Characters
This character starts the journey to break a family curse by collecting items from other storybook characters.
Who is the Baker?
The item Little Red contributes to the spell-breaking potion.
What is her red cape?
The opening number that introduces most characters.
What is “Prologue: Into the Woods”?
“Into the Woods” combines these many types of stories.
What are Grimm's Fairy Tales?
This word is repeated often, representing life’s challenges.
What is “Woods”?
She is sent into the woods by her mother to deliver bread to her grandmother.
Who is Little Red Ridinghood?
What happens to Jack that sets the beanstalk events into motion?
He sells his cow for magic beans.
The song where Cinderella reflects on decision-making.
What is “On the Steps of the Palace”?
This character is based on a tale involving a beanstalk.
Who is Jack?
A key theme that questions the simplicity of “happily ever after.”
What is consequences/responsibility?
This character sings about how difficult it is to be a parent in “Children Will Listen.”
Who is the Witch?
The reason the Witch lost her powers.
The spell was broken when the potion was completed.
A duet sung by both princes about unfulfilled love.
What is “Agony”?
The character whose tale involves a ball and glass slippers.
Who is Cinderella?
The Witch’s transformation represents this deeper theme.
What is loss of power/change of identity?
This prince cheats on his wife in Act II.
Who is Cinderella’s Prince?
What brings the main characters back into the woods in Act II?
A giant is destroying the kingdom.
The final ensemble song.
What is “Children Will Listen” / “Finale: Into the Woods (Reprise)”?
This story involves a tower and long hair.
What is Rapunzel?
This symbolizes the journey into adulthood or facing reality.
What are the woods?
This character dies after falling from a cliff, symbolizing the loss of innocence.
Who is the Narrator?
This is what the Baker decides to do after his wife dies.
Raise his child and tell his story.
The song in which the Witch expresses her deep anger and love for Rapunzel.
What is “Stay With Me”?
The original tale where a girl brings treats to her ill grandmother.
What is Little Red Ridinghood?
The message of “Children Will Listen.”
What is the importance of what adults teach through actions and words?