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Into the Woods

1986 Workshop
June 19, 1986
Betty Buckley (Witch), Stephen Sondheim (Piano/Vocal)
Note: Really bad quality

Demo
10 Tracks
Maureen Moore (Witch), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), John Cameron Mitchell (Jack)
Note: Six are from early readings, three are studio recorded, and the last one is from a rehearsal

Original Old Globe Production
1986 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
Ellen Foley (Witch), John Cunningham (Narrator/Wolf/Steward), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), LuAnne Ponce (Little Red Ridinghood), Kenneth Marshall (Cinderella's Prince), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel's Prince), Kay McCleland (Florinda/Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother/Wolf), Lauren Mitchell (Lucinda), George Coe (Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father), Merle Louise (Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Wolf/Giant)
Note: Incomplete.  Missing a large portion of the score.

1986 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
Ellen Foley (Witch), John Cunningham (Narrator/Wolf/Steward), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), LuAnne Ponce (Little Red Ridinghood), Kenneth Marshall (Cinderella's Prince), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel's Prince), Kay McCleland (Florinda/Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother/Wolf), Lauren Mitchell (Lucinda), George Coe (Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father), Merle Louise (Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Wolf/Giant)
Note: Complete.  Different performance as well.

1986 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
Ellen Foley (Witch), John Cunningham (Narrator/Wolf/Steward), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), LuAnne Ponce (Little Red Ridinghood), Kenneth Marshall (Cinderella's Prince), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel's Prince), Kay McCleland (Florinda/Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother/Wolf), Lauren Mitchell (Lucinda), George Coe (Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father), Merle Louise (Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Wolf/Giant)
Note: TRACKING MASTER. Complete.  Different performance as well.

Original Broadway Production                                   
October 1, 1987 - Third Preview
Martin Beck Theatre
Bernadette Peters (Witch), Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), Danielle Ferland (Little Red Ridinghood), Robert Westenberg (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel's Prince), Pamela Winslow (Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother)
Note: From before "Last Midnight" was fully written, so it has a strange hybrid of "Boom, Crunch!" and "Last Midnight"

April 24, 1988 [CD]
Martin Beck Theatre
Phylicia Rashad (Witch), Edmund Lyndeck (s/b Narrator/Mysterious Man), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), Danielle Ferland (Little Red Ridinghood), Robert Westenberg (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Chuck Wagner (Rapunzel's Prince), Pamela Winslow (Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother)
Note: I have seen this listed as 03.24, and 04.28

Late, 1988 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Martin Beck Theatre
Betsy Joslyn (Witch), Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Chip Zien (Baker), Cynthia Sikes (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), LuAnn Ponce (Little Red Ridinghood), Robert Westenberg (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Dean Butler (Rapunzel's Prince), Pamela Winslow (Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother)

August 10, 1989 [CD]
Martin Beck Theatre
Ellen Foley (Witch), Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Chip Zien (Baker), Kay McClelland (Baker's Wife), Patricia Ben Peterson (Cinderella), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), LuAnn Ponce (Little Red Ridinghood), Tom Galantich (u/s Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Don Goodspeed (Rapunzel's Prince), Marin Mazzie (Rapunzel)
Note: TRACKING MASTER

First National Tour                                      
1988 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Cleo Laine (Witch), Rex Robbins (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Ray Gill (Baker), Mary Gordon Murray (Baker's Wife), Kathleen Rowe McAllen (Cinderella), Robert Duncan McNeil (Jack), Charlotte Rae (Jack's Mother), Tracy Katz (Little Red Ridinghood), Chuck Wagner (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Douglas Sills (Rapunzel's Prince)

1989 - Exact Date Unknown
Betsy Joslyn (Witch), Peter Walker (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Marcus Olson (Baker), Mary Gordon Murray (Baker's Wife), Jill Geddes (Cinderella), Kevin R. Wright (Jack), Nora Mae Lyng (Jack's Mother), Tracy Katz (Little Red Ridinghood), James Wetherstone (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf)
Note: After May, as Joslyn joined the tour then.

Original London Production                           
1991 - Exact Date Unknown **Soundboard** [CD]
Phoenix Theatre
Julia McKenzie (Witch), Nicholas Parsons (Narrator), Ian Bartholomew (Baker), Imelda Stauton (Baker's Wife), Jacqueline Dankworth (Cinderella), Richard Dempsey (Jack), Patsy Rowlands (Jack's Mother), Tessa Burbidge (Little Red Ridinghood), Clive Carter (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Mark Tinkler (Rapunzel's Prince), Mary Lincoln (Rapunzel), Ann Howard (Cinderella's Stepmother), John Rogan (Cinderella's Father/Mysterious Man)
Note: Tracking Master

