to bring to her ill Grandmother. Little Red obtains bread from the Baker, who then is visited by a neighbor, an ugly old Witch. She reveals that the Baker and his Wife cannot have children because, when the Baker's father stole vegetables from her garden, she cursed his family to "be a barren one" and took the couple's other child, [[Rapunzel]]. If the Witch is brought four items – "the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold" – in three days time, she will lift the curse. All begin their journey into the woods. Jack to sell Milky White, Cinderella to visit her mother's grave after her family left for the festival without her, Little Red to visit her Grandmother, and the Baker – refusing his wife's help – to find the ingredients ("Into the Woods"). 

Cinderella receives a gown and golden slippers from her mother's spirit ("Cinderella at the Grave"). A Mysterious Man mocks Jack for valuing his cow more than a "sack of beans". Little Red meets a hungry [[Big Bad Wolf|Wolf]] who intends to eat her ("Hello, Little Girl"), which The Baker sees, and notices her cape. His Wife follows him; they meet Jack and convince him to trade Milky White for beans found in the Baker's jacket after lying and saying they're magic. Jack bids a tearful goodbye to Milky White ("I Guess This Is Goodbye"). The Baker regrets lying, but his Wife reassures him ("Maybe They're Magic").

The Witch has raised Rapunzel in a tall tower accessible only by climbing Rapunzel's long, golden hair ("Our Little World"), and a Prince spies Rapunzel, falling in love. Little Red and her Grandmother are eaten by the Wolf, but the Baker, in pursuit of the cape, saves them and kills the wolf. To thank the Baker, Little Red gifts him the cape ("I Know Things Now"). Jack returns to his Mother with the beans, which she angrily throws on the ground. After attending the festival, Cinderella flees from a Prince who has fallen in love with her. She meets the Baker's Wife who helps her hide ("A Very Nice Prince"). The Baker's Wife tries to grab one of Cinderella's slippers, but loses Milky White. As the day ends, the characters recall their morals from the day ("First Midnight").

Jack describes his adventure climbing a beanstalk the beans sprouted and meeting a giant couple ("Giants in The Sky"). Having stolen money from the giants, he tries to buy Milky White back, though the Baker refuses. After Jack returns up the beanstalk to get more treasure, the Mysterious Man takes the money from the Baker. Cinderella's and Rapunzel's Princes, who are brothers, compare their maidens ("Agony"). The Baker's Wife, hearing of a girl with golden hair, finds Rapunzel, fools her into letting down her hair, and plucks some strands. The Mysterious Man finds Milky White and returns her to the Baker, and the Baker's Wife again fails to take Cinderella's slippers. The Baker admits they must work together ("It Takes Two"). Jack arrives with a hen that lays golden eggs, but Milky White keels over dead as midnight chimes ("Second Midnight").

The Witch discovers the Prince's visits to Rapunzel and demands she stay sheltered from the world. Rapunzel refuses, and the Witch cuts off her hair and banishes her to a remote desert ("Stay with Me"). The Mysterious Man gives the Baker money to buy another cow. Jack meets Little Red, now sporting a cape made from the wolf skin, and goads him into stealing more from the giants. Torn between staying with her Prince or escaping, Cinderella leaves him a slipper as a clue ("On the Steps of the Palace") and trades shoes with the Baker's Wife. The Baker buys a new cow, and the two find the Witch.

With a loud crash, Jack's Mother runs in crying over a dead giant in her backyard, but is brushed off by the group. The Witch discovers that the cow is not Milky White, but an ordinary cow covered with flour, but is able to resurrect Milky White. When no milk is produced, she is angered when discovering the hair is Rapunzel's. The Mysterious Man suggests using corn silk instead, which works. The Witch reveals the Mysterious Man is the Baker's father, and drinks the potion. The curse is broken, the Mysterious Man falls dead, and the Witch regains her youth.

Cinderella's Prince looks for Cinderella. Her Stepmother forces her stepsisters to mutilate their feet to fit in the shoe, then hesitantly brings Cinderella to put on the shoe. It fits perfectly, and the two are reunited ("Careful My Toe"). Rapunzel bears twins and finds her Prince in the desert. When Rapunzel refuses to return to her, the Witch finds her powers were lost when the curse was broken. At Cinderella's wedding to her Prince, the Baker's Wife thanks Cinderella for her help. As the cast celebrates living "happily ever after", nobody notices another beanstalk growing ("Ever After").

===Act II===
The narrator returns, reintroducing the cast, who have new wishes. The Baker's Wife wishes their house was bigger, but the Baker refuses to move out of his father's home. Jack misses the kingdom in the sky, and Cinderella is bored with her new life. With a loud crash, the Baker's house is destroyed ("So Happy"). The Baker goes to the castle to warn Cinderella, but is escorted out by the Steward. Little Red's house is also destroyed, and the Baker and his Wife offer to escort her to her Grandmother's home. Jack, who also lost his home, goes to the woods to slay the giant, and Cinderella disguises herself to investigate the Baker's report ("Into the Woods (Reprise)").

Rapunzel, driven mad by her long confinement, also flees to the woods. Her Prince follows her and meets his brother, and the two confess their lust for new women, [[Snow White]] and [[Sleeping Beauty]] ("Agony (Reprise)"). The group meet an angry Giantess, who demand's Jack's whereabouts, saying he killed her husband (the giant who landed in Jack's yard). Jack's Mother defends her son, but the Steward kills her in a panic to protect the group. The Narrator is found by the group, and the Witch offers him up to the Giantess, but she drops and kills him. Rapunzel flees from the Witch, but is trampled by the Giantess. The Witch mourns Rapunzel ("Witch's Lament").

The Witch vows to find Jack and offer him to the Giantess, so the Baker and his Wife split up to find him first. Cinderella's Prince, searching for Cinderella, meets the Baker's Wife and seduces her ("Any Moment"). The Baker's Wife is conflicted over her affair ("Moments In The Woods"), but before she can return to the Baker, she is trampled by the Giantess. The Witch finds Jack crying over the Baker's Wife's corpse and brings him to Cinderella and the Baker, informing them of her death. The group all blame each other for her death, before turning on the Witch ("Your Fault"). The Witch laments the group's impending doom, mocks the group for not tacking responsibility, throws away the remaining beans and vanishes ("Last Midnight").

Stricken by grief, the Baker decides to abandon his son and leave. The Mysterious Man returns in spirit, pleading that the Baker not make the same mistakes he made; the Baker stays ("No More"). Cinderella discovers her Prince's infidelity and asks him to leave her alone. Little Red mourns her Grandmother after discovering she was killed by the Giantess, and is comforted by Cinderella. Meanwhile, the Baker informs Jack of his mother's death ("[[No One Is Alone (song)|No One Is Alone]]").

After slaying the Giantess, Jack, Little Red, Cinderella, and the Baker begin their journey back to the village. The Baker doubts his abilities to be a parent on his own, and his Wife's spirit returns to comfort him. She asks him to tell their story, and the Baker does so (reciting the same line the narrator says at the beginning of Act 1). The Witch returns and warns the audience to be careful of their wishes or stories told to children, and the group leaves the woods ("Children Will Listen").

==Musical numbers==
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; Act I
* Prologue: "Into the Woods" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Jack's Mother, Little Red Ridinghood, Witch, Cinderella's father</small>
* "Cinderella at the Grave" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother</small>
* "Hello, Little Girl" – <small>Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "I Guess This Is Goodbye" – <small>Jack</small>
* "Maybe They're Magic" – <small>Baker's Wife, Baker</small>
*"Maybe They're Magic" (reprise) – <small>Baker</small>*
* "I Know Things Now" – <small>Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "A Very Nice Prince" – <small>Cinderella, Baker's Wife</small>
* "First Midnight" – <small>company</small>
* "Giants in the Sky" – <small>Jack</small>
* "Agony" – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince</small>
* "A Very Nice Prince" (reprise) – <small>Cinderella, Baker's Wife</small>*
* "It Takes Two" – <small>Baker's Wife, Baker</small>
* "Second Midnight" – <small>Witch, Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Granny, Narrator</small>*
* "Stay with Me" – <small>Witch, Rapunzel</small>
* "On the Steps of the Palace" – <small>Cinderella</small>
* "Careful My Toe" – <small>Narrator, Florinda, Cinderella's Stepmother, Lucinda, Cinderella's Mother, Cinderella's Prince, Cinderella's father</small>*
* "So Happy" (Prelude) – <small>Cinderella, Cinderella's Prince, Baker, Baker's Wife</small>*
* "Ever After" – <small>Narrator, Florinda, Lucinda, Witch, company</small>

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; Act II
* Prologue: "So Happy" – <small>Narrator, Cinderella, Jack, Baker, Baker's Wife, Baker's child, Cinderella's Prince, Jack's Mother, Cinderella's Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda, Witch</small>
* Prologue: "Into the Woods" (reprise) – <small>Baker, Baker's Wife, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Rapunzel</small>
* "Agony" (reprise) – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Rapunzel's Prince</small>
* "Lament" – <small>Witch</small>
* "Any Moment" – <small>Cinderella's Prince, Baker's Wife</small>
* "Moments in the Woods" – <small>Baker's Wife</small>
* "Your Fault" – <small>Jack, Baker, Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood</small>
* "Last Midnight" – <small>Witch, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker</small>
* "No More" – <small>Baker, Mysterious Man</small>
* "[[No One Is Alone (song)|No One Is Alone]]" – <small>Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack</small>
* "Finale: Children Will Listen" – <small>company</small>

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:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Not included in the original Broadway cast recording
:<nowiki>**</nowiki>Added for the 1990 London production

==Development==
The development of Into the Woods first started when [[James Lapine]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]] came together for their second collaborative project after ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]''. Lapine and Sondheim wanted a fairy tale–themed musical; they tried writing their own quest fairy tale, but this was scrapped. Lapine suggested combining several folktales into one musical. They discussed incorporating ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' stories, or styling the production as fantasy computer game.<ref name=":2">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fLAQ2r56CB24m3ur&v=9Bjr0LbDKks&feature=youtu.be |title=Into the Woods: A conversation with Sondheim and Lapine – 1991 PBS TV |date=2020-08-10 |last=Broadway History |access-date=2024-12-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

"Into the Woods" first appeared as a workshop performance at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in [[San Diego]]. California, on December 4, 1986, which ran for 50 performances under the direction of Lapine. Many of the performers from that production were in the Broadway cast. Kay McClelland, who played Rapunzel and Florinda in San Diego, played Florinda on Broadway.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Sondheim Guide / Into the Woods |url=https://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=www.sondheimguide.com}}</ref>

Throughout the run, dialogue, plot details, and songs were being rewritten or even cut entirely. For example, the Baker's Wife in the Old Globe production was not crushed by the Giantess. Instead, she ate a poisoned apple, in the manner of "[[Snow White]]". A reference to "[[The Three Little Pigs]]" in San Diego later returned for the 2002 Broadway revival.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=From "Boom Crunch" to "The Last Midnight": How Into the Woods Transformed Throughout the Years |url=https://playbill.com/article/from-boom-crunch-to-the-last-midnight-how-into-the-woods-transformed-throughout-the-years-com-335786 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207143200/https://playbill.com/article/from-boom-crunch-to-the-last-midnight-how-into-the-woods-transformed-throughout-the-years-com-335786 |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Playbill |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The song "Giants in the Sky" had different lyrics, and "So Happy", "Lament", and "Second Midnight" had extra lyrics. Many longer versions of the songs were cut for Broadway, but the longer version of "Lament" was preserved in the Broadway cast recording and was used in later productions.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Sondheim |first=Stephen |url=https://archive.org/details/lookimadehatcoll0000sond/mode/1up |title=Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany |date=2011 |publisher=New York : Alfred A. Knopf |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-307-59341-2}}</ref>

==Productions==

===Original Broadway===
''Into the Woods'' opened on Broadway at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] on November 5, 1987, and closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 performances. It starred [[Bernadette Peters]] as the Witch, [[Joanna Gleason]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Chip Zien]] as the Baker, [[Robert Westenberg]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Tom Aldredge]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, [[Kim Crosby (singer)|Kim Crosby]] as Cinderella, [[Danielle Ferland]] as Little Red Ridinghood, [[Ben Wright (American actor)|Ben Wright]] as Jack, [[Chuck Wagner]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Barbara Bryne]] as Jack's Mother, [[Pamela Winslow]] as Rapunzel, [[Merle Louise]] as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giantess, [[Edmund Lyndeck]] as Cinderella's father, [[Joy Franz]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, Philip Hoffman as the Steward, Lauren Mitchell as Lucinda, Kay McClelland as Florinda, [[Jean Kelly]] as Snow White, and Maureen Davis as Sleeping Beauty. It was directed by Lapine, with musical staging by [[Lar Lubovitch]], sets by [[Tony Straiges]], lighting by [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]], and costumes by [[Ann Hould-Ward]] (based on original concepts by [[Patricia Zipprodt]] and Ann Hould-Ward). The production won the 1988 [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]] Award and the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical]], and the [[Cast recording|original cast recording]] won a [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]] at the [[31st Annual Grammy Awards]]. The show was nominated for ten [[Tony Awards]] at the [[42nd Tony Awards]], and won three: [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] (Sondheim), [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book]] (Lapine) and [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] (Gleason).

Peters left the show after almost five months,<ref>"Bernadette Peters is leaving ''Into the Woods'' as of March 30 to make the movie ''Slaves of New York''..." Nemy, Enid. "On Stage", ''The New York Times'', March 11, 1988, p. C2</ref> and replacements for the Witch were [[Betsy Joslyn]];<ref>"Phylicia Rashad is to replace Bernadette Peters in the role of the Witch...[Rashad] will take over the Broadway role in mid-April. Until then, the Witch is being played by Betsy Joslyn." "Phylicia Rashad Joining Cast of ''Into the Woods''", ''The New York Times'', p. C18, March 30, 1988 (no author)</ref> [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Nancy Dussault]]<ref>Guernsey, Otis L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LoMrnezE8D8C&q=%22Betsy+Joslin%22 "'Into the Woods' Listing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406113826/https://books.google.com/books?id=LoMrnezE8D8C&q=%22Betsy+Joslin%22 |date=2023-04-06 }}, ''The Best Plays of 1988–1989'', Hal Leonard Corporation, 1989, {{ISBN|1557830568}}, p.462</ref> and [[Ellen Foley]].<ref name="replacement">[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#BWP "Cast Replacements-Witch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#BWP |date=2016-03-05 }}, SondheimGuide.com, accessed August 2, 2012</ref> Other notable cast replacements included [[Dick Cavett]] as the Narrator, [[Edmund Lyndeck]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Patricia Ben Peterson]] as Cinderella, LuAnne Ponce returning as Little Red, [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]] as Jack, [[Marin Mazzie]] as Rapunzel, [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Cindy Robinson]] as Snow White, and [[Cynthia Sikes Yorkin|Cynthia Sikes]], and [[Mary Gordon Murray]] as the Baker's Wife.<ref name=replacement/>

From May 23 to 25, 1989, the original cast (except with Cindy Robinson as Snow White) reunited for three performances to tape the show for the Season 10 premiere episode of [[PBS]]'s ''[[American Playhouse]]'', which first aired on March 15, 1991. The show was filmed with seven cameras on the set of the Martin Beck Theatre in front of an audience, with certain elements slightly changed for the recording to better fit the screen, and with lighting and minor costume differences. There were also pick-up shots not filmed in front of an audience. This video has since been released on VHS and DVD and, on occasion, remastered and rereleased.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#TV "1991 Television Version"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#TV |date=2016-03-05 }} SondheimGuide.com, accessed March 19, 2012</ref>

Tenth Anniversary benefit performances were held on November 9, 1997, at the [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]] in New York, with most of the original cast.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts2.html#1997Woods "Concert, Tenth Anniversary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819093433/http://www.sondheimguide.com/concerts2.html#1997Woods |date=2007-08-19 }} SondheimGuide.com</ref> [[Jonathan Dokuchitz]] played Rapunzel's Prince in place of Wagner. This concert featured the duet "Our Little World", written for the first London production of the show.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} On November 9, 2014, most of the original cast reunited for a reunion concert and discussion in [[Costa Mesa, California]]. [[Mo Rocca]] hosted the reunion and interviewed Sondheim, Lapine, and each cast member. Appearing were Peters, Gleason, Zien, Ferland, Wright and husband and wife Westenberg and Crosby.<ref>Henerson, Evan. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bernadette-peters-joanna-gleason-stephen-sondheim-and-more-return-to-the-woods-335110 "Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Stephen Sondheim and More Return to The Woods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215133807/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/bernadette-peters-joanna-gleason-stephen-sondheim-and-more-return-to-the-woods-335110 |date=2014-12-15 }} playbill.com, November 10, 2014</ref> The same group presented another discussion/concert on June 21, 2015, at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]], New York City.<ref>Gioia, Michael. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/learn-how-into-the-woods-began-who-got-married-the-line-sondheim-stole-and-how-the-witch-transformed-351830#search_form "Learn How 'Into the Woods' Began"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624155659/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/learn-how-into-the-woods-began-who-got-married-the-line-sondheim-stole-and-how-the-witch-transformed-351830#search_form |date=2015-06-24 }} playbill.com, June 22, 2015</ref>

===1988 US tour===
A U.S. tour started performances on November 22, 1988. The cast included [[Cleo Laine]] as the Witch, [[Rex Robbins]] as the Narrator and Mysterious Man, Ray Gill and Mary Gordon Murray as the Baker and his wife, [[Kathleen Rowe McAllen]] as Cinderella, Chuck Wagner as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Douglas Sills]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Robert Duncan McNeill]] and [[Charlotte Rae]] as Jack and his mother, Marcus Olson as the Steward, and Susan Gordon Clark reprising her role as Florinda from the Broadway production. The set was almost completely reconstructed, and there were certain changes to the script, changing certain story elements.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} Notable cast replacements included Joslyn as the Witch, [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Olson as the Baker, [[Stuart Zagnit]] as the Steward, and [[Patricia Ben Peterson]] as Cinderella.<ref>[[Stanley Green (historian)|Green, Stanley]] and Green, Kay. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&q=%22Cleo+Laine%22 "'Into the Woods'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406113827/https://books.google.com/books?id=KDKFHniTy1YC&q=%22Cleo+Laine%22 |date=2023-04-06 }}, ''Broadway Musicals, Show by Show''(5ed), Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996, {{ISBN|0793577500}}, p. 277</ref> The tour<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchins |first=Michael H. |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Into the Woods, 1988 National Touring Company |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#NTC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#NTC |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide}}</ref><ref>Stearns, David Patrick. ''USA Today'', January 26, 1989, p.4D</ref> ran at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] from June to July 1989, where ''[[The Washington Post]]'' review called the "lovely score – poised between melody and dissonance ... the perfect measure of our tenuous condition. The songs invariably follow the characters' thinking patterns, as they weigh their options and digest their experience. Needless to say, that doesn't make for traditional show-stoppers. But it does make for vivacity of another kind. And Sondheim's lyrics ... are brilliant. ... I think you'll find these cast members alert and engaging."<ref>Richards, David. "''Woods'' of enchantment; At the Opera House, Sondlheim's Bittersweet Turn on Happily Ever After", ''The Washington Post'', June 24, 1989, p. B1</ref>

===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>

===1998 London revival===
An intimate production of the show opened at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] on November 16, 1998 closing on February 13, 1999. It was directed by [[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]] and designed by his brother, [[Bob Crowley]]. The cast included [[Clare Burt]] as the Witch, Nick Holder as the Baker, [[Sophie Thompson]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Jenna Russell]] as Cinderella, [[Sheridan Smith]] as Little Red, [[Damian Lewis]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, and [[Frank Middlemass]] as the Narrator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1998 Donmar Warehouse, London Production |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#1998LP |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Sondheim Guide |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#1998LP |url-status=live }}</ref> Thompson won the [[1999 Laurence Olivier Awards|1999]] [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical]]; the production was nominated for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Outstanding Musical Production]].

===2002 Broadway revival===
[[File:Into the Woods poster (Broadway revival).jpg|thumb|left|150px|A poster for the 2002 Broadway revival]]
A revival opened at the [[Ahmanson Theatre]] in Los Angeles, running from February 1 to March 24, 2002. It had the same director, choreographer and principal cast that began performances on Broadway a month later.<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html "2002 Los Angeles Production"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |date=2016-03-05 }} sondheimguide.com, accessed July 1, 2011</ref>

The 2002 Broadway revival, directed by Lapine and choreographed by [[John Carrafa]], began previews on April 13, 2002, and opened April 30 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]], closing on December 29 after a run of 18 previews and 279 regular performances. It starred [[Vanessa Williams]] as the Witch, [[John McMartin]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, [[Stephen DeRosa]] as the Baker, [[Kerry O'Malley]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Gregg Edelman]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's prince, [[Christopher Sieber]] as the Wolf/Rapunzel's prince, [[Molly Ephraim]] as Little Red, [[Adam Wylie]] as Jack, and [[Laura Benanti]] as Cinderella. [[Judi Dench]] provided the Giantess's pre-recorded voice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Broadway League |date=April 30, 2002 |title=Into the Woods – Broadway Musical – 2002 Revival |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/into-the-woods-13281 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/into-the-woods-13281 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=IBDB}}<br/>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods (Broadway, Broadhurst Theatre, 2002) |url=https://playbill.com/production/into-the-woods-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000001997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220130/https://playbill.com/production/into-the-woods-broadhurst-theatre-vault-0000001997 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=January 15, 2022 |website=Playbill |language=en}}</ref> The production featured designs by Douglas W. Schmidt (sets), [[Susan Hilferty]] (costumes), [[Brian MacDevitt]] (lighting), [[Dan Moses Schreier]] (sound) and [[Elaine J. McCarthy]] (projection). The revival won Tonys for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|best revival]] and [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical|lighting design]] at the [[56th Tony Awards]].<ref>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#2002BW "2002 revival production information"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html#2002BW |date=2016-03-05 }} sondheimguide.com</ref>

Lapine revised the script slightly for this production, with a cameo appearance of the Three Little Pigs restored from the earlier San Diego production.<ref name="revival">[http://www.sondheim.com/news/reviving_the_woods.html Reviving the Woods (2002)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927013554/http://www.sondheim.com/news/reviving_the_woods.html |date=2011-09-27 }} sondheim.com, accessed March 26, 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 9, 2022 |title='Woods' Path Takes New Twists |page=35 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/image/408349133/?terms=%27Woods%27%20Path%20Takes%20New%20Twists&match=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |via=New York Daily News Archive |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107212015/https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/image/408349133/?terms=%27Woods%27%20Path%20Takes%20New%20Twists&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> There were also various small dialogue changes; a new song "Our Little World"; a second wolf who ogles the Three Little Pigs (portrayed by the same actor as Rapunzel's prince); Milky White was played by a live performer ([[Chad Kimball]]) in an intricate costume; new lyrics for "Last Midnight", now a menacing lullaby sung by the Witch to the Baker's baby; and the ending also got new lyrics. The Witch starts aging again due to her losing the beans, and she sinks into the stage crying out: "Mother, here I come!", as opposed to the traditional "and the boom–crunch!"<ref name=":4"/><ref>Pressley, Nelson. "A Spruced-Up ''Into the Woods'' Grows on Broadway", ''The Washington Post'', May 1, 2002, p. C1</ref>

===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}}

===Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2010===
A [[Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] production, directed by [[Timothy Sheader]] and choreographed by Liam Steel, ran from 6 August to 11 September 2010. The cast included [[Hannah Waddingham]] as the Witch, [[Mark Hadfield]] as the Baker, [[Jenna Russell]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Helen Dallimore]] as Cinderella, [[Michael Xavier]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's prince, and Judi Dench as the recorded voice of the Giantess. [[Gareth Valentine]] was the musical director.<ref name="Regent's Park">[http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Waddingham-Russel-Lead-Open-Air-Theatres-INTO-THE-WOODS-86911-20100806 Waddingham, Russel Lead Open Air Theatre's ''Into the Woods'', 8/6-9/11] Broadway World, Retrieved July 27, 2013</ref><ref>Shenton, Mark.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142088-New-London-Production-of-Into-the-Woods-Opens-at-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-Aug-16 "New London Production of Into the Woods Opens at Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park Aug. 16"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017192307/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142088-New-London-Production-of-Into-the-Woods-Opens-at-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-Aug-16 |date=2012-10-17 }} Playbill.com, August 16, 2010</ref> The musical was performed outdoors in a wooded area<!-- OUTSIDE THE THEATRE? -->. While the book remained mostly unchanged, the subtext of the plot was dramatically altered by casting the role of the Narrator as a young school boy lost in the woods following a family argument – a device used to further illustrate the musical's themes of [[parenting]] and adolescence.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

The production opened to wide critical acclaim, with much of the press commenting on the effectiveness of the open air setting. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' reviewer, for example, wrote: "It is an inspired idea to stage this show in the magical, sylvan surroundings of [[Regent's Park]], and designer [[Soutra Gilmour]] has come up with a marvellously rickety, adventure playground of a set, all ladders, stairs and elevated walkways, with Rapunzel discovered high up in a tree."<ref>Spencer, Charles. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7950065/Into-the-Woods-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-review.html "'Into the Woods', Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621193617/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7950065/Into-the-Woods-Open-Air-Theatre-Regents-Park-review.html |date=2018-06-21 }} telegraph.co.uk, 17 August 2010</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reviewer commented: "The natural environment makes for something genuinely haunting and mysterious as night falls on the audience".<ref>Wolf, Matt. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25iht-lon25.html "Playing Sondheim in the Woods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630121212/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25iht-lon25.html |date=2017-06-30}} ''The New York Times'', August 24, 2010</ref> The production won the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]] at the [[2011 Laurence Olivier Awards]]. It was captured by live by [[Digital Theatre (website)|Digital Theatre+]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods |url=https://www.digitaltheatreplus.com/title/into-the-woods |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Digital Theatre+ |language=en}}</ref>

===Central Park Delacorte Theater, 2012===
The Regent's Park production transferred to the [[Public Theater]]'s 2012 free summer series, [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]], at the [[Delacorte Theater]] in [[Central Park]], New York City, with an American cast and new designers.  The cast included [[Amy Adams]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Donna Murphy]] as the Witch, [[Denis O'Hare]] as the Baker, Chip Zien (the Baker in the 1987 Broadway cast) as the Mysterious Man/Cinderella's father, Ivan Hernandez as the Wolf/Cinderella's prince, [[Jessie Mueller]] as Cinderella, Jack Broderick as the young Narrator, [[Gideon Glick]] as Jack, Cooper Grodin as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Sarah Stiles]] as Little Red, Josh Lamon as the Steward, and [[Glenn Close]] as the voice of the Giantess.<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-INTO-THE-WOODS-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT-Set-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Lily-Rabe-Set-for-Rosalind-20120126 "Official: ''Into the Woods'' & ''As You Like It'' Set for Shakespeare in the Park; Lily Rabe Set for 'Rosalind'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128104619/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Official-INTO-THE-WOODS-AS-YOU-LIKE-IT-Set-for-Shakespeare-in-the-Park-Lily-Rabe-Set-for-Rosalind-20120126 |date=2012-01-28 }} broadwayworld.com, January 26, 2012</ref> Sheader again directed, and Steel served as co-director and choreographer. Performances ran from July 24 until September 1.<ref>[http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163302/into-the-woods-starring-amy-adams-denis-ohare-donna-murphy-extends-central-park-run/ "''Into the Woods'', Starring Amy Adams, Denis O'Hare & Donna Murphy, Extends Central Park Run"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810122230/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163302/into-the-woods-starring-amy-adams-denis-ohare-donna-murphy-extends-central-park-run/ |date=2012-08-10 }} broadway.com, August 7, 2012</ref> The set was a collaboration between Gilmour and [[John Lee Beatty]] and rose "over 50 feet in the air, with a series of tree-covered catwalks and pathways".<ref name="public">{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=July 23, 2012 |title="Once Upon a Time": ''Into the Woods'', With Chip Zien, Donna Murphy, Denis O'Hare and Amy Adams, Begins July 23 in Central Park |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/168255-Once-Upon-a-Time-Into-the-Woods-With-Chip-Zien-Donna-Murphy-Denis-OHare-and-Amy-Adams-Begins-July-23-in-Central-Park  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131104629/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/168255-Once-Upon-a-Time-Into-the-Woods-With-Chip-Zien-Donna-Murphy-Denis-OHare-and-Amy-Adams-Begins-July-23-in-Central-Park |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |access-date=July 23, 2012 |publisher=playbill.com}}</ref> There were reports of a possible Broadway transfer,<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/Central-Park-INTO-THE-WOODS-Already-Considering-Broadway-20120222 "Central Park 'Into the Woods' Already Considering Broadway?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508153546/http://broadwayworld.com/article/Central-Park-INTO-THE-WOODS-Already-Considering-Broadway-20120222 |date=2012-05-08 }}, Broadwayworld.com, February 22, 2012</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/16/ref5893-Is-Public-Theater-Considering-Broadway-Run-of-Into-the-Woods "Is Public Theater Considering Broadway Run of 'Into the Woods?'"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Playbill.com, May 11, 2012</ref> but scheduling conflicts prevented this.<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Will-Not-Transfer-to-Broadway-THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS-Delayed-to-2013-14-Season-20130106 ''Into the Woods'' Will Not Transfer to Broadway; ''The Sunshine Boys'' Delayed to 2013–14 Season] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109023047/http://broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Will-Not-Transfer-to-Broadway-THE-SUNSHINE-BOYS-Delayed-to-2013-14-Season-20130106 |date=2013-01-09 }} Broadway World, January 6, 2013</ref>

===Hollywood Bowl, 2019===
For its annual fully staged musical, the [[Hollywood Bowl]] produced ''Into the Woods'' from July 26–28, 2019, directed and choreographed by [[Robert Longbottom]].<ref name="holly">{{Cite web |title=''Into the Woods'' – Annual Fully Staged Musical. Hollywood Bowl |url=https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/583/2019-07-26/into-the-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729225229/https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/583/2019-07-26/into-the-woods |archive-date=29 July 2019 |access-date=29 July 2019 |website=Hollywood Bowl}}</ref> The cast included [[Skylar Astin]] as the Baker, [[Sutton Foster]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Patina Miller]] as the Witch, [[Sierra Boggess]] as Cinderella, [[Cheyenne Jackson]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Chris Carmack]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Gaten Matarazzo]] as Jack, [[Anthony Crivello]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Edward Hibbert]] as the Narrator, [[Shanice Williams]] as Little Red, [[Hailey Kilgore]] as Rapunzel, [[Rebecca Spencer (singer)|Rebecca Spencer]] as Jack's Mother, original Broadway cast member Gregory North as Cinderella's father, and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] as the voice of the Giantess<ref name="bowl">Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods-starring-patina-miller-sutton-foster-skylar-astin-cheyenne-jackson# "Read Reviews for Hollywood Bowl ''Into the Woods'', Starring Patina Miller, Sutton Foster, Skylar Astin, Cheyenne Jackson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731022607/http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods-starring-patina-miller-sutton-foster-skylar-astin-cheyenne-jackson |date=2019-07-31 }} playbill, July 28, 2019</ref> The production featured Ann Hould-Ward's costumes from the original Broadway production.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

===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}}

===2022 Broadway revival===
[[File:Into the Woods Broadway 2022.jpg|thumb|left|195px|Poster for the 2022 Broadway revival]]
The Encores! production transferred to Broadway at the [[St. James Theatre]], with an official opening on July 10, 2022, after previews beginning on June 28, to universally positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods |url=https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/into-the-woods-3/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Did They Like It? |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153206/https://didtheylikeit.com/shows/into-the-woods-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Most of the Encores! cast transferred, except that [[Brian d'Arcy James]] played the Baker, Patina Miller was the Witch, [[Phillipa Soo]] was Cinderella, [[Joshua Henry]] was Rapunzel's Prince,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=May 26, 2022 |title=Encores! Into the Woods Sets Broadway Transfer With Patina Miller, Brian D'Arcy James, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, Sara Bareilles, More |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/encores-into-the-woods-sets-broadway-transfer-with-patina-miller-brian-darcy-james-phillipa-soo-joshua-henry-sara-bareilles-more |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526125126/https://playbill.com/article/encores-into-the-woods-sets-broadway-transfer-with-patina-miller-brian-darcy-james-phillipa-soo-joshua-henry-sara-bareilles-more |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Nancy Opel]] was Cinderella's Stepmother, Aymee Garcia was Jack's Mother, and Alysia Velez was Rapunzel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=June 8, 2022 |title=Nancy Opel, Aymee Garcia, Alysia Velez & More Join INTO THE WOODS on Broadway |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nancy-Opel-Aymee-Garcia-Alysia-Velez-More-Join-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20220608 |access-date=June 19, 2022 |website=Broadway World |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619201256/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nancy-Opel-Aymee-Garcia-Alysia-Velez-More-Join-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20220608 |url-status=live }}</ref> From July 24 to August 2, Cheyenne Jackson filled in as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Cheyenne Jackson Will Return to Broadway for Short Stint in Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-will-return-to-broadway-for-short-stint-in-into-the-woods |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712194043/https://www.playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-will-return-to-broadway-for-short-stint-in-into-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref> 

