Into the woods, it's time to go, with Episode 108 of Adapt or Perish! In this episode, these two theater kids will be celebrating the late Stephen Sondheim with a look at one of his greatest works, Into the Woods.

In this episode we discuss:

• The original 1986 stage musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
• The filmed performance released in 1991, directed by Lapine, and starring Bernadette Peters, Kim Crosby, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien
• The 2010 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production, released in 2011, directed by Timothy Sheader, and starring Hannah Waddingham, Mark Hadfield, Jenna Russell, and Judi Dench
• The 2014 theatrical movie musical, directed by Rob Marshall, written by Lapine, and starring Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, and James Corden

Footnotes:

• Stephen Sondheim's Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) (2010) and Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981–2011) (2011)
• "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden
• Sir Antony Sher
• "The Musical Moral of Into The Woods" by Sideways on YouTube

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