"Grimmly sastisfying:
The new Boiler Room Theatre production of Into the
Woods is a clear-cut triumph...
The good performances are too plentiful to mention all
of them...The nearly three-hour running time goes almost
unnoticed, due to sharp, consistent performances by yet
another committed BRT ensemble."
-- Martin Brady from his review
for
the Nashville Scene
Click here to read the full
review
(scroll down on linked page to second review)
Into The Woods
Book by James Lapine
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
October 5 - November 3, 2007
An ambivalent Cinderella? A Prince
Charming with a roving eye? A Witch who raps? They're
all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen
Sondheim's fractured
fairy tale.
When a Baker and his Wife learn they've
been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they
embark on a quest for the special objects required to break
the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella,
Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack (the one who climbed the beanstalk).
Everyone's
wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences
of their actions return to haunt them later,
with disastrous results. What begins a lively irreverent
fantasy in the style of
The Princess Bride becomes a moving lesson about community
responsibility and the stories we tell our children.
Directed
by Corbin Green
Musical Direction by Mark Beall
Choreography by Lauri Bright
Costume Designs by Melissa Cannon
Stage Management by Katie Gant
Starring Jamey Green as the
Baker, Corrie Miller as the Baker's Wife, Neely O'Brien
as Cinderella and Sara Schoch as the Witch. Also featuring
Kay Ayers-Sowell, Bethany Ballenger, Mike Baum, Shane Bridges,
Erin Burns, Devin Clevenger, Evelyn Leonard, Rebecca Lindley,
Laura Marsh, Terry McLemore, Nancy Whitehead and Lane Wright.
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