| Start Time: | Friday, June 22, 2007 at 7:00pm |
| End Time: | Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 9:00pm |
| Location: | Comtra Theatre |
| Street: | Route 19 North |
| City/Town: | Cranberry, PA |
Into the Woods is an award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine.
The musical intertwines a collection of uncensored versions of 18th century Brothers Grimm fairy tales. An original story involving a Baker and his Wife's quest to begin a family ties together the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.
The musical makes heavy use of syncopated speech. In many instances, the characters' lines are delivered with a fixed beat that follows natural speech rhythms, but is also purposely composed in eighth, sixteenth, and quarter note rhythms as part of a spoken song. Like many Sondheim/Lapine productions, the songs contain thought-process narrative, where characters converse or think aloud.
The score is also notable in Sondheim's output because of its intricate reworking and development of small musical motifs. In particular, the opening words, "I wish", are set to the interval of a rising major second and this small unit is both repeated and developed throughout the show, just as Lapine's book explores the consequences of self-interest and "wishing."
To order tickets, please call 724-773-9896
Comtra Theatre is located on Route 19 North in Cranberry Township, PA, about a mile north of Cranberry Mall and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
It isnext door to Domenico's Restaurant and across the highway from West View Savings Bank.
If you're coming from the North, we're on the left side of the road. From the south, we're on the right side.
Performances are scheduled each Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm
Musical Tickets are $12.
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