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Many people are most familiar with the excellent version filmed by PBS under its ''American Playhouse'' banner in 1991 and subsequently released on home video; this was based on the original Broadway production and had most of the same cast.
A [[Into the Woods (film)|film version]] directed by Rob Marshall (''[[Chicago]]'' and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean
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* [[Acting for Two]]: According to [[Original Cast Precedent]], the Narrator and the Mysterious Man are played by the same actor. Same goes for Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf, as well as Cinderella's Mother and the Giantess ''and'' Granny. Usually played in an [[And You Were There]] fashion, at least for the first two actors.
** In the Broadway revival, Cinderella's Mother was played by a recording of Cinderella's own actress.
* [[Action Girl]]: Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella. While Act I isn't very action-oriented, they both (along with male counterparts Jack and The Baker) [[Took a Level in Badass]] in Act II, with Cinderella disguising herself as a peasant, wandering [[Accidental Pun|into the woods]] on her own, and dumping her "Prince Charming" (who actually turned out to not be nearly as good a guy as she thought) and Little Red Riding Hood replacing her red hood with a fur coat from the Wolf the Baker killed, receiving a knife for self-defense, and becoming a [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarking]], [[Axe Crazy]] [[Girl with Psycho Weapon]] threatening to gut any potential attackers. Both ladies are among {{spoiler|the only four survivors of the show}} and actively participate in defeating the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Afraid of Blood]]: Cinderella's Prince.
{{quote|"Yes but even one prick, it's my thing about blood!"}}
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* [[Arc Words]]: No specific phrase, but count the number of times they say "children", "giant(s)", "witch(es)", "wish(es)", "wolves", "spell(s)", "right", and "wrong" just in a generic context.
** "I wish" is always sung the exact same way, with the same two notes.
** Also the words "nice" and "good" - particularly in lines sung by Cinderella and Little Red.
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: A meta version {{spoiler|the characters freak out after the narrator is killed as he was "the only one who knew how the story went."}}
* [[Back
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: The Baker's Wife when she tries to get Jack to trade/buy the magic beans for the cow. "Oh... Oh! Oh no, we ''mustn't'' give up our beans!"
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: "Wishes come true. They don't come free."
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* [[Crapsack World]]: The world becomes this during the second act, especially after {{spoiler|the Narrator dies}}, after he says, prophetically, "You don't want to live in a world of chaos."
* [[Curse Escape Clause]]
* [[Darkest Hour]]: Act II.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
* [[Dark Reprise]]: Inverted with the first parts of "Stay With Me" and "Lament", which later become the happier "Children Will Listen".
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* [[Deconstruction]] of fairy tales.
* [[Deconstruction Crossover]]
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]:
** {{spoiler|Rapunzel and The Baker's Wife's deaths for The Witch and The Baker.}}
** {{spoiler|Rapunzel is so traumatized she's gone crazy by the beginning of Act Two and eventually throws herself in the Giant's path.}}
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Jack's. Mentioned as being "not back" for one line in the first act and never brought up again.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Wolf gets ''particularly'' excited about getting to devour Little Red Riding Hood, and she too reminisces about how he "excited" her and showed her "such new things" she had never seen before.
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** Probably best summed up in "You Are Not Alone"
{{quote|"Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good. Someone is on your side/ someone else is not/ While we're seeing our side/ maybe we forgot: They are not alone. No one is alone."}}
* [[Grief Song]]: "The Witch's Lament" and "No More."
* [[Grimmification]]: Of Grimm stories themselves!
* [[Ghost Song]]: Twice: "No More" and the brief reprise of "No One Is Alone" by {{spoiler|The Baker's Wife}} before "Children Will Listen".
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* [[The Lost Woods]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The Mysterious Man to The Baker.}} He doesn't actually say it, though, preferring to remain unknown; it's the Witch who [[Incredibly Lame Pun|spills the beans.]]
* [[Make a Wish]]: "I wish..." opens the show. Magic, however, comes in only indirectly - Cinderella going to her mother's grave to request silver and gold (a dress appears); the Baker and his Wife agree to [[Fetch Quest|fulfill the demands of the Witch,]] who would then allow them to conceive a child. However, all of their wishes come back to haunt them in Act II, which opens with the same words.
** Ends with them, too. (But it's usually drowned out by the applause.)
* [[Mama Bear]]: For as dumb as she is, Jack's Mother.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and an original work all exist in the same world, in the same kingdom, in the same woods.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number]]: The opening numbers of both acts, "Ever After", "First Midnight", and to a lesser extent "Second Midnight".
* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: When The Baker, Jack, Little Red and Cinderella team up to kill the other giant.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Cinderella's mother, who helps her out as a ghost/spirit in the tree. {{spoiler|But in Act 2, the tree is destroyed.}}
* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Rapunzel summed it up best.
{{quote|'''Witch''': What's the matter?
'''Rapunzel''': [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh, nothing!]] You just locked me in a tower without company for fourteen years, then you blinded my Prince and banished me to a desert where I had little to eat, and again no company, and then bore twins! Because of the way you treated me, (cries) I'll never, never be happy!
'''Witch''': (''[[Beat]]; defensive, yet sincere'') I was just trying to be a good mother. }}
** Jack's Mother is pretty controlling too.
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*** Made even better by the fact that, in many productions, Red is ''clearly'' younger than Jack, by at least a couple years.
* [[Rage Against the Author]]
* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: A lot of The Witch's dialogue during the Act I and II openings.
** Averted with the Mysterious Man, who has clearly rehearsed his rhyming introduction.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Averted in that both Princes are frickin' useless. Played with in that Cinderella tries to help, but has to dress as a commoner to do so.
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* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]
* [[Tenor Boy]]: Jack
* [[Took a Level
* [[Totally Radical]]: The Witch's [[Patter Song|Patter Songs]] have elements of this, musically, being Sondheim and the orchestrator's idea of what rap music sounded like.
* [[True Companions]]: By the end of the show, {{spoiler|the Baker, Cinderella, Jack, and Red Riding Hood}}, as the surviving heroes seemed destined to become these.
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** "Your Fault", meanwhile, is everyone calling everyone out for awhile, before deciding to throw all the blame on the Witch, who is definitely not blameless.
** "No More" opens with the Baker calling {{spoiler|his father}} out on his actions.
*** And the rest of the song is {{spoiler|the Baker's father}} calling the Baker out on his decision to run away from his problems.
* [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]:
{{quote|"Dwarfs are very upsetting..."}}
* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: The Witch's [[Villainous Breakdown]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome]], "The Last Midnight".
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Theatre of the 1980s]]
[[Category:Fairy Tale]]
▲[[Category:Into the Woods]]
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