365滚球官网o - I Banner

走进森林

走进森林 and Fairytales: The Stories of Our Lives

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairytales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairytales.”
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦

Storytelling is at the heart of the human experience, and few stories have had a wider reach over the last few millennia than fairytales. Fairytales are so ubiquitous that many people may not even remember the first time they heard the words “Once upon a time.” But what makes them so potent? According to storyteller 劳拉·帕克 fairytales “are a shortcut to a common understanding of the way the world works.” Fairytales provide us with a map of how to navigate this tricky and terrifying world, with their straightforward structure, 典型的人物, 以及清晰的道德. These qualities are make them ripe for adaptation.

A Musical Interweaving of Fantasy and Realty

"走进森林" was not the first musical to draw inspiration from fairytales, but it might be the most all-encompassing. Librettist James Lapine and composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim pull from a deep well of characters and combine them for one, dramatically unified story, from Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood to Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel. The characters’ respective journeys may feel familiar – Cinderella will inevitably lose her slipper after sneaking out to dance at a ball, 杰克会, 当然, find more than he bargained for at the top of a magical beanstalk – but Lapine and Sondheim find clever and exciting ways to interweave them. 走进森林 lives both in the realm of fantasy and in the human experience.

娱乐及更多

By the time "走进森林" opened on Broadway in 1987, Sondheim had made a career out of crafting emotionally intelligent, unapologetically adult musicals that sought to be more than mere entertainment, as seen in works as varied as "Sweeney Todd," "Company" and "Sunday in the Park with George." This musical is no different. By directly tackling what comes after “happily ever after,” intergenerational trauma, and the ways we hurt each other, "走进森林" turns the fairytale framework into a meditation about what it means to be alive.

没有人是孤独的

Fairytales, as Packer writes, are “the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form.” "走进森林" is about all of us, our hopes, our fears, our grief – individual and collective. 像这样, it’s always a good time to escape into the woods and to spend some time with these characters, to confront our inner witches and giants. But for audiences at the 365滚球官网o, less than six months after Sondheim’s death and over two years into a catastrophic pandemic, this musical promises to feel especially powerful. Among many other things, "走进森林" is about community. As we work together to build the future we hope to see for ourselves and our children, we can’t afford to forget the universal truth at the heart of this musical: no one is alone. Like all of the wisdom in our folklore, it’s as true in 2022 as it was a thousand years ago.

Article by Elliott Folds, Master of Fine 艺术 candidate

Department of Theatre 艺术

2022年4月出版

走进森林

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

作者:James Lapine

Directed by David Lee-Painter

Suggested for ages 11 and up.

查看程序.

性能的日期 & 次

  • 7:30 p.m., 4月29日,30日,5月7日
  • 2:00 p.m., 4月30日,5月1日,8日

  • Free for U of I students. 订单在这里.
  • 公众
    • $10 for non-U of I students
    • $17 for U of I employees & 老年人(55 & 更好) & 军事
    • 普通市民22元
    • 购买门票.

位置

Hartung Theater, 625 Stadium Drive, 莫斯科

Parking is free after 5 p.m. and on weekends along Stadium Drive and in the lot across from Hartung Theatre.

学校的位置

物理地址:
布鲁斯·米. 皮特曼中心
875 Perimeter Drive MS 4264
莫斯科,号码83844-4264
info@ngskmc-eis.net
ngskmc-eis.net

电话:208-885-6111

传真:208-885-9119

方向