Friday night, I had the pleasure of attending the second night of the Baraboo Theater Guild's production of Into the Woods at the lovely old Al Ringling Theater in downtown Baraboo. What a stunningly gorgeous place, and it shall been even more so once the restoration project has been completed.
The musical was very well done, other than a few technical glitches involving the sound, and a rather unfortunate choice in mask for the Wolf. It can be difficult for me to judge productions of Into the Woods, unfortunately, because in my head I always find myself making comparisons to the original cast production, with Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, and Janna Gleason. Still, I was rather happy with what I saw. The cast was a mature one, which was not a bad thing at all. I've sat (and cringed) through very well-meaning high school productions that murdered the story. This was more in line with the MATC production I saw a few years ago.
I must note the Little Red Ridinghood, as played by Miss Gretchen Olson, was just the right mix of adorable and obnoxious.
what year was that the wisco musical? who played the lead?
The Wisco version was in 1993, and the leads were Eric Hartsad as the Narrator, Kathy Heins as Cinderella, Matt Chasco and Jack, Paul Schlomer as the Baker, Holly Braun as the Baker's Wife, Veronica Hopf as Little Red Ridinghood, and Angela Singer as the Witch.
I was on stage crew and got to be the one to kill the cow.