'Into the Woods' debuts tonight
MAUREEN DOLAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 3 months AGO
<p>Little Red Riding Hood, left, played by Madison Rasmussen, and Aubrey Schimek, playing Cinderella, share the stage in the Lake City Playhouse production of the steam-punk version of "Into the Woods" which opens Friday. Also photographed are Andrew Ware Lewis as the baker, and Brendan Brady as Jack.</p>
<p>Andrew Ware Lewis and Emily Cleveland, the baker and the baker's wife, cower as the witch, played by Abbey Crawford, threatens them.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - A brief description of "Into the Woods," Lake City Playhouse's latest production, sounds like it's a children's theater show.
It's not.
"It actually has a ton of depth," said director Troy Nickerson.
The frequently performed musical, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, is described as a "fractured fairy tale" with a story line that focuses on a baker and his wife, who lie and steal from Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood, in order to break a witch's spell.
The underlying theme is more real-life.
"It's about everybody wanting the perfect life and having happily ever after and doing whatever it takes to get that," Nickerson said.
The second act, where the characters deal with the consequences of their actions, is when it really gets real.
"It's a beautiful, touching, moving show as well," said Nickerson, who directed "Rent" for the Lake City Playhouse.
The show's production style is unique, with costumes, the set design and even the choreography influenced by steampunk, a growing style movement reflective of the Victorian age and industrial movements of 19th and 20th centuries.
Nickerson said, "I just felt that the forest could have, sort of, a machine feel to it."
George Green, the playhouse's executive artistic director, "really ran with that," he said.
The trees are cogs, and the costumes include lots of leathers and corsets.
Nickerson said the "Into the Woods" cast includes some of the top talents in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.
The show runs tonight through June 23, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets are $19.75 Adult, $17.75 Student/Military and $15.75 Senior.
Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene.
Tickets and info: 667-1323, [email protected], www.lakecityplayhouse.org
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