Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)

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Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
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Cast recording by
the 2022 Broadway cast of Into the Woods
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)
RecordedSeptember 2–6, 2022
VenueAvatar, NYC
Genre
Length1:14:25
Label
Producer
  • Sean Patrick Flahaven
  • Rob Berman
  • Jordan Roth (exec.)

Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the 2022 Broadway revival of the 1987 musical Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The recording stars Patina Miller, Brian d'Arcy James, Sara Bareilles, [1] Phillipa Soo, Gavin Creel, Julia Lester, Cole Thompson, David Patrick Kelly, Joshua Henry, Annie Golden, Alysia Velez and much of the Broadway cast members. The album was produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, who worked in Sondheim's musicals.

Contents

The album was announced on September 15, 2022, and pre-orders began the same day. [2] It was accompanied by the first single "Moments in the Woods" performed by Sara Bareilles. [3] [4] It was released digitally by Concord Music Group and Craft Recordings on September 30, 2022. [2] [5] It was released in CD on November 25, 2022, and a two-disc vinyl LP was released on March 17, 2023. [6] [7] At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won the Best Musical Theater Album award. [8] [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen Sondheim. All music produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven.

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Prologue: Into the Woods"Into the Woods 2022 Broadway Cast13:46
2."Cinderella at the Grave"
01:21
3."Hello, Little Girl"
02:41
4."I Guess This Is Goodbye"Cole Thompson01:02
5."Maybe They're Magic"
00:59
6."I Know Things Now"Lester01:55
7."A Very Nice Prince"
  • Bareilles
  • Soo
01:09
8."First Midnight"Cast01:11
9."Giants in the Sky"Thompson02:23
10."Agony"
02:26
11."It Takes Two"
  • Bareilles
  • James
02:49
12."Second Midnight"Cast00:45
13."Stay With Me"
02:54
14."On the Steps of the Palace"Soo02:26
15."Ever After"Cast02:25
16."Prologue: So Happy"Cast05:00
17."Agony (Reprise)"
  • Creel
  • Henry
02:21
18."Witch's Lament"Miller02:18
19."Any Moment"
  • