Playwrights: James Lapine & Stephen Sondheim Director: Susi Damilano Musical 6/24-9/6 $20-$120

What happens after “happily ever after”? Fractured fairy tales of a darker hue provide the context for Into the Woods, which deconstructs the Brothers Grimm by way of The Twilight Zone. While the faces and names are familiar, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack in the Beanstalk and company inhabit a sylvan neighborhood in which witches and bakers are next-door neighbors, handsome princes from once-parallel fables are competitive (and equally vain) brothers and all the stories intersect through unexpected new plot twists. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved musical intertwines classic fairy tales with a contemporary edge to tell stories of wishes granted and the price paid.

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