Into the Woods    June 14 - August 19

At Barksdale Theatre     Box Office: (804) 282-2620

Are you certain what you wish is what you want? Sondheim’s brilliant music—together with bakers, witches, and vain handsome princes straight out of the Brothers Grimm—vividly illustrates the potential for treachery in our innermost wishes. An ambivalent Cinderella? A bloodthirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A Witch...who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a Baker and his Wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell, swindling, lying to and stealing from Cinderella, Little Red, Rapunzel and Jack. Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them. What begins as a lively irreverent fantasy in the style of The Princess Bride becomes a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children. Into the Woods is a rare and moving musical theatre classic.