Original Australian Production                        
March 17, 1993
Sydney
Judi Connelli (Witch), Simon Chilvers (Narrator/A Composer/Mysterious Man), Tony Sheldon (Baker), Geraldine Turner (Baker's Wife), Pippa Grandison (Cinderella), Dean McRae (Jack), Melissa Jaffer (Jack's Mother), Sharon Millerchip (Little Red Ridinghood), Phillip Quast (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), D. J. Foster (Rapunzel's Prince), Leonie Cambridge (Rapunzel), Deborah Wells (Cinderella's Stepmother), Jenny Vuletic (Florinda/Snow White), Jacquline Linke (Lucinda/Sleeping Beauty), Susanne Towers (Cinderella's Mother/Granny)

Film Demo
3 Tracks [CD]
Unknown Cast

1997 Reunion Concert                                  
November 9, 1997 [CD]
Broadway Theatre
Bernadette Peters (Witch), Tom Aldredge (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Chip Zien (Baker), Joanna Gleason (Baker's Wife), Kim Crosby (Cinderella), Ben Wright (Jack), Barbara Byrne (Jack's Mother), Danielle Ferland (Little Red Ridinghood), Chuck Wagner (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Rapunzel's Prince), Pamela Winslow (Rapunzel), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother), Kay McClelland (Florinda), Lauren Mitchell (Lucinda), Jeff Blumenkrantz (Steward)
Note: The only recording of Bernadette Peters singing "Our Little World"

2002 Broadway Revival                                 
Los Angeles Try-Out
March 12, 2002
Ahmanson Theatre
Vanessa Williams (Witch), John McMartin (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Stephen DeRosa (Baker), Kerry O'Malley (Baker's Wife), Laura Benanti (Cinderella), Adam Wylie (Jack), Mary Louise Burke (Jack's Mother), Molly Ephraim (Little Red Ridinghood), Gregg Edleman (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Christopher Seiber (Rapunzel's Prince)

Broadway
October 17, 2002
Broadhurst Theatre
Vanessa Willaims (Witch), Dennis Kelly (u/s Narrator/Mysterious Man), Stephen DeRosa (Baker), Amanda Naughton (u/s Baker's Wife), Melissa Dye (u/s Cinderella), Chad Kimball (u/s Jack), Mary Louise Burke (Jack's Mother), Molly Ephraim (Little Red Ridinghood), Gregg Edleman (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Christopher Seiber (Rapunzel's Prince), Jennifer Malenke (u/s Rapunzel), Kristin Carbone (u/s Lucinda), Stephen Berger (u/s Cinderella's Father), Kate Reinders (u/s Milky White)

November 12, 2002 [CD]
Broadhurst Theatre
Tracey Nicole Chapman (u/s Witch), Stephen DeRosa (Baker), Amanda Naughton (u/s Baker's Wife), Erin Dilly (u/s Cinderella)

December 29, 2002 - Closing Night
Broadhurst Theatre
Linda Muggleston (Witch), John McMartin (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Stephen DeRosa (Baker), Kerry O'Malley (Baker's Wife), Erin Dilly (Cinderella), Nora Mae Lyng (Jack's Mother), Joy Franz (Cinderella's Stepmother)

REGIONAL PRODUCTIONS                                
1993 Library Theatre Company Production
1993 - Exact Date Unknown
Forum Theatre, Wyhtenshawe
Caroline O'Connor (Witch), Charles Foster (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Barry James (Baker), Di Botcher (Baker's Wife), Grania Renihan (Cinderella), Fenton Gray (Jack), Ann Emery (Jack's Mother), Lindsey Dawson (Little Red Ridinghood), Glyn Kerslake (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Stephen Barlow (Rapunzel's Prince), Debra Stables (Rapunzel), Adele Anderson (Cinderella's Stepmother), Jane Stoggles (Florinda), Michael J. Noakes (Lucinda), Eddie Caswell (Cinderella's Father), Fergus McLarnon (Steward), Rosemary Williams (Cinderella's Mother/Grandmother/Giant), Liz Cooper (Snow White), Megan Lunsdane/Julia Roy (Sleeping Beauty)

1994 Singapore Production
1994 - Exact Date Unknown
Lea Salonga (Witch)
Note: Probably a DVD rip.

1997 Sacramento Civic Light Opera Production
May 13, 1997 [CD]
Sacramento Civic Light Opera
Michele Pawk (Witch), Dan Manning (Narrator/Mysterious Man), John Herrera (Baker), Judy McLane (Baker's Wife), Patricia Ben Patterson (Cinderella), David Patrick Ford (Jack), Barbara Marineu (Jack's Mother), Tracy Katz (Little Red Ridinghood), Eric Kunze (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Kevin Spirtas (Rapunzel's Prince), Jani Newman (Rapunzel), Jane Seaman (Cinderella's Stepmother), Linda Griffin (Florinda), Georgina Babieu (Lucinda), Cindy Benson (Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant)

1997 Liecester Festival Production
November 15, 1997 [CD]
Liecester, England
Kathryn Evans (Witch), Richard Willis (u/s Narrator), Melvin Whitfield (Baker), Kate Normington (Baker's Wife), Lisa Hull (Cinderella), Michael Cantwell (Jack), Linzi Hateley (Little Red Ridinghood), Garth Bradley (Cinderella's Prince), Guy Olivier-Watts (Rapunzel's Prince/Wolf), Peter Edbrook (Cinderella's Father/Mysterious Man)
Note: Incomplete.  Ends after "No More."