On September 6, 2022, married couple [[Stephanie J. Block]] and [[Sebastian Arcelus]] replaced Bareilles and James as the Baker's Wife and the Baker. Other replacements included [[Krysta Rodriguez]] as Cinderella and [[Jim Stanek]] as the Steward. [[Montego Glover]] began sharing the role of the Witch with Miller, and [[Andy Karl]] played the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince from September 6–15. Harada joined the cast as Jack's mother on September 27.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Margaret |date=12 August 2022 |title=Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus, Krysta Rodriguez, Montego Glover, More to Join Broadway's Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/stephanie-j-block-sebastian-arcelus-krysta-rodriguez-more-to-join-into-the-woods |website=Playbill |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813065124/https://playbill.com/article/stephanie-j-block-sebastian-arcelus-krysta-rodriguez-more-to-join-into-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref> James returned to the cast as the Baker starting October 25, and Karl returned, this time as Rapunzel's Prince, starting October 11.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=22 September 2022 |title=Brian D'Arcy James and Andy Karl Will Return to Broadway's Into the Woods |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/brian-darcy-james-and-andy-karl-will-return-to-broadways-into-the-woods |website=Playbill |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922210711/https://www.playbill.com/article/brian-darcy-james-and-andy-karl-will-return-to-broadways-into-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)|cast album]] was released on September 30.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=30 September 2022 |title=Into the Woods Revival Cast Album Released September 30 |url=https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-revival-cast-album-released-september-30 |website=Playbill |access-date=1 October 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001153410/https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-revival-cast-album-released-september-30 |url-status=live }}</ref> Benton joined the cast as Cinderella from November 21 to December 24.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=25 October 2022 |title=Denee Benton Will Reprise Role of Cinderella in INTO THE WOODS on Broadway |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Denee-Benton-Will-Reprise-Role-of-Cinderella-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20221025 |website=Broadway World |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025141049/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Denee-Benton-Will-Reprise-Role-of-Cinderella-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-on-Broadway-20221025 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Joaquina Kalukango]] played the Witch from December 16.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=17 November 2022 |title=Joaquina Kalukango Will Play The Witch in INTO THE WOODS Beginning Next Month |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Joaquina-Kalukango-Will-Play-The-Witch-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-Beginning-Next-Month-20221117 |website=Broadway World |access-date=17 November 2022 |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117142317/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Joaquina-Kalukango-Will-Play-The-Witch-in-INTO-THE-WOODS-Beginning-Next-Month-20221117 |url-status=live }}</ref> On December 2, Henry resumed the role of Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshua Henry (Performer) |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/joshua-henry-vault-0000114723 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210044842/https://playbill.com/person/joshua-henry-vault-0000114723 |url-status=live }}</ref> Arcelus returned as the Baker starting January 3.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Sebastian Arcelus to Return INTO THE WOODS; Diane Phelan to Take Over as Cinderella |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sebastian-Arcelus-to-Return-INTO-THE-WOODS-Diane-Phelan-to-Take-Over-as-Cinderella-20221215 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215204210/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sebastian-Arcelus-to-Return-INTO-THE-WOODS-Diane-Phelan-to-Take-Over-as-Cinderella-20221215 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The production closed on January 8, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arms |first=Talaura |date=January 8, 2023 |title=Into the Woods Broadway Revival Ends Extended Run January 8 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-broadway-revival-ends-extended-run-january-8 |access-date=January 9, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109033555/https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-broadway-revival-ends-extended-run-january-8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods 2022-23 Broadway Revival Current Cast |url=https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=7627fde2-16ab-4795-b2fb-2cb997a23d63&type=cp#cc |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109001851/https://playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=7627fde2-16ab-4795-b2fb-2cb997a23d63&type=cp#cc |url-status=live }}</ref> The cast recording won the [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]] at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>[https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-wins-grammy-award-for-best-musical-theater-album "Into The Woods Wins Grammy Award For Best Musical Theatre Album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206174600/https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-wins-grammy-award-for-best-musical-theater-album |date=2023-02-06 }} Playbill, February 5, 2023</ref> The production was nominated for [[76th Tony Awards|six Tony Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Tony Awards: Some Like It Hot Leads Nominations; See the Full List &#124; Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-nominations-2023 |access-date=2023-05-02 |archive-date=2023-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502132341/https://www.playbill.com/article/tony-nominations-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Theatre Royal, Bath, 2022===
A production played at the [[Theatre Royal, Bath|Theatre Royal]] in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England, for 4 weeks starting on August 17, 2022. It was directed by [[Terry Gilliam]] and Leah Hausman. The show was first booked for the [[The Old Vic|Old Vic Theatre]] in 2020 but was cancelled there due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cast included [[Julian Bleach]] as the Mysterious Man, [[Nicola Hughes (actress)|Nicola Hughes]] as the Witch, [[Rhashan Stone]] as the Baker, Alex Young as the Baker's Wife, Nathanael Campbell as the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince, [[Audrey Brisson]] as Cinderella, Barney Wilkinson as Jack, [[Gillian Bevan]] as Jack's Mother, [[Charlotte Jaconelli]] as Florinda, Maria Conneeley as Rapunzel, and Lauren Conroy as Little Red in her professional stage debut. Milky White was played in pantomime by dancer Faith Prendergast. The music director was [[Stephen Higgins (conductor)|Stephen Higgins]]; [[Jon Bausor]] was in charge of the production design and Anthony McDonald of the costumes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into The Woods – Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/event/into-the-woods |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.theatreroyal.org.uk |archive-date=2022-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807221924/https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/event/into-the-woods |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

In contrast to the simultaneous Broadway revival, this production was quite visual, with elaborate sets and props, its conceit being that the characters were figures in a young girl's [[Victorian era|Victorian]] toy theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=''Into the Woods'' cast at Theatre Royal Bath includes Alex Young, Nicola Hughes, Julian Bleach, Audrey Brisson, Rhashan Stone |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/114930/news/into-the-woods-casting-to-include-nicola-hughes-julian-bleach-audrey-brisson-rhashan-stone-alex-young/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728065636/https://www.westendtheatre.com/114930/news/into-the-woods-casting-to-include-nicola-hughes-julian-bleach-audrey-brisson-rhashan-stone-alex-young/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The toy theatre spanned the stage, with "giant" props (cans of beans, a watch, a vase, a doll) appearing throughout and used by the characters as elements of setting (for example, Rapunzel's tower was a pile of bean cans).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods at Theatre Royal Bath – first look photos {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/into-the-woods-revival-photos_57209.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |date=22 August 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822223734/https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/news/into-the-woods-revival-photos_57209.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Slapstick]] was also emphasized, "done in the spirit of what Sondheim has written".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Read |first=7 Min |date=2022-07-26 |title=Conjuring up new worlds: in conversation with theatre director Leah Hausman |url=https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/conjuring-up-new-worlds-in-conversation-with-theatre-director-leah-hausman/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Bath Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727151134/https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/conjuring-up-new-worlds-in-conversation-with-theatre-director-leah-hausman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lapine supported this vision,<ref>{{Cite web |last=whdadmin |date=2022-01-07 |title=Into The Woods: Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical to open at Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.scenario-two.com/into-the-woods-stephen-sondheims-beloved-musical-to-open-at-theatre-royal-bath/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Scenario Two |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729104009/https://www.scenario-two.com/into-the-woods-stephen-sondheims-beloved-musical-to-open-at-theatre-royal-bath/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Terry Gilliam |url=https://www.facebook.com/Terry.Gilliam/posts/pfbid0PS1THRmC8FCaqHRLEcmapwfsVTTHrBAMmQwrWiPToHZa8u2vVK8FM33WgowQ12czl |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103085058/https://www.facebook.com/Terry.Gilliam/posts/pfbid0PS1THRmC8FCaqHRLEcmapwfsVTTHrBAMmQwrWiPToHZa8u2vVK8FM33WgowQ12czl |url-status=live }}</ref> and Sondheim gave his approval to the cast before he died.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicola Hughes sur Instagram: "Finally I can share my news!!!..." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CckgNjhoPRo/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Instagram |language=fr |archive-date=2022-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729104056/https://www.instagram.com/p/CckgNjhoPRo |url-status=live }}</ref> Sondheim allegedly liked the designs so much that he fell off his chair laughing.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Into the Woods {{!}} In rehearsals with Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman |date=15 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXiqAnTed4 |access-date=2022-08-15 |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815110903/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VXiqAnTed4&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

The show opened to mostly positive reviews, with critics praising this "hallucinogenic take",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=2022-08-25 |title=Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath, review: Terry Gilliam's hallucinogenic take on Sondheim rises from the ashes of cancellation |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/woods-theatre-royal-bath-review-terry-gilliams-hallucinogenic/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=2022-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824231246/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/woods-theatre-royal-bath-review-terry-gilliams-hallucinogenic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with its "imaginative imagery"<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods review at Theatre Royal Bath, directed by Terry Gilliam |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reviews/into-the-woods-directed-by-terry-gilliam-review-at-theatre-royal-bath |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Stage |language=En |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825120004/https://www.thestage.co.uk/long-reviews/into-the-woods-directed-by-terry-gilliam-review-at-theatre-royal-bath |url-status=live }}</ref> and "sheer spectacle"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=Clive |title=Into the Woods review — Terry Gilliam's 'cancelled' Sondheim is sheer spectacle |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/into-the-woods-review-terry-gilliams-cancelled-sondheim-is-sheer-spectacle-c7znpb8hz |access-date=2022-08-25 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825123204/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/into-the-woods-review-terry-gilliams-cancelled-sondheim-is-sheer-spectacle-c7znpb8hz |url-status=live }}</ref> and acclaiming Leah Hausman's "particularly crisp" choreography,<ref name=":1" /> while some regretted a lack of an "emotional connection between the characters and the audience"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods review – the spectacle in Sondheim and Lapine's musical comes at a price {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/reviews/into-the-woods-spectacle-gilliam-sondheim_57234.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |date=25 August 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825120140/https://www.whatsonstage.com/bath-theatre/reviews/into-the-woods-spectacle-gilliam-sondheim_57234.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and feeling that "nothing quite develops its emotional power as much as it might".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |title=Into the Woods review – Terry Gilliam's rollicking take on Sondheim's 'fairytale collision' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/25/into-the-woods-review-terry-gilliams-rollicking-take-on-sondheims-fairytale-collision |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Reviews generally praised the strength and the vocal talent of the cast,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre review: Into The Woods at Theatre Royal Bath |url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/into-the-woods-theatre-royal-b-21273 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=British Theatre Guide |date=17 August 2022 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825133308/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/into-the-woods-theatre-royal-b-21273 |url-status=live }}</ref> and particularly Prendergast as Milky White.<!-- ADD The Guardian's review here -->{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

