Into the Woods

A brand-new staging for The Bridge of Sondheim and Lapine’s dazzling and moving musical Into The Woods will start previews from 2 December in a production helmed by director Jordan Fein and designer Tom Scutt.

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s collaboration — their second, after Sunday in the Park with George — brilliantly weaves together four Grimms’ fairy-tales in a story of a baker and his wife on their quest to reverse a curse of childlessness cast upon them by the wicked witch.

On its Broadway debut in 1986, Into The Woods won Tony awards each for Sondheim (Best Musical) and Lapine (Best Book). In London it has had productions by Richard Jones (Phoenix Theatre, 1990), John Crowley (Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader (Open Air, Regent’s Park, 2010). This will be its first London production since 2016.

Jordan Fein’s credits include Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Tom Scutt’s extensive credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in the West End and on Broadway where he won the Tony award last year for Best Scenic Design of a Musical.

Casting will be announced in due course. The 20-week run will finish on 18 April 2026.