Overview

"Experience the original musical from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, which is now a major motion picture from Disney, starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Johnny Depp, and directed by Rob Marshall. Winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Score ""It is that joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affords nonstop pleasure."" - William A. Henry III, Time Into the Woods brings to musical life Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel and other well-known fairy-tale characters. Interwoven with these classic tales is the story of the baker and his wife, whose longing for a child is thwarted by the mischievous witch who lives next door. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine have fashioned a modern musical classic which has been performed countless times all over the world since its Tony Award-winning debut in 1987. Sondheim's songs, seamlessly melded into Lapine's text, are perfect expressions of character and action, which reflect the complications of living in modern society and the difficult choices we encounter on the paths of our lives. Into the Woods is now brought vividly to life for the first time on screen by director Rob Marshall, the filmmaker behind the Academy Award-winning musical Chicago. Includes eight full-color pages of photographs from the movie. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy, and the complete scores (music and lyrics) for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Into the Woods, Company, A Little Night Music, Follies, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, Passion, Pacific Overtures, and Sweeney Todd, among others. He has won seven Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and many other honors. James Lapine wrote the book for and directed the musicals Into the Woods, Passion, and Sunday in the Park with George (all with scores by Stephen Sondheim) and Falsettos, A New Brain, Muscles, and Little Miss Sunshine (all with scores by William Finn). He has written and directed numerous plays, and has received three Tony Awards, five Drama Desk awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. Please note that this is the script of the original musical from which the film was adapted, not the film's screenplay."

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Author:   Stephen Sondheim ,  James Lapine
Publisher:   Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Edition:   film tie-in edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781559364997

ISBN 10:   1559364998
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   08 January 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780930452933
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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''it is that joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affords nonstop pleasure' * Time Magazine * 'a sparkling, bittersweet and magical show... one of the great works of the American musical theatre' * The Sunday Times *

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Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) was a celebrated American composer and lyricist, one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He won many awards including eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), eight Grammy Awards, an Olivier Award, an Academy Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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