===2023 US tour===
The 2022 Broadway revival production toured the U.S. in 2023, starting on February 18. Glover, Arcelus, Block, Creel, Thompson, Geraghty, Kelly, Opel, Garcia, (from Boston onward), Gibson, Ishibashi, Stanek, Velez, Kanagawa<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Broadway's ''Into the Woods'' Revival Will Journey Across the U.S. On Tour |url=https://playbill.com/article/broadways-into-the-woods-revival-will-journey-across-the-u-s-on-tour |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206144414/https://playbill.com/article/broadways-into-the-woods-revival-will-journey-across-the-u-s-on-tour |url-status=live }}</ref> and Phelan all reprised their Broadway roles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2022 |title=Diane Phelan as Cinderella |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CmM7P2IvC_e/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Instagram |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215203258/https://www.instagram.com/p/CmM7P2IvC_e/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= |url-status=live }}</ref> Jason Forbach and Felicia Curry played Rapunzel's Prince and the Giantess/Cinderella's Mother/Granny, respectively. Rayanne Gonzales was Jack's Mother (in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] only), Josh Breckenridge was Cinderella's father/puppeteer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Complete Cast and Additional Cities Announced For ''Into the Woods'' Tour |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Complete-Cast-and-Additional-Cities-Announced-For-INTO-THE-WOODS-Tour-20230117 |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120024017/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Complete-Cast-and-Additional-Cities-Announced-For-INTO-THE-WOODS-Tour-20230117 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 25–26, Andy Karl reprised his Broadway role of Rapunzel's Prince during the opening weekend of the tour's engagement in Washington, D.C. and Forbach stepped into the role of the Baker for an injured Arcelus from February 25 for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingenthron |first=Blair |date=February 25, 2023 |title=Andy Karl to Rejoin ''Into the Woods'' at the Kennedy Center This Weekend |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Karl-to-Rejoin-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-the-Kennedy-Center-This-Weekend-20230225 |access-date=February 25, 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225170157/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Karl-to-Rejoin-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-the-Kennedy-Center-This-Weekend-20230225 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2023 |title=Arcelus returns to the Woods |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpq3m3tDymh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= |website=Instagram |access-date=March 12, 2023 |archive-date=March 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312012211/https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpq3m3tDymh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= |url-status=live }}</ref> The tour visited ten cities.<ref>{{cite web |author=The Broadway League |title=Into the Woods |url=https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/into-the-woods-536014 |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=IBDB |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713160559/https://www.ibdb.com/tour-production/into-the-woods-536014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other productions===
A production played in [[Sydney]] from March 19 to June 5, 1993, at the Drama Theatre, [[Sydney Opera House]]. It starred [[Judi Connelli]] as the Witch, [[Geraldine Turner]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Tony Sheldon (actor)|Tony Sheldon]] as the Baker, [[Philip Quast]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Pippa Grandison]] as Cinderella, [[Sharon Millerchip]] as Little Red, and D. J. Foster as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>Healey, Ken (and others). [http://capitan.tripod.com/Woods.html "Reviews, Sydney Theatre Company, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530213608/http://capitan.tripod.com/Woods.html |date=2012-05-30 }} The Sun-Herald, (and others) March 28, 1993</ref> [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] played the musical from January 17 to February 21, 1998, at the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre. It starred [[Rhonda Burchmore]] as the Witch, [[John McTernan (actor)|John McTernan]] as the Baker, [[Gina Riley]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Lisa McCune]] as Cinderella, [[Robert Grubb]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Peter Carroll (actor)|Peter Carroll]] as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, and [[Tamsin Carroll]] as Little Red.<ref>Kemp, Peter. [http://www5.playbill.com/news/article/35190-Roger-Hodgman-Unveils-His-Final-Season-at-Melbourne-Theatre-Company Roger Hodgman Unveils His Final Season at Melbourne Theatre Company"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131162721/http://www5.playbill.com/news/article/35190-Roger-Hodgman-Unveils-His-Final-Season-at-Melbourne-Theatre-Company |date=2013-01-31 }}, Playbill, September 30, 1997</ref><ref>Burchmore, Rhonda and Howson, Frank. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oDB_it01ymMC&q=%22Into+the+Woods%22 ''Into the Woods''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419013645/https://books.google.com/books?id=oDB_it01ymMC&dq=Victorian+Arts+Centre+%22Rhonda+Burchmore%22+%22Into+the+Woods%22&q=%22Into+the+Woods%22#v=snippet&q=%22Into%20the%20Woods%22&f=false |date=2017-04-19 }} ''Legs 11'', New Holland Publishers (AU), 2010, {{ISBN|1742570119}}</ref> 

In 2000, there was a production starring [[Pat Harrington, Jr.]] as the Narrator, Brian d'Arcy James as the Baker, Leah Hocking as the Baker's Wife, Tracy Katz as Little Red, Liz McCartney as the Witch, and [[Patricia Ben Peterson]] as Cinderella at the [[Ordway Center for the Performing Arts]] in  [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]], Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ovrtur.com/production/2897941/credits |title=BDJ PBP Into the Woods cast |access-date=2023-08-03 |archive-date=2023-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803050647/https://ovrtur.com/production/2897941/credits |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://playbill.com/article/celebrate-into-the-woods-with-a-look-back-at-3-decades-of-the-beloved-show |title=Look back at Into the Woods playbill |access-date=2023-08-03 |archive-date=2023-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803080711/https://playbill.com/article/celebrate-into-the-woods-with-a-look-back-at-3-decades-of-the-beloved-show |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, a production was staged in [[Sacramento]], California, by the [[Wells Fargo Pavilion]]. It starred [[Yvette Cason]] as the Witch, [[Jeffry Denman]] as the Baker, [[Vicki Lewis]] as his wife, Tracy Katz reprising her role as Little Red from the first national tour, Jason Forbach as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, Gordon Goodman as Cinderella's Prince, Kim Huber as Cinderella, Matthew Wolpe as Jack, and Michael G. Hawkins as the Narrator/Mysterious Man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blank |first=Matthew |date=July 29, 2009 |title=PHOTO CALL: Into the Woods, with Denman and Lewis, in Sacramento |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-into-the-woods-with-denman-and-lewis-in-sacramento-com-163156 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230234946/https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-into-the-woods-with-denman-and-lewis-in-sacramento-com-163156 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 25th-anniversary co-production in 2012 between [[Baltimore]], Maryland's [[Center Stage (theater)|Center Stage]] and [[Westport Country Playhouse]], directed by [[Mark Lamos]], cast the original Little Red, Danielle Ferland, as the Baker's Wife. The cast also included [[Erik Liberman]] as the Baker, [[Lauren Kennedy]] as the Witch, [[Jeffry Denman]] as the Narrator, Nik Walker as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Dana Steingold as Little Red, Justin Scott Brown as Jack, Jenny Latimer as Cinderella, [[Cheryl Stern]] as Jack's Mother, Robert Lenzi as Rapunzel's Prince/Cinderella's father, [[Alma Cuervo]] as Cinderella's Stepmother/Granny/Giantess, [[Britney Coleman]] as Rapunzel/Cinderella's Mother, Nikka Lanzarone as Florinda, Eleni Delopoulos as Lucinda, and Jeremy Lawrence as the Mysterious Man.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=2012-02-03 |title=Danielle Ferland, Lauren Kennedy and Erik Liberman Cast in Center Stage-Westport Into the Woods |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-and-erik-liberman-cast-in-center-stage-westport-into-the-woods-com-187097 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=Playbill |language=en |archive-date=2020-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206020630/https://www.playbill.com/article/danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-and-erik-liberman-cast-in-center-stage-westport-into-the-woods-com-187097 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hetrick |first=Adam |date=2012-03-07 |title=Into the Woods, With Danielle Ferland, Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman, Begins in Baltimore March 7 |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-with-danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-erik-liberman-begins-in-baltimore-march-7-com-188167 |access-date=2020-09-30 |website=Playbill |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425232724/https://www.playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-with-danielle-ferland-lauren-kennedy-erik-liberman-begins-in-baltimore-march-7-com-188167 |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The first professional Spanish language production, ''Dentro del Bosque'', was produced by [[University of Puerto Rico]] Repertory Theatre and premiered in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] at Teatro de la Universidad (University Theatre) on March 14, 2013. The cast included [[Víctor Santiago]] as the baker, [[Ana Isabelle]] as the Baker's Wife and [[Lourdes Robles]] as the Witch.<ref>[http://www.vocero.com/sube-a-escena-musical-dentro-del-bosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412034321/http://www.vocero.com/sube-a-escena-musical-dentro-del-bosque|date=2013-04-12}} vocero.com</ref> In 2014, a production premiered in Paris, France, at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] from April 1–12. It starred [[Nick Garrett (bass-baritone)|Nicholas Garrett]] as the Baker, [[Francesca Jackson]] as Little Red, Kimy McLaren as Cinderella, Christine Buffle as the Baker's Wife, Beverley Klein as the Witch, Pascal Charbonneau and [[Rebecca de Pont Davies]] as Jack and his mother, Damian Thantrey as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, David Curry as the Wolf/Rapunzel's Prince, [[Louise Alder]] as Rapunzel, and [[Fanny Ardant]] as the voice of the Giantess.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2014 |title=Casting Announced for Paris Premiere of Into the Woods |url=https://playbill.com/article/casting-announced-for-paris-premiere-of-into-the-woods-com-216483 |access-date=January 11, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111155147/https://playbill.com/article/casting-announced-for-paris-premiere-of-into-the-woods-com-216483 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Roundabout Theatre]] production, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld, began performances [[off-Broadway]] at the [[Laura Pels Theatre]] on December 19, 2014, in previews, opened on January 22, 2015, and closed on April 12, 2015.<ref>[http://playbill.com/news/article/188490-Fiasco-Theaters-Ten-Person-Into-the-Woods-Will-Venture-Off-Broadway-for-Roundabouts-2014-15-Season?tsrc=hpt2 "Fiasco Theater's Ten-Person 'Into the Woods' Will Venture Off-Broadway for Roundabout's 2014–15 Season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307011420/http://playbill.com/news/article/188490-Fiasco-Theaters-Ten-Person-Into-the-Woods-Will-Venture-Off-Broadway-for-Roundabouts-2014-15-Season?tsrc=hpt2 |date=2014-03-07 }} playbill.com, Retrieved March 6, 2014</ref><ref>[http://iobdb.com/Production/5840 ''Into the Woods''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202833/http://iobdb.com/Production/5840 |date=2019-12-04 }} Internet Off-Broadway database, accessed December 4, 2019</ref> Like the original Broadway production, this production had a try-out run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, from July 12 to August 17, 2014 with the opening night taking place on July 17.<ref>[http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/Into_the_Woods.html Into the Woods Press Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812202842/http://www.theoldglobe.org/pressphotos/Into_the_Woods.html |date=2014-08-12 }} theoldglobe.org, Retrieved August 11, 2014</ref> This version was minimalistically reimagined by the Fiasco Theater Company, featuring only ten actors playing multiple parts, and one piano accompanist.<ref>Gioia, Michael. [http://playbill.com/news/article/a-new-path-re-imagined-ten-person-into-the-woods-begins-off-broadway-tonight-337661/print "A New Path! Re-Imagined, Ten-Person 'Into the Woods' Begins Off-Broadway Tonight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144419/http://playbill.com/news/article/a-new-path-re-imagined-ten-person-into-the-woods-begins-off-broadway-tonight-337661/print |date=2015-04-02 }} playbill.com, December 18, 2014</ref> A national tour of the production began on November 29, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Hetrick |date=July 28, 2016 |title=Into the Woods Reveals Initial National Tour Dates |url=https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-reveals-initial-national-tour-dates |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Playbill |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206235124/https://playbill.com/article/into-the-woods-reveals-initial-national-tour-dates |url-status=live }}</ref>

