‘Into the Woods’: A fairytale of missed opportunities
But it was as magical as theater could get watching Lorenz Martinez sing the Baker’s big number ‘No More’ a cappella
March 21, 2015
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But it was as magical as theater could get watching Lorenz Martinez sing the Baker’s big number ‘No More’ a cappella
Bonifacio Global City’s lush Kasalikasan Gardens serve as the all-too-real stage–not just the backdrop–for Joel Trinidad’s production of the Stephen Sondheim musical.
By now and pretty much by itself, the Walt Disney Company has made a cottage industry out of the idea of adding modern sensibilities to traditional fairy tales with the release of films like 2010’s “Tangled,” 2007’s “Enchanted,” 2014’s “Maleficent,” and, of course, 2013’s “Frozen”—not to mention the television series “Once Upon a Time,” which puts together several fairy tales in one location.
The musicalization of a beloved tale has always been par for the course in theater. Think of the reinvention of fairy tales in “Into the Woods,” or the seemingly endless parade of old movies redone for Broadway.
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