Riedel: ‘Into’ is lost in the woods

[ljay889]

And so it begins....

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/into_is_lost_in_the_woods_CkRHYstLo8Qbmgz3HxBTwL

[Kad]

His production sources aren't very good if that's all they've given him.

[bwayphreak234]

She also has to wear strange things on her hands that are supposed to be talons but “look like crutches,” one of my spies says.

I didn't think they were supposed to be talons, and they look pretty awesome IMO.

[GlindatheGood22]

Sounds like all the problems he's listing are fixable and characteristic of first previews. Even with the bad word of mouth I'd be surprised if there isn't a transfer, but I gues Riedel wouldn't be himself without some death knell to sound.

[ljay889]

Agreed. Everything he wrote can be found in the threads on here.

[E.Davis]

"On a brighter note, Amy Adams is turning in a winning performance as the Baker’s Wife, even if it looks as if she’s wearing a giant squirrel on her head."

[Kad]

That talon quote is weird.

Donna is wearing clawlike gloves firstly...talons, I suppose, and then the canes/crutches, which are covered in roots and tendrils- the implication being that the curse on the Witch is slowly turning her into a tree. Hardly an out-there concept for the Witch- we've seen productions in which she is basically a garden herself out there.

[Wynbish]

E.Davis, don't forget the picture's caption. "Amy Adams was squirrel-free when she filmed “Enchanted” in Central Park with Patrick Dempsey."

[Marianne2]

How is he a real columnist? It sounds like he visited here to write that.

[Wynbish]

^ And that people here have written it better.

[Kad]

Though I do love how he sneers at the idea of being respectful as a community.

Then alternately mocking and defending Morgan James.

[E.Davis]

Wynbish, I totally did not catch the quote....It makes me want to double face palm now.

[Kad]

...his "production sources" probably ARE posts on here. Or ATC.

[keb2]

I don't know, Kad, there are people on here who have actually seen the show. I don't think any of his "sources" have...

[Kad]

He's also oddly had his sights on the Public for a while. He's been on Oskar Eustis' case for a while for some reason. I guess someone wasn't invited to see Meryl Streep as Juliet.

[Wynbish]

Hey Riedel

[jv92]

Well, Eustis seems to be very interested in having The Public on Broadway. More so than having The Public at The Public it seems like sometimes.

[broadwaydevil]

Riedel is so awful. One could put together a far better article with better "sources" just by pulling posts from here. Honestly I think he just reads somethings and makes up sources. No one said anything that hasn't been said before, none of it's behind the scenes insight, it's all just nonsense. I really wonder if there's anyone out there that takes him seriously.

[Marianne2]

I just find using the words "sources" odd. I guess you don't have to tell where you got them from, but this sounds really secretive and bitchy the way he writes.

[CapnHook]

He's also wrong about the show wanting to move to Broadway in the fall. The Public is exploring option to move INTO THE WOODS to a Broadway theater in the Spring. They are inquiring about 3 theaters: the Al Hirschfeld, the Lunt-Fontanne, and the St. James. The Lunt-Fontanne, I'm told, is booked with a show in the Spring (presumably JEKYLL & HYDE). Of the other two, I think the Al Hirschfeld would be the better option.

[Wynbish]

The St. James has not exactly been good luck since Gypsy.

Is there enough onstage room at the Sondheim for it?

[Leadingplayer]

Morgan James is a star!

[My Oh My]

Riedel, allegedly, using BWW as "sources" confuzzles me.

Don't know whether to feel honored or make a fist and shake it at 'puter. :S

[HeyMrMusic]

He makes a valid point about the need for a conductor monitor. Of all of Sondheim's shows, this one definitely demands it. The entire score is vamps and the orchestration is quite difficult to follow. And a conductor monitor is such an easy fix. I'm really surprised that wasn't one of the first things installed.

I thought she was meant to look like a spider because her "doll" is a spider or something with tentacles. But the crutches are a bit strange. Kind of makes her look like she's auditioning for the giraffe in The Lion King.

[bwayphreak234]

I'm all for a transfer. For those who have seen the show live either here or in Regent's Park, do you think the physical production could work the same within the confines of an indoor proscenium versus an open air theatre?

[Wynbish]

He makes a valid point about the need for a conductor monitor.

A point made on here. Aww, he reads us.