Into the Woods on AllMovie

Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical is preserved in this made-for-television film of the stage hit. Spun around several children's fairy tales, writer and director James Lapine takes Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack (from the beanstalk), the Wicked Witch and the Childless Baker and his wife, and intertwines their stories in the forest as they try to achieve their respective goals. In the first act, the characters are looking for things that they hope will make them happy, and in the second act, they see the consequences of setting these goals. Sondheim's music and lyrics won the Tony for "Best Musical Score."