Into the Woods (2002 Broadway Revival Cast)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2002-06-25
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Prologue: Into the Woods
- Cinderella at the Grave
- Hello, Little Girl
- I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They're Magic
- Our Little World
- I Know Things Now
- A Very Nice Prince / First Midnight / Giants in the Sky
- Agony
- It Takes Two
- Stay with Me
- On the Steps of the Palace
- Ever After
- Prologue: So Happy
- Agony (Reprise)
- Lament
- Any Moment / Moments in the Woods
- Your Fault / Last Midnight
- No More
- No One Is Alone
- Finale: Children Will Listen
Music reviews of Into the Woods (2002 Broadway Revival Cast)
Music Review: Great packaging, not much else
Rating: 2 Stars
I would have given this recording one star except for the fact that the album is presented beautifully by Nonesuch records. I luckily found this CD used and only had to pay a few bucks for it. I would have felt really cheated if I paid full price and got what I did. While the orchestrations are beautiful, and the additional song between Rapunzel and the Witch was nice to have, this revival was lackluster. It won a tony for best revival, but must have been due to some other factor than individual performances. My biggest bone to pick was Vanessa Williams as the Witch. She was boring and lacked the feeling and emotion that Bernadette Peters put into her performance. Granted it's hard to fill those shoes, but she just wasn't anywhere near capable of this role. She sang in tune, and she hardly missed a beat, but there was nothing there. The only role I really liked more than the original cast was Cinderella. She was amazing and earned her acclamations. Go buy the original cast recording, or if you're looking for a good Sondheim revival, look into the 2006 London cast recording of Sunday in the Park with George.
Description of Into the Woods (2002 Broadway Revival Cast)
Into the Woods, a trip to the dark side of fairy tales, usually doesn't show up on lists of Stephen Sondheim's finest offerings, but its broad appeal has turned it into the composer's most licensed project since its 1987 opening. It's no surprise, then, that it's become the object of a revival. The new production (which won the 2002 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical) was directed by James Lapine, the other half of the original creative team. Vanessa Williams, stepping into Bernadette Peters's shoes as the Witch, offers a powerful performance in what is, as written, no more than an ensemble part. The rest of the cast is wonderful, with special mentions to Laura Benanti as Cinderella and Stephen DeRosa and Kerry O'Malley as the Baker and his wife (all three will be familiar to New York musical buffs for their excellent performances in the Encores! series). All right, so the show's second act is still a lot less winning than the first one on stage, but the recording emphasizes the fact that it does boast some prime Sondheim numbers: "Last Midnight," "No One Is Alone," and "Children Will Listen." And we even get "Our Little World," a song that had been added to the 1990 London production. All in all, it's nice to have Into the Woods back, as it can both appeal to adults and provide an introduction to musicals for some kids. --Elisabeth VincentelliGeneral CDs
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