The DreamCatcher Theatre production opened in January 2015 and played a sold-out run at the [[Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts|Adrienne Arsht Center]] in [[Miami]], Florida. [[Tituss Burgess]] starred as the Witch, the first male actor to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Into the Woods'' – Adrienne Arsht Center |url=http://www.arshtcenter.org/Tickets/Calendar/2014-2015-Season/Theater-Up-Close/Into-the-Woods/# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201638/http://www.arshtcenter.org/Tickets/Calendar/2014-2015-Season/Theater-Up-Close/Into-the-Woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2017-10-05 |website=www.arshtcenter.org |language=en}}</ref> The cast also included [[Arielle Jacobs]] as the Baker's Wife, JJ Caruncho as the Baker, Justin John Moniz as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Wayne LeGette as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Annemarie Rosano as Cinderella, and Matthew Janisse as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=January 6, 2015 |title=Tituss Burgess Will Be The Witch in Miami Into the Woods; Sondheim Gives Blessing |url=https://playbill.com/article/tituss-burgess-will-be-the-witch-in-miami-into-the-woods-sondheim-gives-blessing-com-338577 |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105060501/https://playbill.com/article/tituss-burgess-will-be-the-witch-in-miami-into-the-woods-sondheim-gives-blessing-com-338577 |url-status=live }}</ref> The musical ran at [[The Muny]] in [[St. Louis]], Missouri, from July 21–28, 2015. The cast included Heather Headley (Witch), [[Erin Dilly]] (Baker's Wife), [[Rob McClure]] (Baker), [[Ken Page]] (Narrator), [[Elena Shaddow]] (Cinderella), Andrew Samonsky (Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), [[Samantha Massell]] (Rapunzel), and [[Michael McCormick (actor)|Michael McCormick]] (Mysterious Man/Cinderella's father).<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Watch-Highlights-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-The-Muny-Heather-Headley-Erin-Dilly-Rob-McClure-and-More-20150722# BWW TV: Watch Highlights of ''Into the Woodsw'' at The Muny – Heather Headley, Erin Dilly, Rob McClure and More!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801142223/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Watch-Highlights-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-at-The-Muny-Heather-Headley-Erin-Dilly-Rob-McClure-and-More-20150722 |date=2015-08-01 }} Broadway World, Retrieved July 29, 2015</ref>

The [[Hart House Theatre]] production in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada, from January 15–30, 2016, and February 9–11, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods {{!}} Hart House |url=http://harthouse.ca/into-the-woods/  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005201839/http://harthouse.ca/into-the-woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2017-10-05 |website=harthouse.ca |language=en}}</ref> A production ran at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] in [[Leeds]] in a collaboration with [[Opera North]] from June 2–25, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=''Into the Woods'' |publisher=West Yorkshire Playhouse |url=https://www.wyp.org.uk/events/into-the-woods/ |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005153900/https://www.wyp.org.uk/events/into-the-woods/ |archive-date=2017-10-05}}</ref> An Israeli prodution in Hebrew, ''אל תוך היער (El Toch Ha-ya-ar)'', opened in [[Tel Aviv]] in August 2016, produced by The Tramp Productions and Stuff Like That,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-07-29 |title=הכירו את הצעיר שהקים לבד תיאטרון |work=mako |url=http://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/entertainment-q3_2016/Article-8a58f65f1d43651004.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044121/http://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/entertainment-q3_2016/Article-8a58f65f1d43651004.htm |archive-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> starring Roi Dolev as the Witch, the second male actor to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |title=First Hebrew Production of ''Into the Woods'' to Feature Male Witch, Female Narrator |work=[[BroadwayWorld]] |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/First-Hebrew-Production-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-to-Feature-Male-Witch-Female-Narrator-20160512 |url-status=live |access-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232731/https://www.broadwayworld.com/israel/article/First-Hebrew-Production-of-INTO-THE-WOODS-to-Feature-Male-Witch-Female-Narrator-20160512 |archive-date=2017-10-11}}</ref>

In 2017, a Danish language production ran from May 19 to June 24 at Glassalen in [[Tivoli Gardens|Tivoli]], [[Copenhagen]], starring Flemming Enevold as the narrator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods - Hvor langt vil du gå? |url=https://intothewoods.dk/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=intothewoods.dk}}</ref> The production opened again on March 18, 2022, running until April 23, starring [[Stig Rossen]] as the Narrator and [[Ghita Nørby]] as the voice of the Giantess.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods |url=https://www.tivoli.dk/da/kultur-og-program/teater/2022/into-the-woods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170527/https://www.tivoli.dk/da/kultur-og-program/teater/2022/into-the-woods |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Tivoli |language=da }}</ref> In 2019, there was a production done at the [[Patchogue Theatre]] in [[Long Island]], New York, starring [[Constantine Maroulis]] as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, [[Melissa Errico]] as the Baker's Wife, [[Ali Ewoldt]] as Cinderella, [[Alice Ripley]] as the Witch, [[Jim Stanek]] as the Baker, [[Alan Muraoka]] as the  Narrator/Mysterious Man, and [[Darren Ritchie (actor)|Darren Ritchie]] as Rapunzel's Prince.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis, Ali Ewoldt, More Cast in Long Island Into the Woods: In Concert &#124; Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/melissa-errico-constantine-maroulis-ali-ewoldt-more-cast-in-long-island-into-the-woods-in-concert |access-date=2023-05-17 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113114601/https://www.playbill.com/article/melissa-errico-constantine-maroulis-ali-ewoldt-more-cast-in-long-island-into-the-woods-in-concert |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2019, ''Into the Woods'' was mounted by the [[Barrington Stage Company]] in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]. It starred [[Mykal Kilgore]] as the Witch, [[Mara Davi]] as the Baker's Wife, Jonathan Raviv as the Baker, Pepe Nufrio as Rapunzel's Prince, Sarah Dacey Charles as Cinderella's Stepmother/Granny/Cinderella's Mother, Dorcas Leung as Little Red, Amanda Robles as Cinderella, Thom Sesma as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Kevin Toniazzo-Naughton as the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince, Clay Singer as Jack, Zoë Aarts as Lucinda, Megan Orticelli as Florinda, and Leslie Becker as the Giantess/Jack's Mother.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Marc J. |date=July 3, 2019 |title=A Look at Mykal Kilgore, Mara Davi, and More in Into the Woods |url=https://playbill.com/article/a-look-at-mykal-kilgore-mara-davi-and-more-in-into-the-woods |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820013122/https://www.playbill.com/article/a-look-at-mykal-kilgore-mara-davi-and-more-in-into-the-woods |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2022 production staged at [[Arkansas Repertory Theatre]] featured the pre-recorded voice of former [[United States Secretary of State]] and Presidential nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] as the Giantess.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AP News |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Hillary Clinton to voice 'Into The Woods' role in Arkansas |url=https://apnews.com/article/hillary-clinton-into-the-woods-giant-7f613f3d61b716a2ede047f7fd1d9027 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=AP News |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418003105/https://apnews.com/article/hillary-clinton-into-the-woods-giant-7f613f3d61b716a2ede047f7fd1d9027 |url-status=live }}</ref> A production by [[Belvoir St Theatre]] in Sydney, Australia, ran from March 23 to April 30, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tongue |first=Cassie |date=2023-03-23 |title=Into The Woods review – Australian take on Sondheim masterpiece needs more time to soar |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/mar/23/into-the-woods-review-australian-take-on-sondheim-masterpiece-needs-more-time-to-soar |access-date=2023-04-13 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Planned 2025 Bridge Theatre=== 
A production directed Jordan Fein and designed by Tom Scutt is scheduled to play at London's [[Bridge Theatre]] with previews planned to begin on 2 December; it is scheduled to run until April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 25, 2025 |title=London's Bridge Theatre to Stage New Production of Sondheim and Lapine's Into the Wood |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/krysta-rodriguez-to-rejoin-into-the-woods-for-tours-final-weeks |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Playbill}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Alex |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Bridge Theatre announces 2025 shows including Into the Woods revival |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/bridge-theatre-announces-2025-shows-including-into-the-woods-revival_1666188/ |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Whats on Stage}}</ref>

==Principal casts==
The original principal casts of major-market stage productions of ''Into the Woods.''<!-- Major market productions include Broadway, West End and long-running US/UK national tours -->

