Show Overview
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
An Epic Adventure
Winner of THREE Tony Awards - including Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical.
Explore the darker side of “Happy Ever After.”
This Tony-Winning Musical from the Giant of Musical Theater (Stephen Sondheim) has The Brothers Grimm tales colliding on stage in an epic adventure of wishes and the choices we make!
Director Kianna Bromley reimagines this journey into the woods as a fun 10-actor casting showcasing physical acting, quick changes, and soaring vocals!
LNT Artistic Director Kathleen Keenan follows up her acclaimed performances in The Drowsy Chaperone and Next to Normal by reprising her role as "The Witch".
"What makes this Stephen Sondheim musical of colliding fairytales so irresistible is its doubleness:
First we laugh at its wisecracks and wit, then we feel for its lost folkloric icons." - The Guardian
Into The Woods plays 7:30pm Wed-Sat; and 2pm Sun July 22–Aug 2, 2026
Run Time: 2.5 hours plus intermission
produced with permission of Music Theatre International
sponsored in part by Backstage Audio LLC
(Remember: Montpelier City Hall's Elevator is Now Working Once Again! And LNT is Air-Conditioned!!)
Production Team
directed by Kianna Bromley
musical director: Stefanie Wiegand
scenic design: Kianna Bromley & Kim Bent
scenic painting: Hannah Clark
costume design: Jessica Della Pepa
lighting design: Charlotte Seelig
properties: Tristan Blumenthal
production stage manager: Alex Garcia
assistant stage manager & A1: Tristan Blumenthal
featuring:
Connor Eaton, Brit Flynn, Jesse Hawkes, Kathleen Keenan, Connor Kendall, Mary Carol Maganzini, Zoë Mickle, Aleah Papes, Emmet Stowell, and Lilah Thurston
Scoop Info
Tony-Award Winning Musical from a Giant of Musical Theater the world over: Stephen Sondheim. Epic fairytale adventure about wishes, family, and the choices we make.
All your favorite stories and characters collide - and are never quite the same again!
Cinderella, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood are just a few of the tales that get the Sondheim Treatment! Into the Woods is one of his most produced works.
Act 1 is rated G - But Act 11 is definitely PG, or PG 13!
LNT's production is being mounted through a unique lense focused on celebrating the art of the actor, the pure magic & joy of theater, and a dynamic relationship between audience and actor in our up close and personal setting.
A timeless and rare modern musical classic bringing together everyone’s favorite storybook characters for laughter, poignancy, & enchantment.
With its glorious vocals, stunning word-play, and memorrable music - Into The Woods proves Sondheim's genius!
Get the details and see some fun pics of the cast HERE
Run Time: 2.5 hours plus intermission
Buzz Info
With a score that includes some of Sondheim’s best tunes and most clever lyrics, musical theatre doesn’t get much better than this. So go. It’s a journey well-worth taking.”
- DC Metro News
“Non-Stop Pure Pleasure! A ravishing explosion of color and melody and magic and laughter." - Time Magazine
"Bewitching... dazzling... triumphant." – New York Post
Check out what our Creatives & Cast have to say about the show here!
Media Info
The cast with musical director Stefanie Weigand