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“Into the Woods” is a modern twist on several beloved fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy), all tied together by an original story involving a Baker and his Wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the Witch (Meryl Streep), who has put a curse on them.

 

Rob Marshall, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the Academy Award®-winning musical “Chicago” and Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” directs the film, which is based on the musical stage production by legendary eight-time Tony, Grammy® and Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and Tony® winner James Lapine, who also wrote the screenplay. “Into the Woods” is produced by John DeLuca, Marshall, “Wicked” producer Marc Platt and Callum McDougall, and will be released in theaters December 25, 2014.

 

Starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Johnny Depp, “Into the Woods” is a humorous and heartfelt musical that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel—all tied together by an original story involving a Baker and his Wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the Witch who has put a curse on them.

 

Notes:

  • Into the Woods” premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, at the Martin Beck Theatre. The production, which ran for 764 performances, won Tony® Awards for Best Score, Best Book of a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical. Among other awards, the musical received five Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. “Into the Woods” has been produced around the world, including a 1988 U.S. tour, a 1990 West End production and Broadway and London revivals, in addition to a PBS television production and a 10-year-anniversary concert.
  • The big-screen adaptation welcomes songs from the stage musical, including “Children Will Listen,” “Giants in the Sky,” “On the Steps of the Palace,” “No One Is Alone” and “Agony,” among others.
  • The award-winning production team includes: Oscar® winner Dion Beebe (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha”) as director of photography; Oscar winner Dennis Gassner (“Bugsy,” “Quantum of Solace”) as production designer; and three-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Chicago,” “Alice In Wonderland”) as costume designer.

 

Like INTO THE WOODS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyIntoTheWoods

 

Follow INTO THE WOODS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothewoods

 

INTO THE WOODS is rated PG and opens in theaters everywhere on December 25th!

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Into The Woods – New Trailer & Posters #dadchat

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INTO THE WOODS

DISNEY

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Genre:                                    Musical drama

U.S. Release Date:                 December 25, 2014

Rating:                                   PG

Running time:                         TBD

 

Cast:                                     Meryl Streep, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine,

Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman, Lilla Crawford and Johnny Depp.

 

Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, MacKenzie Mauzy,

Billy Magnussen

 

Director:                                Rob Marshall

Producers:                             John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, Callum McDougall

Screenplay by:                       James Lapine

Music and Lyrics by:              Stephen Sondheim

Based on the Musical by:       Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

 

Into the Woods is a modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy), all tied together by an original story involving a Baker and his Wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the Witch (Meryl Streep), who has put a curse on them.

 

Rob Marshall, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the Academy Award®-winning musical “Chicago” and Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” directs the film, which is based on the Tony®-winning original musical by James Lapine, who also penned the screenplay, and legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, who provides the music and lyrics. Produced by John DeLuca, Marshall, “Wicked” producer Marc Platt and Callum McDougall, “Into the Woods” will be released in theaters December 25, 2014.

 

Starring Meryl Streep, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine, Into the Woods is a humorous and heartfelt musical that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel—all tied together by an original story involving a Baker and his Wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the Witch who has put a curse on them.

 

Notes:

  • Into the Woods premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, at the Martin Beck Theatre. The production, which ran for 764 performances, won Tony® Awards for Best Score, Best Book of a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical. Among other awards, the musical received five Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. Into the Woods has been produced around the world, including a 1988 U.S. tour, a 1990 West End production and Broadway and London revivals, in addition to a television production, DVD recording and a 10-year-anniversary concert.
  • The big-screen adaptation welcomes songs from the stage musical, including “Children Will Listen,” “Giants in the Sky,” “On the Steps of the Palace,” “No One Is Alone” and “Agony,” among others.
  • The award-winning production team includes: Oscar® winner Dion Beebe (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha”) as director of photography; Oscar winner Dennis Gassner (“Bugsy,” “Quantum of Solace”) as production designer; and three-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Chicago,” “Alice In Wonderland”) as costume designer.

 

Like INTO THE WOODS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyIntoTheWoods

 

Follow INTO THE WOODS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intothewoods

 

INTO THE WOODS is rated PG and opens in theaters everywhere on December 25th!

 

 

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Chicago, a City that Lives Up To Expectation!

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to experience two separate events in Chicago! I will talk about both separately as they were both great opportunities and we had a blast. Diva-J, her friend Emily, Nonna as well as Emily’s father and I were given tickets to attend a Peter Pan Ice Cream Adventure as a part of the Emerald City Theatre Company’s summer show series. I shared this great show with you previously and now had to experience it for myself!
So we ended up getting up at around 5:30 in the morning to make sure we were fed and dressed so that we could make the 4 hour drive to the windy city. We packed the car with educational kids toys, videos and games to aid us on our trip. The girls were troopers and I have to say that having a portable DVD player within the car (with dual screens) was a life saver along the way.

The trip as mentioned was uneventful except taking a back route and finding that it was closed and then having to maneuver my way around these slight detours. All-in-all we had no problems and traffic was quite light until we hit downtown.

The Apollo Theatre, where the Emerald City Theatre performs is a small venue, but it’s intimacy allows for you to truly experience that show that you are seeing.

We were lucky enough to have front row seats and this meant that we were able to practically be in the production ourselves. There were times when I thought the actors were going to come and join us as they walked by, but alas they were professional and stayed in character.

One of the things that I loved about this production of Peter Pan was that they got the audience involved. The actors spoke with the audience and took what they said and incorporated it into the production itself in a few parts. This made the production fun and the kids could not say enough positive things about this as it allowed them to be a part of the show.

Everyone in the theatre and in the cast were so warm and willing to become engaged with the kids. This made the drive and the show an ultimate success in my perspective. Also as a theatre major, I appreciated how well the cast interacted together and how well the show flowed from start to finish. The show was so good that it went by too quickly. As soon as it seemed that it had started it was over, but I know that most of this feeling was in fact due to me getting engrossed in the story and the music of the show itself. You get transformed and I found myself inadvertantly smiling with enjoyment throughout the play.

There are still a few Ice Cream Adventure productions (where the guests get ice cream sandwiches after the show) left in the season and I would definitely recommend the shows to anyone looking for a great time. You will get transformed and brought to Neverland with the cast. It is a journey worth taking! Just look at the faces of these girls and know that all of the kids (that I saw) at the show had similar smiles leaving the theatre!

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Aloha Friday #1 – 23 minutes late

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Yes it’s after midnight and I just got Diva-PJ down and can’t sleep so one more posting to finish the day/morning…

Over at An Island Life every Friday they have what they call Aloha Friday.

She mentions that “In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend.”

This week her question was: “What was the last grown-up movie you’ve seen?”

For JAL and I we don’t get out to see movies in the theatre very often any more (Ah those were the days….:-)) So the last video that I watched was Sweeney Todd… I am a fan of Musicals and knew the storyline of this movie, but I do have to say that they did use a bit too much gore for my taste in the musical…but again he was the demon barber of fleet street now wasn’t he…

Now for my question….

When you were young what did you always think you wanted be when you grew up?

For me, it was being a astronaut or of course a superhero…I think I was always looking for that mutant M on my hand which was the insignia of powers to come…

Time for bed… talk to you all again soon!


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