Into the Woods gets a Decent Treatment by the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society
As disquieting as it is funny, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods gets a decent treatment by the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society.
There are some real highlights in the not-so-happily-ever-after story that cobbles together bits of various Brothers Grimm fairy tales with a new, central plotline about a baker and his wife and their quest to have a child. Skye MacDiarmid as Cinderella and Shaun Toohey as the penurious baker are the vocal standouts: sung in two, widely separated pools of light, their big duet No One is Alone closes the show with a bang.
Nicole Milne lends a crusty touch to her role as the witch, and her Our Little World duet with her daughter Rapunzel (Julia Barry) blends poignancy and humour in haunting proportions. Orpheus newcomer Mackenzie Salhany makes a spunky Little Red Ridinghood.