Into The Woods - Original London Cast
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2007
- First scene of Sondheim's Into The Woods with the Original London Cast including Jacqui Dankworth and Imelda Staunton with Nicholas Parsons as the narrator - on Wogan's TV show
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Daniel Radcliffe did a pretty good job as little red.
oH MY FUCK I DIED.
BAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
And umbridge is the baker's wife?
issythekitty13 yes
Lol I totally agree it's like your sitting right next to me and told me. Bahhahhahhajajshsjahshshshsjsjshsa
I can't tell if Little Red looks more like Harry Potter or Moaning Myrtle
I had friends who saw it on Broadway and this production in London. They remarked the B'way production was more "Disneyish" & London production litterally much more "Grimm" and dark. Both are interesting versions.
The set was provided by the BBC and we only took a few props (Milky White, the baker's oven) as this was done on the Wogan show between dress rehearsals and the opening night. The cast were just bedding in and relaxed more into the roles over time.
Hi Alan, this abridged version was recorded at the LWT Studios (Studio 1) Upper Ground. The programme was called Arts Review 1990, produced by The ITV South Bank Show and presented by Melvin Bragg. I was one of the sound engineers that worked on this very performance. I still have the script and part of the multitrack audio performance. It was great fun to work on.
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@alanwallace4060 From what I've seen, this production had the best staging. I wish it had been fully filmed! Glad we have the cast recording and the three clips from this show + Julia's Last Midnight at least.
I was lucky enough to see this production when I was 15. I have NEVER forgotten it, twas was the birth of my love of Sondheim!!! I adore the the OBC recording... but Julie Mckenzie is the ultimate witch for me and always will be. Clive Carter! What a wolf! (Thankyou for taking me Mum! I'm 36 and still one of the best shows I have ever seen, even with a Theatre Studies A Level!!! xxx)
I worked on the crew at the Phoenix in the original stage production. Brilliant cast.
Daniel Radcliffe putting in a truly terrifying performance as Little Red.
+SaintHaHaLOLZ LOL!!!!!
That is so true!!!!! Love it.
Google says that is Tessa Burbridge. I thought, for a moment you were serious, and had to look it up. Got me!
I'm fairly certain this is a scaled-down selection done for the Wogan Show on BBC 1 to promote the London opening. The look of the show in the theatre was vastly different - rather like a creepy Victorian nursery with peeling wallpaper and creaking doors as entrances into and out of the Woods. Designed by the brilliant Richard Jones. I actually prefer it to the Broadway incarnation. This footage is great to see, but it's not a fair basis on which to judge the production.
I saw the Broadway production in NY, and the Sydney Theatre Company version, and I preferred that one too ... a brilliant set with multiple revolves that gave the show great momentum, and better, more colourful costumes that banished the rather dreary look and atmosphere of the Broadway show. I was not a fan of the famed Broadway Sound either ... it seemed blaring and constantly played at full volume ... the reduced orchestra in the more intimate venue suited the show much better ... and I think the cast, with Judi Connelly, Geraldine Turner and Philip Quast was superior too.
Howard is correct. The London show was absolutely spectacular and looked nothing like this.
Just to let those of you who are interested know, this isn't the actual set at all - this is just a studio throw-together to have something in the background for Wogan's tv show. In the original London production (I was there on opening night!), the actual set was done in sepia tones and looked very much like a German woodcut. It was quite beautiful - it wasn't as funny as the Broadway cast, but it was much darker.
This was a great production, I saw it 3 times and loved it. Well acted and sung.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a good analogy. The London production was made to be different, drier, less shtick, more twisted. I love the original Broadway, but this version is really interesting. There are so many ways to do things - and I think this works in its own way - Very Different.
again, this production was amazing when it opened in london in 1990 (1?) Imelda Staunton is amazing on this cast recording. Julia McKenzie takes a few times to fall in love with but she is an old sondheim actress and was VERY different. This is my favorite cast recording of this show.
I worked as a Sound Engineer on this actual recording!
It was from the South Bank Show Arts Review 1990 transmitted on ITV (LWT) and directed by Danny Wiles. It's mentioned as being from the Wogan show, but I think that's wrong unless they copied our sound and shots exactly! As comvic20 says, it was intended to have a darker more twisted style of production. Very English!
