Into the woods

Item

Record ID

383

Identifier

89199

Genre

Operetta/Music Theater/Musical

Work Title

Into the woods

Uniform Title

Into the woods

Program/Series Title

American playhouse

Composer

Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-

Text Author

Sondheim, Stephen, 1930- (lyrics) ; Lapine, James (book)

Production Year

1989

Transmission/Release Date

3/20/91

Transmission/Release Year

1991

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

PBS

Home Video - VHS

Image Entertainment

Home Video - DVD

Image Entertainment

Conductor/Music Director

Gemignani, Paul

Soloists

Bernadette Peters (Witch) ; Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife) ; Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mystery Man) ; Barbara Bryne (Jack's Mother) ; Kim Crosby (Cinderella) ; Danielle Ferland (Little Red Riding Hood) ; Merle Louise (Cinderella's Mother/Grandmother/Giant)

Participants

Blair Brow (host)

TV/Film Director

Lapine, James

Stage Director

Lapine, James

Sets

Straiges, Tony

Costumes

Hould-Ward, Ann

Production Company

Brandman Productions

Producer

Merlis, Iris

Executive Producer

Brandman, Michael

Technical Information

Tape ; color ; stereo

Other Information

Sets and costumes based on concepts by Patricia Zippordt and Ann Hould-Ward. Interview feature with Edwin Newman, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. Series received Peabody Award in l991.

Duration

ca. 150'

Recorded

Martin Beck Theater, New York City

Archive

The Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Television & Radio) ; UCLA Film and Television Archive

Sourcemat

POCAT - 112 (X)

Memo1

IMZ orig. #13518