{| class="wikitable"
! width="10%" rowspan="2"| Role
! width="10%"| Broadway
! width="10%"| US Tour
! width="10%"| West End
! width="10%"| Broadway Revival
! width="10%"| Broadway Revival
! width="10%"| US Tour 
|-
! <small>1987</small>
! <small>1988</small>
! <small>1990</small>
! <small>2002</small>
! <small>2022</small>
! <small>2023</small>
|-
! Witch
| align=center| [[Bernadette Peters]]
| align=center| [[Cleo Laine]]
| align=center| [[Julia McKenzie]]
| align=center| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| align="center" | [[Patina Miller]]
| align=center| [[Montego Glover]]
|-
! Baker
| align=center| [[Chip Zien]]
| align=center| Ray Gill
| align=center| [[Ian Bartholomew]]
| align=center| [[Stephen DeRosa]]
| align=center| [[Brian d'Arcy James]]
| align=center| [[Sebastian Arcelus]]
|-
! Baker's Wife
| align=center|  [[Joanna Gleason]]
| align=center| [[Mary Gordon Murray]]
| align=center| [[Imelda Staunton]]
| align=center| [[Kerry O'Malley]]
| align=center| [[Sara Bareilles]]
| align=center| [[Stephanie J. Block]]
|-
! [[Cinderella]]
| align=center| [[Kim Crosby (singer)|Kim Crosby]]
| align=center| [[Kathleen Rowe McAllen]]
| align=center| [[Jacqui Dankworth]]
| align=center| [[Laura Benanti]]
| align=center| [[Phillipa Soo]]
| align=center| Diane Phelan
|-
! [[Prince Charming|Cinderella's Prince]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Chuck Wagner]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Clive Carter]]
| align=center| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" align=center| [[Gavin Creel]]
|-
! [[The Big Bad Wolf|Wolf]]
| align=center| [[Gregg Edelman]]<hr>[[Christopher Sieber]]
|-
! [[Little Red Ridinghood]]
| align=center| [[Danielle Ferland]]
| align=center| Tracy Katz
| align=center| Tessa Burbridge
| align=center| [[Molly Ephraim]]
| align=center| [[Julia Lester]]
| align=center| Katy Geraghty
|-
! [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]]
| align=center| [[Ben Wright (American actor)|Ben Wright]]
| align=center| [[Robert Duncan McNeill]]
| align=center| [[Richard Dempsey]]
| align=center| [[Adam Wylie]]
| colspan=2 align=center| Cole Thompson
|-
! [[Narration|Narrator]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Tom Aldredge]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[Rex Robbins]]
| align=center| [[Nicholas Parsons]]
| rowspan="2" align=center| [[John McMartin]]
| colspan=2 rowspan="2" align=center| [[David Patrick Kelly]]
|-
! Mysterious Man
| align=center| [[John Rogan (actor)|John Rogan]]
|-
! [[Prince Charming|Rapunzel's Prince]]
| align=center| [[Chuck Wagner]]
| align=center| [[Douglas Sills]]
| align=center| Mark Tinkler
| align=center| [[Christopher Sieber]]
| align=center| [[Joshua Henry]]
| align=center| [[Jason Forbach]]
|-
! [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Jack]]'s Mother 
| align=center| [[Barbara Bryne]]
| align=center| [[Charlotte Rae]]
| align=center| [[Patsy Rowlands]]
| align=center| [[Marylouise Burke]]
| align=center| Aymee Garcia
| align=center| Rayanne Gonzales
|-
! [[Rapunzel]]
| align=center| [[Pamela Winslow]]
| align=center| Marguerite Lowell
| align=center| Mary Lincoln
| align=center| Melissa Dye
| colspan=2 align=center| Alysia Velez
|-
![[Cinderella]]'s Stepmother
| align=center| [[Joy Franz]]
| align=center| Jo Ann Cunningham
| align=center| [[Ann Howard (mezzo-soprano)|Ann Howard]]
| align=center| [[Pamela Myers]]
| colspan=2 align=center| [[Nancy Opel]]
|-
! Giant
| align=center| [[Merle Louise]]
| align=center| Nora Mae Lyng
| align=center| [[Eunice Gayson]]<ref name="Sondheim Reference Guide">{{Cite web |title=1990 London Production Cast |url=http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2009-01-17 |website=The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide |pages=Into the Woods}}</ref>
| align=center| [[Judi Dench]]<br /><small>(Pre-recorded)</small>
| align=center| [[Annie Golden]]
| align=center| Felicia Curry
|}

=== Notable replacements ===
==== Broadway (1987–89) ====
*Witch: [[Nancy Dussault]], [[Betsy Joslyn]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Ellen Foley]]
*Cinderella: [[Patricia Ben Peterson]]
*Jack: [[Jeff Blumenkrantz]]
*Narrator: [[Dick Cavett]]
*Mysterious Man: [[Edmund Lyndeck]]
*Rapunzel's Prince: [[Dean Butler (actor)|Dean Butler]]
*Rapunzel: [[Marin Mazzie]]

==== US tour (1988-90) ====
*Witch: [[Betsy Joslyn]]
*Cinderella: [[Patricia Ben Peterson]]
*Narrator/Mysterious Man: [[Peter Walker (actor)|Peter Walker]]
*Cinderella's Stepmother: [[Joy Franz]]

==== Broadway revival (2002) ====
*Cinderella: [[Erin Dilly]]
*Cinderella's Stepmother: [[Joy Franz]]

==== Broadway revival (2022–23) ====
*Witch: [[Montego Glover]], [[Joaquina Kalukango]]
*Baker: [[Sebastian Arcelus]]
*Baker's Wife: [[Stephanie J. Block]]
*Cinderella: [[Krysta Rodriguez]], [[Denée Benton]]
*Cinderella's Prince/Wolf: [[Cheyenne Jackson]], [[Andy Karl]]
*Rapunzel's Prince: [[Andy Karl]]
*Jack's Mother: [[Ann Harada]]

==== US tour (2023) ====
*Baker: [[Jason Forbach]]
*Cinderella: [[Krysta Rodriguez]]
*Rapunzel’s Prince: [[Andy Karl]]

==Adaptations==

===High School version===
The musical has been adapted by [[Music Theatre International]] into a teen-friendly version for use by schools and young companies. Little to nothing has been changed in this version, but it can be changed at the director's will depending on their vision.

===Junior version===
The musical has been adapted by [[Music Theatre International]] into a child-friendly version for use by schools and young companies, with the second act completely removed, as well as a large amount material from the first. The show is shortened from the original two and a half hours to fit in a 50-minute range, and the music transposed into keys that more easily fit young voices. It is licensed through Music Theatre International Broadway Junior musicals. The plot differs from the original with the story ending on a "happy ending"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Into the Woods Junior |url=http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?ID=000189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419163841/http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000189 |archive-date=2007-04-19 |access-date=2007-03-22 |website=www.mtishows.com |publisher=[[Music Theatre International]]}}</ref>

In 2019, a similar adaptation, ''Into the Woods Sr.'', adapted for performance by senior citizens in community centers and nursing homes, premiered. It is available under license.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Nancy |date=July 5, 2019 |title=Into Their 60s and 'Into the Woods' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/theater/into-the-woods-senior.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713014651/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/theater/into-the-woods-senior.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Ruthie Ann Miles, Donald Webber Jr., Phillip Boykin, Judy Kuhn, Todd Almond Sing Into the Woods' 'No More' &#124; Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/watch-ruthie-ann-miles-donald-webber-jr-phillip-boykin-judy-kuhn-todd-almond-sing-into-the-woods-no-more |access-date=2023-05-25 |archive-date=2023-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530215149/https://playbill.com/article/watch-ruthie-ann-miles-donald-webber-jr-phillip-boykin-judy-kuhn-todd-almond-sing-into-the-woods-no-more |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Film===
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A [[Into the Woods (film)|theatrical film adaptation of the musical]] was produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], directed by [[Rob Marshall]], and starring [[Meryl Streep]] as the Witch, [[Emily Blunt]] as the Baker's Wife, [[James Corden]] as the Baker, [[Anna Kendrick]] as Cinderella, [[Chris Pine]] as Cinderella's Prince, [[Daniel Huttlestone]] as Jack, [[Lilla Crawford]] as Little Red Ridinghood, [[Tracey Ullman]] as Jack's Mother, [[Billy Magnussen]] as Rapunzel's Prince, [[Christine Baranski]] as Cinderella's Stepmother, [[MacKenzie Mauzy]] as Rapunzel, [[Tammy Blanchard]] as Florinda, and [[Johnny Depp]] as the Wolf.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=David |date=5 September 2013 |title=Sam Mendes, Rob Marshall will revive their revival of 'Cabaret' |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-sam-mendes-rob-marshall-cabaret-20130905,0,7675194.story |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905234827/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-sam-mendes-rob-marshall-cabaret-20130905,0,7675194.story |archive-date=5 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cerasoro |first=Pat |date=7 August 2013 |title=''Into the Woods'' Rehearsals Begin! Complete Confirmed Cast, With Stars Already Tweeting Pics & More |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Rehearsals-Begin-Complete-Confirmed-Cast-Stars-Already-Tweeting-Pics-More-20130807 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825074122/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Rehearsals-Begin-Complete-Confirmed-Cast-Stars-Already-Tweeting-Pics-More-20130807 |archive-date=25 August 2013 |access-date=5 September 2013 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> The film was released on December 25, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Schillaci |first1=Sophie |last2=Pamela McClintock |date=13 June 2013 |title=Disney Dates Musical 'Into the Woods' Opposite 'Annie' in December 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-dates-musical-woods-opposite-568528 |url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055135/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-dates-musical-woods-opposite-568528 |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> It was a critical and commercial hit, grossing over $213 million worldwide. For her performance as the witch, Streep was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] at the [[87th Academy Awards]].<ref name="Oscars">{{Cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |date=January 15, 2015 |title=Oscars 2015: Full list of nominations |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/15/oscars-2015-nominations/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115214139/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/15/oscars-2015-nominations/ |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> The film also received Academy Award nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].<ref name="Oscars" />

==Analysis of book and music==
In most productions of ''Into the Woods'', including the original Broadway production, several parts are doubled. Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf, who both cannot control their appetites, are usually played by the same actor. Similarly, so are the Narrator and the Mysterious Man, who both comment on the story while avoiding any personal involvement or responsibility. Granny and Cinderella's Mother, both matriarchal characters, are also typically played by the same person, who also gives voice to the nurturing but later murderous Giantess.

The show covers multiple themes: growing up, parents and children, accepting responsibility, morality, and finally, wish fulfillment and its consequences.<ref>Flatow, Sheryl. Liner Notes, ''Into the Woods'' CD, 1988, RCA Victor 6796-2-RC</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]''<nowiki/>'s reviewers wrote that the play's "basic insight... is at heart, most fairy tales are about the loving yet embattled relationship between parents and children. Almost everything that goes wrong—which is to say, almost everything that can—arises from a failure of parental or filial duty, despite the best intentions."<ref>Henry, William A. and Bland, Elizabeth A. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965986,00.html "Theater: Some Enchanted Evening 'Into the Woods'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729002813/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965986,00.html |date=2012-07-29 }}. ''Time Magazine'' (abstract, subscription required), November 16, 1987.<!--cannot verify this quote, the link is to abstract only--></ref> [[Stephen Holden]] wrote that the show's themes include parent-child relationships and the individual's responsibility to the community. The Witch isn't just a scowling old hag, but a key symbol of moral ambivalence. Lapine said that the most unpleasant person (the Witch) would have the truest things to say and the "nicer" people would be less honest.<ref>[[Stephen Holden|Holden, Stephen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-tale.html "A Fairy-Tale Musical Grows Up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040941/http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-tale.html |date=2016-03-05 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 1, 1987</ref> In the Witch's words: "I'm not good; I'm not nice; I'm just right."

