Klea Blackhurst Leads Opera North's Into the Woods Beginning August 1 | Playbill

Regional News Klea Blackhurst Leads Opera North's Into the Woods Beginning August 1

Evan Pappas directs the Tony-nominated Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical.

Klea Blackhurst Christopher Boudewyns

Opera North's staging of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods plays the company’s summer home at Blow-Me-Down Farm in Cornish, New Hampshire, August 1-4.

Directed by Evan Pappas, the cast features Klea Blackhurst as the Witch, Maureen Brennan as Jack’s Mother and Cinderella’s Mother, Noah Rogers as the Baker, Ilanna Starr as the Baker's Wife, Erica Fletcher as Little Red Riding Hood, Nathan Savant as the Wolf, Sergio Manzo as Cinderella’s Prince, Abby Brodnick as Rapunzel, Joanna Kim as Cinderella, Simon Brea as Jack, Siyi Yan as Florinda, Carlyle Quinn as Lucinda, Alexandra Burkot as Cinderella’s Stepmother, and Seth-Emmanuel Clarke as Narrator/Mysterious Man.

Into the Woods—with a score by Sondheim and a book by Lapine—opened on Broadway in 1987 for a nearly two-year run. The musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won three, including Best Original Score. The recent Broadway revival was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.

The limited engagement also has musical direction by Artistic Director Louis Burkot, set design by Nate Bertone, lighting design by John Bartenstein, costume design by Rebecca Ming, and sound design by James McCartney.

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