It was great fun to work on, especially as this particular scene was adapted for the TV studio.
🙂🙂❤❤ More Grimm!
00:40 - I have the Stepmother's green gown. I bought it from Ed Mirvish's Theatre Museum, in Toronto, Canada, in 1991, along with another of the Stepmother's costumes. Ed owned the Old Vic in the 1980s & 1990s, and he had many "Into the Woods" costumes and props in his Museum, including 2 of the cows. And everything was for sale.
Would you be able to send me any photos of these items?! I’ve been searching for any records of the show possible and as an aspiring costume designer I would love to see some details of the costumes!
Love the Broadway video, love this too. Julia McKenzie is fantastic on the London recording too, IMHO. I think "Into The Woods" is a flexible enough show to sustain many different interpretations.
Okay the Little Red is weird but she hits the first “Woods” notes better than anyone I’ve heard before.
That note is easier to sing with her accent
She nails it. My fave Little Red by far
Apparently this production was supposed to be weird/creepy as fuck. They purposely had under-lighting instead of the typical kind most stage productions use. The woods were just a bunch of opening doors and stuff apparently in one big room.
This production was sensational. The clip here is an excerpt which was done in a film studio for the Southbank show presented by Melvin Bragg for the Christmas lineup of the best productions Of that particular year . So it really wasn’t on the set. It was based on European nursery rhymes and Bettelheim designs. The designs by Richard Hudson they were brilliant, the sensational Richard Jones was the director and the wonderful Sue Blaine, who designed the costumes for the Rocky horror picture show designed fantastic costumes for this production. You really had to be there. Jackie Dankworth was by far the best Cinderella. Tessa Burbridge played little red Riding Hood. She was brilliant. And honestly, nothing like Harry Potter! Still it’s a subjective thing isn’t it?
I was one of the sound engineers that worked on this very TV performance! The programme was called Arts Review 1990 produced by The South Bank Show and as you rightly mentioned, presented by Melvin Bragg. This version was narrated by Nicholas Parsons, who sadly passed away a short while ago. It was recorded in Studio 1, at what was then called LWT, Kent House, on Upper Ground. It was great fun to work on!
Absolutely agree!!! I still have this cast CD. Love, love,love it.
Imelda Staunton is gorgeous!
They skipped the witch part! O_O
Well done for putting it here for all to see. We actually pre-recorded this with a live orchestra and all live singing, as there simply wasn't enough space in the studio for this special performance and the rest of the Arts Review programme!
i like the cast album for this version better than any other.
Wow, what's up with all the people hating on this production? In case you haven't noticed, Into the Woods is not all happy fairy-tales. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, their all using the original versions, which are NOT like the Disney-ified ones. In doing this, they created a very unique atmosphere and have made it seem like they are literally in an illustration. And they have amazing voices on top of that.
Absolutely!!
Baker's wife is Dolores Umbridge and I'm pretty sure Little Red is Harry Potter.....
Yes beacuse a 1 year old would be performing on stage!
Imelda Staunton! I love her. Just saw Vera Drake, she was amazing.
damn wish i had cinderella's talent of being able to watch both left and right wings at the same time...
I know, she seems even more unstable than repunzle was.
That is mean. Her voice and characterization was incredible. She will always be my fave Cinderella.
Mark Dorrell was the Music Director- amazing. The sound is so crisp and bright. The cast is perfection.
I like the concept- it's like a take on watching family dysfunction in all it's soap opera like spectacle. All the archetypal characters represented and their psychologies... Brilliant.
I am in love. This cast is actually really good, though the Broadway one is my favourite. But I am now in love with this one too. ^^
THE WITCH DIDN'T EVEN COME TO THEIR HOUSE WHAT THE BALLS
For those who think it's "harry potter" it's not Daniel Radcliffe was about 1 years old when this production was on
I love Jacqui, she rocks! She did a workshop at our school with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra! Woop woop!
