‘Into the Woods’ and a Missing Giant’s Boot. When the Stephen Sondheim musical opened in 1987, ... It was anchored to what was then the Martin Beck Theater (now the Al Hirschfeld).

Martin Beck was a vaudeville theatre owner and manager, who was born in 1868 and died in 1940. In addition to being the founder of the Orpheum Circuit, Beck built both the Palace and Martin Beck ...

One day after his 100th birthday—Sun., June 21, 2003, to be exact—Al Hirschfeld will receive one of the highest honors the American theatre can bestow: a Broadway house bearing his name.

Falsettos alum Nick Adams recommends having a theatre-filled Saturday by listening to the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical (as well as Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Moulin Rouge!

Tonight, as the second act of “Into the Woods” takes hold, I find that the changes that have taken place in me have only made Sondheim’s musical more meaningful. Deeper, richer. I’m always ...

Into the Woods premiered on Broadway in 1987 at the Martin Beck Theatre starring Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason, Kim Crosby and Robert Westenberg. The original cast performance was ...

What: Great Lakes Theater Festival presents the musical by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Victoria Bussert. When: Runs in repertory with "Macbeth" through Saturday, Nov. 8. For performance times ...

They’re trying to figure out what happened to the giant inflatable legs and boots that hung over the theater where the Stephen Sondheim musical premiered in 1987.

Beck added that many of the singers originally cast for “Emmeline” have backgrounds in musical theater, as well, and would be performing in “Into the Woods,” including soprano Ann Toomey ...