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STEPHEN SONDHEIM AND JAMES
LAPINE’S INTO THE WOODS
A major new production of Stephen
Sondheim and James Lapine's musical
plays a strictly limited run at The Bridge
from 11 December.
Why would you go into the woods?
To sell the cow
To visit mother
To see the king
To lift the spell
In Stephen Sondheim and James
Lapine’s dazzling musical, the Baker, the
Baker’s Wife, the Witch, Jack, Little Red
Ridinghood, Cinderella and Rapunzel
take us beyond happy ever after to
discover what really matters.
Sondheim and Lapine’s second
collaboration after Sunday in the Park
with George brilliantly weaves together
four Grimms’ fairy-tales. On its
Broadway debut in 1986, Into The
Woods won Tony awards each for
Sondheim (Best Original Score) and
Lapine (Best Book). In London it has
had productions by Richard Jones
(Phoenix Theatre, 1990), John Crowley
(Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader
(Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2010).
This will be its first major London
production since 2016.
Into The Woods is produced by
London Theatre Company.
Tickets are on sale at bridgetheatre.co.uk
CABARET
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club welcomed
a new cast in September, with tickets
now available until May 2026. Grammy
Award winner Reeve Carney (pictured
below) is currently playing Emcee and
double Tony Award nominee and
Grammy Award winner Eva Noblezada
(pictured right) plays Sally Bowles. They
star alongside Ian Charleson Award
nominee Baker Mukasa as Clifford
Bradshaw, Olivier Award winner Ruthie
Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, Olivier
Award nominee Robert Hands as Herr
Schultz and Lucas Koch as Ernst
Ludwig.
The production recently celebrated its
1,500th performance, making it the
longest running production of Cabaret in
West End history.
This unique production of Cabaret
opened in December 2021 to critical and
audience acclaim, widely praised as the
ultimate theatrical experience. In April
2022 it won a record-breaking seven
Olivier Awards. The production has also
won three prestigious Critics Circle
Awards as well as the Evening Standard
Theatre Award for Best Design for
designer Tom Scutt.
The Tony award winning Broadway
production of Cabaret opened in April
last year at the Kit Kat Club at the
August Wilson Theatre where it
continues to play and currently stars
Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace.
Transforming one of London’s most
famous theatres with an in-the-round
auditorium and reimagined spaces,
before the show guests are invited to
enjoy and explore the Kit Kat Club with
pre-show entertainment, drinks and
dining all on offer. When booking,
guests receive a 'club entry time' to
allow enough time to take in the world of
the Kit Kat Club before the show starts.
But of course, the show really starts
when you first arrive in the club...
One of the most successful musicals
of all time Cabaret features the songs
Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein
Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the
title number. It has music by John
Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe
Masteroff. Based on the play by John
Van Druten and stories by Christopher
Isherwood. kitkat.club
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Photos: Marc Brenner
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