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Role: Mysterious Man
Venue: South Coast Repertory
Play: South Coast Repertory’s Theatre Conservatory presents the 2023 Summer Players production of Into the Woods, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, music direction by Erin McNally, directed by Hisa Takakuwa. Julianne Argyros Stage, August 5-13, 2023. Photo by Robert Huskey/SCR.
Story: The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from “Little Red Riding Hood” (spelled “Ridinghood” in the published vocal score), “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “Rapunzel”, “Cinderella”, and several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of the Grimm Brothers’ “Rapunzel”), their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.