Book by Music and Lyrics by
James Lapine Stephen Sondheim
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Into the Woods JR. is based on the Broadway production which won several Tony Awards. A compilation of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the musical follows a Baker and his Wife who learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the Witch next door. The couple embark on a quest – swindling, deceiving and stealing from such already-victimized characters as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack (of beanstalk fame) – to get the special objects required to break the spell.
However, the story doesn’t simply end “happily ever after”. Remember; be careful what you wish for!
One of Sondheim’s most popular works this production is performed by pupils from Tonbridge School, Hillview School for Girls, Tonbridge Girls Grammar and Weald of Kent Grammar School.