| Description |
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Note |
"American Playhouse presents a Michael Brandman production" -- Container. |
| Cast |
Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland, Ben Wright, Barbara Bryne, Merle Louise, Chuck Wagner, Pamela Winslow, Philip Hoffman, Lauren Mitchell, Kay McClelland, Edmund Lyndeck. |
| Credits |
Cameras, Bill Ackerland ... [et al.] ; editor, Girish Bhargava ; musical director and conductor, Paul Gemignani. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast in 1990. |
| Event |
Taped in 1989 at the Martin Beck Theater shortly before the end of the Broadway run. Members of the original cast who had left the production returned for the special taping. |
| Note |
Original production was the winner of 1998 Tony Awards for Best score, Best book and Best actress. |
| Summary |
The fairy tale characters of Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, and Jack (and the Beanstalk) are linked together with the characters of a baker and his wife. Their stories intertwine as they all search for something different in the woods. After they have all found happiness, they must band together to fight a giant. |
| Language |
Options for spoken languages include: English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Sondheim, Stephen -- Film adaptations.
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Fairy tales -- Film adaptations.
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Fairy tales -- Television adaptations.
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Fictitious characters -- Drama.
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Families -- Drama.
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Voyages and travels -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television musicals.
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Television specials.
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| Added Author |
Sondheim, Stephen. Composer.
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Lapine, James. Librettist. Director.
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Merlis, Iris. Producer.
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Peters, Bernadette. Performer.
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Zien, Chip. Performer.
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Gleason, Joanna. Performer.
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Aldredge, Tom. Performer.
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Westenberg, Robert. Performer.
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Crosby, Kim, 1960- Performer.
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Ferland, Danielle. Performer.
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Wright, Ben (Singer) Performer.
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Bryne, Barbara. Performer.
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Sondheim, Stephen.
Into the woods.
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Brandman Productions, Inc. Production personnel. Publisher.
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Image Entertainment (Firm) Publisher.
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| Added Title |
American playhouse (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
014381596724 |
| Music No. |
ID5967MBDVD Image Entertainment |
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