Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine
Reviewed by Gary McMillan
Cast of Into the Woods with [front] Donna Migliaccio as Jack’s Mom (Photo: Carol Pratt)
Welcome to the same old, brand new Signature. With the same old commitment to quality, Signature co-founder and impresario Eric Schaeffer, well, Poppa’s Got A Brand New Box – a gorgeous new theatre complex with all the technological bells and whistles for the 21st Century.
For his inaugural show, director Schaeffer has chosen to revisit Into the Woods, a show with which he had much success in the 1994-1995 season. He also included Into the Woods in the Kennedy Center’s 2002 Sondheim Celebration — for which he served as artistic director — although in a Junior version partnered with young students from the DC Public Schools which resulted in the delightful documentary, Children Will Listen.
