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Review: INTO THE WOODS by Mary Moody Northen Theatre
by Vanessa Hoang Hughes
What goes down when unlikely stories intertwine? Can witches be right, and giants be good? Into the Woods by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim weaves numerous characters from different fairy tales into a single intertwining story. Wish fulfillment unravels in a whirlpool of chaos and confusion. The story depicts life, love, and loss with unlikely scenarios and Sondheim’s enchanting music. Even when dreams come true, not everything is as it seems; even when things go south, you can find the light.
In sixth grade, I played the Narrator in my school’s Into the Woods, Jr. It was one of the most shaping experiences I’ve ever had. From it I learned so much about myself and the way I understand the world. That experience gave me an insider’s perspective when watching this production. Several others in the audience were also alumni of Into the Woods. For us, the Mary Moody
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7/10
Less than perfect with a very problematic second half but does not deserve anywhere near the amount of hate it's gotten
Granted, the film was misleadingly advertised(where I came from though the advertising made it very clear that it was a musical) for some people who clearly had no prior knowledge of the source material and, as is apparent in a lot of the reviews here, Stephen Sondheim's music is not for all tastes, so the dislike is understandable. But as someone who's a fan of musicals, one of those who likes Sondheim, who considers Into the Woods as one of his best and as a fan of the production with Bernadette Peters, while it has its problems to me this film was enjoyable. While as said before the dislike is understandable I do think the amount of hatred it's gotten is over-the-top(this is nowhere near the worst movie ever by any stretch of the imagination) and unfair(mostly from people who didn't know it was a musical or those w
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Review: Into the Woods
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