Into the Woods

The show was often considered Stephen Sondheim's most popular musical and its original run on Broadway began in 1987. The limited run of the production in New York last year was moved to Broadway where it's been playing to sold out houses every night. When you're working on a revival, how much do you consider previous productions? We thought that surrounding the orchestra with those playing areas would make the music even more of the story than if they were just front and center without those surrounding platforms. But I don't research previous productions and I don't try and pretend I haven't seen them.