Into the Woods (New York City Center) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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See it if You love Sondheim and incredible artists bringing this revival to life.
Don't see it if You don't enjoy good theater
See it if you want to hear great voices and have a fun night out overall.
Don't see it if There is no reason not to...
See it if you're a fan of this classic stories. This was my first time seeing Into The Woods and I loved every second of it!
Don't see it if you expect there to be a regular standard happily ever after. Read more
See it if You like theater AT ALL. This show. This cast. This venue. MUST SEE.
Don't see it if You don’t like Sondheim? You don’t like theater? You don’t like joy? Why are you here?
See it if you love Sondheim (if you don't love Sondheim, what the hell is wrong with you?).It's never been my favorite of his, but this is a good show
Don't see it if you want a Rogers and Hammerstein sort of show.This asks you to think while it entertains you. There are some really lovely moments.
See it if You love everything good about Broadway. This was the very best of everything Broadway is. So much talent on one stage!
Don't see it if There is simply no good reason not to see this. Read more
See it if if you like Into The Woods and good musical theatre
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See it if You can get a ticket! It was an immaculate experience I won’t soon forget
Don't see it if There is no “don’t” reason, unless you can’t get a ticket. Try. Try to go
Critic Reviews (7)
"These same years have offered galvanizing examples of mutual care and aid, a mode echoed in the ballad 'No One Is Alone,' which argues for support and understanding despite differences. If I were a betting woman, I would hazard that’s the aspect of 'Into the Woods' that appealed to deBessonet, the artistic director of Encores! and an artist with a long history of community engagement and activism."
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"As directed by Lear deBessonet, this is a straightforward and simple staging that emphasizes the richness of the score and script and relies on the strengths of a full orchestra and superb ensemble cast"
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"For a concert production with such a limited rehearsal period, each character is remarkably well-drawn, with every beat accounted for in Sondheim's artfully crafted songs that teach as much about life as they do about musical-theater writing."
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"What can I say about the cast except for 'wow?' Encores! has outdone itself by bringing in a stellar group of actors boasting exceptionally fine achievement in the world of theater and elsewhere."
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"Encores has traditionally been a refuge for theatergoers in search of favorite and/or unjustly neglected shows with the original music elements reasonably intact. 'Into the Woods' more than delivers."
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"We do not deserve Heather Headley. ... But never have I felt more strongly about Headley than in City Center Encores! superstar-studded production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s beloved musical 'Into the Woods,' transforming the Witch into the actual heart and soul of this many-pronged story."
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"'Into the Woods,' because of its fairy tale trappings, is a crowd pleaser and is often put in a separate category apart from the intellectual masterworks that are more commonly associated with [Sondheim]. But one of the gifts of this Encores! revival is that it brings out how smart this piece of writing is."
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