Into the Woods delays first preview by one day

The Public Theater has announced that the first preview of Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater on 23 Jul 2012 has been postponed due to weather. The first preview will now take place on on 24 Jul 2012.

The 2012 Shakespeare in the Park's production of Sondheim's and Lapine's Tony Award winning musical Into the Woods, directed by Timothy Sheader, with co-direction by Liam Steel, will still open on 9 Aug 2012, and close on 25 Aug 2012, as originally scheduled.

Into the Woods: A witch's curse condemns the Baker and his Wife to a life without children. They embark on a quest to find the four items required to break the spell: the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. Will they succeed? And what happens after 'happily ever after?' A reimagining of the classic fairytales: Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.

The show will also star Amy Adams (The Baker's Wife), Jack Broderick (Narrator), Gideon Glick (Jack), Cooper Grodin (Rapunzel's Prince), Ellen Harvey (Cinderella's Stepmother), Ivan Hernandez (Cinderella's Prince/Wolf), Tina Johnson (Red Ridinghood's Granny), Josh Lamon (Steward), Bethany Moore (Florinda), Jessie Mueller (Cinderella), Donna Murphy (The Witch), Denis O'Hare (Baker), Jennifer Rias (Lucinda), Laura Shoop (Cinderella's Mother), Tess Soltau (Rapunzel), Sarah Stiles (Little Red Ridinghood), Kristine Zbornik (Jack's Mother), Chip Zien (Mysterious Man), Victoria Cook, Johnny Newcomb, Noah Radcliffe and Eric R. Williams, and feature the voice of Glenn Close as the 'Giant.'

The creative team features sets by John Lee Beatty and Soutra Gilmour, lighting by Natasha Katz, costumes by Emily Rebholz and sound by Acme Sound Partners.

It has been rumored that the production will transfer to Broadway, but there has been no confirmation.

The 2012 Shakespeare in the Park summer production of Into the Woods is based on the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre 2010 London Production, produced by Timothy Sheader and William Village for Regent's Park Theatre Ltd.