That was an excellent one.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Having grown up with the Grimm Brother's and all sorts of fairy tales, this is the ultimatum that conquers all! Combining the vocal talents of Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien and others with the dazzling power of Sondheim is an ingenious feat.Not only are the actors/actresses perfectly suited for the roll, the dynamics of each individual is designed almost in perfect unison with the singing part, costuming and development.The first half of the play is astounding! Reading Little Red Riding Hood, you would not be able to comprehend any resemblance or connection between Cinderella. The morals are not even the same, yet Stephen Sondheim some how allows Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Baker and His Wife, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and other small (yet noticeable) fairy tales to intertwine and become so closely related that at the end, the Baker adopts Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and basically marries Cinderella. Anyways, back to the point, the first half of the play is the basic fairy tale with a curse and finding a cure and living "Happily Ever After." All seems peaceful and full of bliss, in fact, the "opera musical" could be only one half, but it would not be the same without the complexity of the second act.The second half of the production begins with complaining about how life is hard or not what they wished for, and so everyone once again seems to be unhappy...as the plot begins to become quite strange. The narrator is eaten, hence a plot vanishes. Chaos rains and everyone gangs up on each other because the Giantess has climbed down another bean stalk. It really throws the mind in for a whirl.This musical is one that every film lover should own. It is worth the buy and time to watch the 3 hours. Some people only watch the first half claiming the second is quite strange and odd, but I say the whole musical is a remarkable achievement of not only acting, but also dancing, singing, costuming, lighting, scenery and "awefying" delight!

James LaPine and Stephan Sondheim are brilliant together. James LaPine did a tremendously awesome job directing and Stephan Sondheim's heart-wrenching and extraordinary musical score made Into The Woods a legendary musical and the cast made it memorable. Chip Zien was zany and offbeat as the baker. Ben Wright was lively and imaginary as jack. Chuck Wagner was charismatic and hilarious as Rapunzel's Prince. Kim Crosby was lovable and dreamy as Cinderella. Robert Westenberg was Territoral as the wolf and serious as Cinderella's Prince. Joanna Gleason was an original as the baker's wife. Tom Aldridge was perfect as the narrator and was a mystery and complicated as the mysterious man who happened to be the baker's father. Pamela Winslow was perfect as Rapunzel's even thou she went mad. The most unique character of all of the character's is the Witch, Bernadette Peters once again proves that she is magical on-stage. The set's are amazing, the lighting is perfect and the special effects are incredible. The songs were all very touching, heartfelt and beautiful especially Your Fault/Last Midnight, Stay with me and Children will listen.

I've loved this since i was a kid. the concept is great and so are the songs. Placiong together stories and characters for various fairy tales and creating something completely new to me is just genius. Some of the characters are hilarious and others are really believable such as the wolf and Prince charming. The songs are also brilliantly written and performed. One of the main strengths of this show was that everybody could act well and sing better. My personal favourites are the two songs done by the two princes 'Agony'. And of course the song sung by the Wolf when hes planning his evil idea for Red Riding Hood, 'that kind of scrumptious delectable feast twice in one day...there's no possible way...to describe how you feel...when your talking to your meal!!!'. Anyway back to the original point this show is amazing and really worth watching, and also don't write it off as a silly kids show because most of the jokes and quirky remarks are written for adults.

My wife and I have enjoyed the soundtrack and associated book form of this musical for years. Alas, we were never able to enjoy it on broadway. We knew there was a bit of innuendo involved but that it was fairly out of the range of our 8 year old daughter. However, when we rented the DVD of this live performance, my eyebrows were raised quite quickly when Red Riding Hood comes upon the Wolf. The Wolf is, how should I say, amazingly anatomically correct for a man, let alone a wolf. The tone of the whole play really isn't for kids but the rest of it seems okay. My daughter enjoyed the music and made comments about the crude special effects. But the parents understand that the effects are just for effect and that the real power of this musical is in the story. It tugs just a little harder than one would expect at the heartstrings. I was amazed at the number of real tears shed by the cast...and that emotion is just a real today as a decaded ago. Oh. And Bernadette...best witch ever.