2000 St. Paul Production
December 15, 2000 - Opening Night
Ordway Center for Performing Arts
Liz McCartney (Witch), Pat Harrington (Narrator), Brian D'Arcy James (Baker), Leah Hocking (Baker's Wife), Patricia Ben Patterson (Cinderella), Daniel Frank Kelly (Jack), Frances Ford (Jack's Mother), Tracy Katz (Little Red Ridinghood), Christopher Carl (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Michael Gearhart (Rapunzel's Prince/Wolf), Jennifer Sibley Harris (Rapunzel), Jan Pessano (Cinderella's Stepmother), Jen Burleigh-Bentz (Florinda), Jennifer Prescott (Lucinda), John Paul Gamoke (Cinderella's Father), Jonathan Peterson (Steward), Jennifer Eckes (Snow White), Andrea Lyn Parsons (Sleeping Beauty)

2003 Netherlands Production
July, 2003 - Exact Date Unknown [CD]
Open Air Theatre
Kristen Cools (Witch), Bob van Tol (Narrator/Mysterious Man), Ger Otte (Baker), Frédérique Sloyterman van Lao (Baker's Wife), Ann van den Broeck (Cinderella), Barend van Zon (Jack), Aafke van der May (Jack's Mother), Wieneke Remmers (Little Red Riding Hood), Rolf Koster (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Willem Alink (Rapunzel's Prince), Annemieke van der Ploeg (Rapunzel), Saskia Schafer (Florinda), Rusmarjn van Bohmen (Lucinda), Martine Konnis (Cinderella's Stepmother), Jorge Verkoost (Cinderella's Father), Esther Maas (Cinderella's Mother/Granny)

2003 Garage Theatre Group's Youth Conservatory Production
November, 2003 - **Soundboard**
Garage Theatre, Teaneck, NJ
Ashley Cohen (Witch), Jordan Scott Gilbert, Chris Castelonia

2005 Theatreworks Production
December 29, 2005 [CD]
Lucie Stern Theatre
C. Kelly Wright (u/s Witch), Francis Jue (Narrator), Jackson Davis (Baker), Christianne Noll (Baker's Wife), Cristin Boyle (Cinderella), Robert Brewer (Jack), Courtney Stokes (Little Red Ridinghood), Michael Hunsacker (Cinderella's Prince), Patrick Leveque (Rapunzel's Prince), Tielle Baker (Rapunzel), Gary S. Martinez (Mysterious Man/Bishop), James Monroe Inglehart (Wolf/Steward)

2007 London Revival
June 3, 2007
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studios
Beverley Klein (Witch), Gary Waldhorn (Narrator), Clive Rowe (Baker), Anna Francolini (Baker's Wife), Gillian Kirkpatrick (Cinderella), Peter Caulfield (Jack), Anne Reid (Jack's Mother), Suzanne Toase (Little Red Riding Hood), Martin Nelson (Cinderella's Father/Mysterious Man), Nicholas Garrett (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Nic Greenshields (Rapunzel's Prince), Christina Haldane (Rapunzel), Elizabeth Brice (Cinderella's Stepmother), Louise Bowden (Florinda), Lara Pulver (Lucinda), Byron Watson (Steward), Linda Hibberd (Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant)

2009 University of Western Florida Production
April 2, 2009 - Opening Night [CD]
Meagan Parker (Witch), John Rawlings (Narrator), Andrew Hubbard (Baker), Lynsey Price (Baker's Wife), Chrysti Petrozzi (Cinderella), Colin Cook (Jack), Kayln Sanders (Jack's Mother), Brooke Hardy (Little Red Riding Hood), Michael McCoy (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Joseph Garnett (Rapunzel's Prince), Lorelei Sandberg (Rapunzel), Sherron Moore (Cinderella's Stepmother), Jessica Bare (Florinda), Arianna Maggard (Lucinda), Giustino Carrano (Cinderella's Father), Aubrey Wollett (Cinderella's Mother), Angela West (Granny), Ian Werth (Steward), Annie Godwin (Snow White), Tiffany Eddins (Sleeping Beauty/The Harp)