Into the Woods review " reality bites for Sondheim's fairytale heroes
Royal Exchange, ManchesterMatthew Xia's revival of Stephen Sondheim's dark, grownup musical lacks the light touch needed to stop it straying into the preachyIn the darkness, a child cries at the terrors of the world. A mysterious man takes him by the hand and begins to tell him a story. The opening scene of Matthew Xia's revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical, which features some of the composer's most glorious songs …
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