 In
contrast to Part One in which characters from Grimm’s Fairy
Tales face adversity and then attain happiness, Part Two sees them
flinch before a series of new emerging troubles and tough ordeals…
Into the Woods is a musical that, through its highly humorous and
dream-like performance, as well as its beautiful music and elaborate
storyline, puts the sincere statement “nobody can live by
oneself” to people today.
The popular musical---which won Tony awards for Best Performance
by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Original Score and Best
Book of a Musical in 1988, and Best Revival of a Musical and Best
Lighting Design in 2002 and has been repeatedly performed in New
York and London---will be directed by Miyamoto Amon, who enraptured
the audience with his Pacific Overture. He carefully depicts the
fabric of human relationships as they occur in a forest setting
and also masterfully reproduces the light-hearted word play. The
cast of actors and actresses with striking personalities will charm
the audience delightfully, lightly and heartrendingly.
Synopsis
The characters include Cinderella, her step-mother and step-sisters,
Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk) and his mother, Little Red Riding
Hood going out to visit her grandmother, and a baker and his wife.
A witch, living next door to the bakery, has confined a lovely girl
named Rapunzel to a tower in the woods. The baker and his wife are
worried that they are unable to have children, but this situation
is actually the result of the witch’s curse. The baker and
his wife are told that in order to break the curse, Jack’s
white cow, Little Red Riding Hood’s red hood, Rapunzel’s
long golden hair and Cinderella’s shoes are needed. They gather
their resolve and venture into the dark woods. The fact is that
if they can get all of these four things together, another curse
will also be lifted… |
