Into the Woods: Glenn Close - voice of Giant

The Public Theatre has announced that Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe award-winner Glenn Close will be the voice of the 'Giant' in 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.

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.

The musical opens at the Delacorte Theater on 9 Aug 2012, following previews from 23 Jul 2012, and runs through to 25 Aug 2012. It has been rumored that the production will transfer to Broadway, but there has been no confirmation.

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 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.

The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary season, each year presents two theatrical productions for free at Central Park's Delacorte Theater. This year the productions are Shakespeare's As You Like it and and Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's Tony Award winning musical Into the Woods.