London kicks Broadway's ass. Sorry but it's true.
Went to see Into the Woods at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre yesterday with my Mum. Oh my god- AMAZING. I don't think I could see Into the Woods again now if it isn't this cast- I wouldn't want to taint the excellence of this performance. It was the most brilliant quality production ever and the quality of the cast, well, I find myself thinking it's the best cast of any theatre I've seen not just Into the Woods cast (And I've seen a lot of theatre). They are all just so amazingly talented and enthusastic in their work. They drew you into the whole thing so completely.
And Regent's Park is just perfect for this musical. I'm surprised it's taken so many years for someone to come up with the concept. I just hope a cast recording will be released. A Dvd would be nice too but theatre seemed to just stop releasing DVD footage a few years ago so I shan't wish for miracles. But please, cast recording, I hope it happens. This cast NEEDS to be immortalized.
Hannah Waddingham's Witch was just non-all top entertaining, the wolf and red riding hood scenes were just stand-out (Beverly Rudd had me and my Mum in stiches half the time), Jenna Russell's Baker's Wife was the best I'd seen of the character (though I have become an inadvertent fan of her theatre work), and the Princes were excellent. Although oddly enough one of them, the way he was acting, reminded me exactly of a class mate when she had to do an over the top Prince Charming in a Characterization class. I found that alone hilarious and had to text her. I mean at least she knows she was on the right track for definite, haha.
But yes. Best cast of all time:
