This summer, some of my friends are participating in this summer theatre camp where one of the shows is Into the Woods (Jr, of course—the camp only goes up to 19). It's the musical that's mentioned the most whenever Sondheim (my favorite musical theatre composer) is talked about. So I decide to watch it for myself—I can listen to the soundtrack a thousand times, but I can't appreciate it if I haven't seen it. Thankfully, the 1990 recorded version when it first began on Broadway is on Netflix. (Bernadette Peters and Johanna Gleason are both queens.)
My two favorite characters that I hopefully aspire to play one day are The Witch and the Baker's Wife—both are absolutely hilarious and played their roles to justice. I mean when I was watching the Netflix version, I didn't expect to laugh as hard as I did! It was brilliant! If I ever direct a musical, this is definitely on my bucket list.
One of my favorite songs that's a true character song is "Moments in the Woods " sung by Baker's Wife, Ms. Johanna Gleason.
"Careful the things you say, children will listen."
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