LOVE this! Like someone mentioned, this is very Brothers Grimm. to each their own, but some just aren't well-schooled on the differences between American & British theatre, and so they reject their first impression.
i love the OBC but I prefer the more complex interpretation by the london cast. I hated when I first heard it, but the more I listened the more it grew on me & felt it had stronger characterization & more excitement. Imelda Staunton is genius
The divine Miss Staunton, who also hit a home run on London stage with Gypsy and Sweeny Todd , is clearly Sondheim's British muse. Miss Staunton said the fact that she and Daniel Radcliffe had worked on this production together was very useful when it came time for the two in HP and the Order of the Phoenix. She and Daniel trusted each other, and it helped them with the very difficult scene where Umbridge forces Harry to carve into his own hand.
i LOVED this. it's so nice to see a designer try a slightly darker "grimm"-er take on this show. i loved how creepy it was!
I really do like this version. Sure, a couple times it was a little weird, but it was still good. I love their singing! I want to see the actual London version now!
Ooooh I like the set A LOT
In the Woods is always tricky in the UK thanks to panto expectations of fairy tales. This production was great; very dark, even Act 1. This does not do it justice. Genius casting. Salute to Staunton, Mackenzie & Rowlands. Lots of very UK specific references like National Trust trees and Hanoverian Princes. Real THEATRE. References to The Royal Family play very "differently" here. But probably would have run longer with the touch of Disney glamour the B'way production had...then leading us deeper into those woods.
This version is crazy. And I think for that reason alone I kind of like it. But of course the OBC was amazing - so nothing could ever beat it in my mind.
ahahahahahaha
yeah yeah!! LOL
she will say "Lumus" when goes through the wood
thanks a lot : )!
I liked the ripping off the head of the cookie when little red says "for all that I know, she's already dead!" hehehhehe nice touch
I couldn't agree more.
Since when did Moaning Mertle (however you spell it) start playing Little Red?😂😂
is there a dvd for this available?
It would be awesome if someone could post the rest of this, if they had it. Thanks
this was just an abridged version of the song for a TV show appearance, the prologue appeared as written in the actual performance!
OMG, I was thinking the whole time I watched Little Red that she looked like Harry Potter, too!
What are the changes in Wicked in London?
… was there ever a full recording of this ??
what year was this?
The Direction for this production looks flawless. Where did you get this from? How come it's segmented (wheres the witch)?
The Design for the London show is a mixture of early 20c fairy tale illustrations and earlier European influences, This in my mind was the greatest strength of this production and
The set was a large curved engraving of trees not the feeble attempt shown in the video above which is someone at the BBC light entertainment trying to be stylish!!, the whole thing was much darker and less saccharine than the US version, a lot less Disney!
Wow, thank you so much for posting this, I am shocked at how different it was from the OBC one! Do you think they will ever release this on DVD?
You realised this was just a shortened sequence for a TV spot? It's not a recording of the performance itself
what was up with the patty cake on "to see to see to make to lift to get to bring to go to the festival"??
idk why but this verzion just seems very odd to me! wat year is this? ( please respond )
Wait! Which guy's in Equus?
Yes! I wondered when someone would say that. Did you also know that he was playing along the great Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes in 'The Sussex Vampire' ? (or 'The Last Vampyre' as the film is called.)
@Hethrin I noticed that too. I was like "OMG! That's Peter!"...His name is Richard Dempsey, i believe.
cinderella says festival very deep
Dear London, please stop......it was scary I felt like I was watching a rejected Tim Berton movie
Logan Johnson I think we made up for it with the Regent’s Park production to be fair
is that the actual set that they used for the actual show?
Richard Dempsey was and is the best Jack.
Agreed. Amazing - I hear him in my head singing " There are Giants in the Sky!"
This Cast dies it for me. Chef's kiss.
Hah! Because Little Red looks like Mr. Potter.
As much as I hate them to remember this is the clothing that the characters would have actually worn.
In my school play I'm the evil stepmother!
How sad that some people can't appreciate a different production. ITW is based on Grimm fairy tales which were originally dark and cautionary tales not bright and happily-ever-after fairy tales. This clip is obviously filmed in a studio and not the London stage production. As for the costume design it is a brilliant twist on English pantomime and commedia dell'arte. Okay I confess this was the first production of ITW I saw in 1991 so am quite partial to it.
Kindly enlighten me. How do the baker and his wife know about the curse when the witch did not appear in the prologue on this version? Thanks.
