Special_EffectIn the spring of 1989, the 1987 original Broadway cast of "Into The Woods" (with the exception of Cindy Robinson as Snow White instead of Jean Kelly) reunited a year and a half after its opening to tape the production in its entirety for the PBS’s "American Playhouse." Three performances (May 23rd, 24th, and 25th) were played for audiences, filmed with seven cameras in the (then) Martin Beck Theater with certain elements changed slightly for the screen and additional pick up shots not filmed in front of an audience for various purposes. This recording first aired on March 15, 1991 as the program's Season 10 premiere episode and has since been released on tape, DVD, and digitally.
Narrator: TOM ALDREDGE Cinderella: KIM CROSBY Jack: BEN WRIGHT Baker: CHIP ZIEN Baker's Wife: JOANNA GLEASON Stepmother: JOY FRANZ Florinda: KAY MCCLELLAND Lucinda: LAUREN MITCHELL Jack's Mother: BARBARA BRYNE Little Red Ridinghood: DANIELLE FERLAND Witch: BERNADETTE PETERS Cinderella's Father: EDMUND LYNDECK Cinderella's Mother: MERLE LOUISE Mysterious Man: TOM ALDREDGE Wolf: ROBERT WESTENBERG Rapunzel: PAMELA WINSLOW Rapunzel's Prince: CHUCK WAGNER Grandmother: MERLE LOUISE Cinderella's Prince: ROBERT WESTENBERG Steward: PHILIP HOFFMAN Giant: MERLE LOUISE Sleeping Beauty: MAUREEN DAVIS Snow White: CINDY ROBINSON
Into The WoodsSpecial_Effect2014-10-02 | In the spring of 1989, the 1987 original Broadway cast of "Into The Woods" (with the exception of Cindy Robinson as Snow White instead of Jean Kelly) reunited a year and a half after its opening to tape the production in its entirety for the PBS’s "American Playhouse." Three performances (May 23rd, 24th, and 25th) were played for audiences, filmed with seven cameras in the (then) Martin Beck Theater with certain elements changed slightly for the screen and additional pick up shots not filmed in front of an audience for various purposes. This recording first aired on March 15, 1991 as the program's Season 10 premiere episode and has since been released on tape, DVD, and digitally.
Narrator: TOM ALDREDGE Cinderella: KIM CROSBY Jack: BEN WRIGHT Baker: CHIP ZIEN Baker's Wife: JOANNA GLEASON Stepmother: JOY FRANZ Florinda: KAY MCCLELLAND Lucinda: LAUREN MITCHELL Jack's Mother: BARBARA BRYNE Little Red Ridinghood: DANIELLE FERLAND Witch: BERNADETTE PETERS Cinderella's Father: EDMUND LYNDECK Cinderella's Mother: MERLE LOUISE Mysterious Man: TOM ALDREDGE Wolf: ROBERT WESTENBERG Rapunzel: PAMELA WINSLOW Rapunzel's Prince: CHUCK WAGNER Grandmother: MERLE LOUISE Cinderella's Prince: ROBERT WESTENBERG Steward: PHILIP HOFFMAN Giant: MERLE LOUISE Sleeping Beauty: MAUREEN DAVIS Snow White: CINDY ROBINSONCarolee Carmello: “Stay With Me” - INTO THE WOODS (PCLO Rehearsal)Special_Effect2023-12-06 | ...Ellis Gage: Giants In The Sky - INTO THE WOODS (Arden Theatre Company)Special_Effect2023-11-05 | Summer 2022, Philadelphia, PALea Salonga: Witchs Rap (Audio) - INTO THE WOODS (Singapore Repertory Theatre)Special_Effect2023-03-04 | 1994, SingaporeBrad Curtis: “Hello Little Girl” - INTO THE WOODS (Seattle Civic Light Opera)Special_Effect2023-03-04 | 1992, Seattle WAHunter Foster & Brynn O’Malley: “It Takes Two” - INTO THE WOODS (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera)Special_Effect2023-03-04 | 2009, Pittsburgh, PAJessie Mueller: “On The Steps Of The Palace” - INTO THE WOODS (The Public Theatre)Special_Effect2023-02-25 | Summer 2012 The Delacorte Theatre (Central Park, NYC) - Free Sondheim In The ParkJason Gotay: “Giants In The Sky” - The Muny’s INTO THE WOODSSpecial_Effect2023-02-25 | Summer 2015, St. Louis, MOJessie Austrian & Claire Karpen: “A Very Nice Prince” - INTO THE WOODS (Old Globe Theatre)Special_Effect2023-02-25 | 2014, Fiasco Theatre, San Diego, CASecond Midnight (Audio) - Rehearsal for Broadways INTO THE WOODSSpecial_Effect2023-02-25 | Audio of the original Broadway cast of INTO THE WOODS in rehearsal performing an early version of "Second Midnight" (prior to the sequence being cut down significantly) for the CNN press in 1987.Robert Westenberg: Hello Little Girl (Audio) - Rehearsal for Broadways INTO THE WOODSSpecial_Effect2015-02-24 | Audio of Robert Westenberg in rehearsal for the original Broadway production of Into The Woods performing "Hello Litlle Girl" for the CNN press in 1987 (featuring Danielle Ferland).Bernadette Peters: Witchs Rap (Audio) - Rehearsal for Broadways INTO THE WOODSSpecial_Effect2015-01-18 | Audio of Bernadette Peters in rehearsal for the original Broadway production of Into The Woods performing Part 4 of the Act I Prologue for the CNN press in 1987 (featuring Tom Aldredge, Chip Zien, and Joanna Gleason).