Given the show's debut during the 1980s, the height of the [[HIV/AIDS in the United States|U.S. AIDS crisis]], the work has been interpreted as a parable about [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]].<ref name="newyorker">{{Cite magazine |last=Schulman |first=Michael |date=December 24, 2014 |title=Why "Into the Woods" Matters |url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-into-the-woods-matters |url-status=live |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104411/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-into-the-woods-matters |archive-date=January 18, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{Cite magazine |last=Stevens |first=Dana |date=December 24, 2014 |title=Into the Woods |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/12/into_the_woods_starring_meryl_streep_and_emily_blunt_reviewed.html |url-status=live |magazine=Slate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121071131/http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2014/12/into_the_woods_starring_meryl_streep_and_emily_blunt_reviewed.html |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> In this interpretation, the Giantess is a metaphor for HIV/AIDS, killing good and bad characters indiscriminately and forcing survivors to band together to stop the threat and move on from the devastation, reflecting the devastation AIDS wrought on many communities.<ref name="slate" /><ref name="suffolk">{{Cite news |date=March 30, 2010 |title=Sondheim's Into the Woods Comes to Suffolk |publisher=Suffolk.edu |url=http://www2.suffolk.edu/41412.html  |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104717/http://www2.suffolk.edu/41412.html |archive-date=January 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="TPM">{{Cite news |last=Bloom |first=Ester |date=January 2, 2015 |title=Before ''Into the Woods'' Was a Disney Movie, It Was an AIDS Parable |publisher=Talking Points Memo |url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/into-the-woods-disney-aids-parable |url-status=live |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085845/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/into-the-woods-disney-aids-parable |archive-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="FCNP">{{Cite news |last=Benton |first=Nicholas F. |date=January 7, 2015 |title='Into the Woods' is An AIDS Parable |publisher=Falls Church News-Press |url=http://fcnp.com/2015/01/07/into-the-woods-is-an-aids-parable/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104545/http://fcnp.com/2015/01/07/into-the-woods-is-an-aids-parable/ |archive-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> When asked about the connection, Sondheim acknowledged that initial audiences interpreted it as an AIDS metaphor, but said that the work was not intended to be specific.<ref name="slate" />

The score is also notable in Sondheim's output because of its intricate reworking and development of small musical [[Leitmotif|motifs]]. In particular, the opening words, "I wish", are set to the interval of a rising major second and this small unit is both repeated and developed throughout the show, just as Lapine's book explores the consequences of self-interest and "wishing". The dialogue is characterized by the heavy use of [[Syncopation|syncopated]] speech. In many instances, the characters' lines are delivered with a fixed beat that follows natural speech rhythms, but is also purposely composed in eighth, sixteenth, and quarter note rhythms as part of a spoken song. Like many Sondheim/Lapine productions, the songs contain thought-process narrative, where characters converse or think aloud.

Sondheim drew on parts of his troubled childhood when writing the show. In 1987, he told ''Time Magazine'' that the "father uncomfortable with babies [was] his father, and [the] mother who regrets having had children [was] his mother."<ref name="master">{{Cite magazine |last1=Henry |first1=William A III |last2=Bland |first2=Elizabeth L. |date=December 7, 1987 |title=Master of the Musical (subscription required, abstract) |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966141,00.html  |magazine=Time Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930120011/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966141,00.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> <!--cannot verify this quote, the link is to abstract only-->

==Awards and nominations==

===Original Broadway production===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="25" align="center" | 1988
| rowspan="10"| [[42nd Tony Awards|Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| [[James Lapine]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Joanna Gleason]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| [[Lar Lubovitch]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| [[Tony Straiges]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="13"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Outstanding Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music|Outstanding Music]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Stephen Sondheim]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics|Outstanding Lyrics]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical|Outstanding Book of a Musical]]
| rowspan="2"| [[James Lapine]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Bernadette Peters]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Robert Westenberg]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Joanna Gleason]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Danielle Ferland]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| [[Tony Straiges]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Ann Hould-Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design|Outstanding Lighting Design]]
| [[Richard Nelson (lighting designer)|Richard Nelson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations|Outstanding Orchestrations]]
| [[Jonathan Tunick]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Drama Critics' Circle|New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Past Winners|url=https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=New York Drama Critics' Circle|language=en}}</ref>
| Best Musical
| Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
| {{won}}
|-
|[[31st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| colspan="2" |[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
|{{won}}
|}

===Original London production===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" | 1991
| rowspan="7"| [[1991 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical|Best New Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical|Best Director of a Musical]]
| [[Richard Jones (director)|Richard Jones]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Ian Bartholomew]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Imelda Staunton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Julia McKenzie]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Clive Carter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Sue Blane]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[34th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| colspan="2" |[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1999 London revival===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1999
| rowspan="2"| [[1999 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award|Outstanding Musical Production]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Sophie Thompson]]
| {{won}}
|}

===2002 Broadway revival===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="20" align="center" | 2002
| rowspan="10"| [[56th Tony Awards|Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[John McMartin]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Laura Benanti]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[James Lapine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| [[John Carrafa]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| Douglas W. Schmidt
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Susan Hilferty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Brian MacDevitt]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="9" | [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Laura Benanti]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Vanessa Williams]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Gregg Edelman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| Kerry O'Malley
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[James Lapine]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design|Outstanding Set Design]]
| Douglas W. Schmidt
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Susan Hilferty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design|Outstanding Sound Design]]
| [[Dan Moses Schreier]]
| {{won}}
|-
|[[45th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| colspan="2" |[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
|{{nom}}
|}

===2010 London revival===
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! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2011
| rowspan="2"| [[2011 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival|Best Musical Revival]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Michael Xavier]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2012 New York revival===
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| align="center"| 2013
| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Donna Murphy]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2014 Australian production===
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! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
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| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2015
| rowspan="2"| [[15th Helpmann Awards|Helpmann Award]]
| [[Helpmann Awards|Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Lucy Maunder]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[Helpmann Awards|Best Direction of a Musical]]
|[[Stuart Maunder]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2015 Off-Broadway production===
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! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2015
| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama League Award]]
| Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
| {{nom}}
|}

===2022 Broadway revival===
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| rowspan="37" align="center" | 2023
|rowspan=6|[[76th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sherman |first1=Rachel |last2=Cohn |first2=Gabe |date=2023-05-02 |title=Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/theater/tony-award-nominees-list.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502100606/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/theater/tony-award-nominees-list.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|colspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
|Lear deBessonet
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Leading Actor in a Musical]]
|[[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Leading Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical|Best Sound Design of a Musical]]
|Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Drama Desk Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022-2023 Drama Desk Awards nominations announced |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2023/04/27/2023-drama-desk-award-nominations |website=www.ny1.com |access-date=2023-04-27 |archive-date=2023-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501104723/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts/2023/04/27/2023-drama-desk-award-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref>
| colspan="2" |[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical
|[[Phillipa Soo]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppet Design|Outstanding Puppet Design]]
|James Ortiz and Kennedy Kanagawa
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical|Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical]]
|Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Drama League Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=April 25, 2023 |title=See the Full List of 2023 Drama League Award Nominations |url=https://playbill.com/article/see-the-full-list-of-2023-drama-league-award-nominations |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425175310/https://playbill.com/article/see-the-full-list-of-2023-drama-league-award-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Distinguished Performance Award
| [[Sara Bareilles]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Patina Miller]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2" |Outstanding Revival of Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Direction of a Musical
| Lear DeBessonet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Wins-GRAMMY-Award-for-Best-Musical-Theater-Album-20230205 "INTO THE WOODS Wins GRAMMY Award for Best Musical Theater Album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206002512/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/INTO-THE-WOODS-Wins-GRAMMY-Award-for-Best-Musical-Theater-Album-20230205 |date=2023-02-06 }} broadwayworld.com, February 5, 2023</ref>
| colspan="2"|[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theater Album]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |date=April 26, 2023 |title=''New York, New York, Some Like It Hot'' Lead 2023 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations |url=https://playbill.com/article/new-york-new-york-some-like-it-hot-lead-2023-outer-critics-circle-award-nominations |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Playbill |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426150903/https://playbill.com/article/new-york-new-york-some-like-it-hot-lead-2023-outer-critics-circle-award-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"|Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical
|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=17|Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards<ref>{{Cite web |author=Broadway.com Staff|date=May 9, 2023 |title=Into the Woods Leads 2023 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Nominations; Final Voting Now Open |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203212/into-the-woods-leads-2023-broadwaycom-audience-choice-awards-nominations-final-voting-now-open/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=Broadway.com |archive-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509182835/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203212/into-the-woods-leads-2023-broadwaycom-audience-choice-awards-nominations-final-voting-now-open/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203236/into-the-woods-tops-broadwaycom-audience-choice-award-winners/ "Into the Woods Tops Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524201244/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/203236/into-the-woods-tops-broadwaycom-audience-choice-award-winners/ |date=2023-05-24 }} broadway.com, May 24, 2023</ref>
|colspan=2|Favorite Musical Revival
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Performance Of The Year
|rowspan=2|[[Sara Bareilles]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Leading Actress In A Musical
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Patina Miller]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Diva Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Leading Actor In A Musical
|[[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Featured Actor In A Musical
|rowspan=2|[[Gavin Creel]]
|{{won}}
|-
|Favorite Funny Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
|rowspan=2|[[Julia Lester]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Featured Actress In A Musical
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Phillipa Soo]]
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Favorite Onstage Pair
|[[Gavin Creel]] and [[Joshua Henry]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Sara Bareilles]] and [[Brian d'Arcy James]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favorite Replacement (Female)
|[[Stephanie J. Block]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|Favorite Replacement (Male)
|[[Sebastian Arcelus]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Cheyenne Jackson]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Andy Karl]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

===2023 US National tour===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
|rowspan=2|2023
|rowspan=2|[[Elliot Norton Awards]]
|colspan=2|Outstanding Visiting Musical
|{{Won}}
|-
|Outstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical
|[[Gavin Creel]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|2024
|[[Helen Hayes Award]]
|Outstanding Visiting Performance In A Musical
|[[Stephanie J. Block]]
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{ibdb show|4753|title=Into the Woods}}
*[https://www.sondheimdatabase.com/shows/into-the-woods ''Into the Woods''] at the Sondheim Database
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030655/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show ''Into the Woods'' 2012 lortel.org]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213033849/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=6391 ''Into the Woods'' 2015 lortel.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223183546/http://theatre-musical.com/intothewoods/libretto.html Libretto for Into the Woods]
* [http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html ''Into the Woods'' on The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030732/http://www.sondheimguide.com/woods.html |date=2016-03-05 }}
* [http://sondheim.com/features/talbott.html Illustrated Book of ''Into the Woods'' article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117010125/http://www.sondheim.com/features/talbott.html |date=2006-11-17 }}, Sondheim.com (2004)
* [http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000106 ''Into the Woods''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008055027/http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000106 |date=2013-10-08 }} at the Music Theatre International website
* [http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000189 ''Into the Woods JR.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709030810/http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000189 |date=2015-07-09 }} at the Music Theatre International website
* [http://www.ovrtur.com/show/119941 "Profile: Into the Woods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113025058/http://www.ovrtur.com/show/119941 |date=2015-01-13 }}, ''Ovrtur: International Database of Musicals''

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