She did. This is just an excerpt for a TV show
The lady who played the bakers wife WAS in harry potter and the deathly hallows!!! But she play malfada hoppkinds
she does look like harry potter. speaking of harry potter, the woman playing the bakers wife is also the same woman who plays dolores umbridge in the 5th harry potter film.
i like the idea of this production. I love how the UK has various accents to give a clearer sound of who is "poor" and who is "royalty" and so on. I love the production design as well, but it's lost most of the humor. Perhaps the english have a different way to read American humor, but since I hear no one laughing, I'm to assume it isn't working.
Little Red Ridinghood is definitely Harry Potter in this video...
Oops. My bad... Thanks for clarifying.
@SirMusicalGerry I know! Watch their version of "Hello Little Girl." It's even scarier!
HAHAHAHA!!! Dude that's exactly what I thought!!! She even sounds like him from the first movie!!!
where is the WITCH?
little red riding hood was hilarious.
Remember this version performed was on a tv show and so the set was temporary and not as well designed. true the costumes are stranger but this how their fairytale characters are perceived. To be honest I like the London soundtrack over the Broadway soundtrack
This is so different from the original version that I saw, but I like it...
Visually, this is extraordinarily strange.
Sophie Thompson played Mafalda Hopkirk, she also played the Baker's wife in the 1999 revival of into the woods. This is the 1990 original with Imelda Staunton, who played Dolores Umbridge.
Also, LRRH is played by Daniel Radcliff, AKA Harry Potter
@@jeremysworld3061That’s not him this video was in 1990 when Daniel was only 1 year old
The stupid little "Maybe the driver saw green and thought it meant 'go" scene, the redundant green Elphaba projection at the beginning of NOMTW, almost all the choreography and blocking of DTL, new lines in WWotE and Wonderful. I can't remember all of them though, it's been a long time since I saw the show without the London changes.
I do like the new lines in WWotE though, that's one of the only things I actually like from the London changes.
Where's the witch!??
If Tim Burton did Into the Woods...
Little Red Riding Hood looks like Harry Potter(minus the missing tooth)!
Odd? Staging? or are you very staid in the Disney version of fairy tales? Have you read the originals in direct translation?
thats imelda staunton as the bakers wife from vera drake and playing professor umbridge in the next harry potter film.
“Yer a little girl Harry”
This is the original cast even before the cast that included Bernadette Peters. So this is the 'authentic' version of Into The Woods.
No, the Bernadette Peters version is the original cast. This was made in Broadway first before transferring to rhe West End/London
OMG Jack is Richard Dempsey lol his hat
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I believe their aim was to stage the show on the West End.
These costumes... When Jack appeared on the screen I broke down laughing.
This production just seems to have lost the fantasy edge of Broadway and gone to a harder version.
Also, does anyone else see Red's snaggle tooth at 1:43 ?
Little Red is strange when it's not played by Danielle Ferland
I actually agree with you. Hahahahah
Oh my God...It's Professor Umbridge! And look! Even Harry Potter is here! Dear God!
See thats the same with me. I totally forgot about it being without most of those. I do enjoy the WWOTE though. I agree the green is a little bit much. Though I did laugh at the maybe the driver saw green line
I wish to go to the festiv-UL.
Little Red looks like a beat-up version of Harry Potter
Isnt little red that ghost in the bathroom too?
If Harry Potter was in a cute dress and cape, fangirls would be all over him, not to mention Malfoy.
The one who plays Jack's mother sounds a lot like Angela Lansbury...
Is this really the original London cast/production? Did they film it for tv or something? I've never seen it before! Which was first: London or NY?
Ny came first. Sondheim is an American composer and into the woods is an American show.
And yes, this was for TV, thus why this is so cut down. This is not the London set, they had a rather creepy Victorian nursery with creaking doors and peeling wallpaper.
Of course, most people preferred the Original Broadway version, because it is the classic (and in my opinion, much better).
@makinstatements - I TOTALLY AGREE with you. I saw the US version in LA with Cleo Laine - I enjoyed that but the London version was how Sondheim wanted it!
Cleo Laine is the mother of the actress playing Cinderella.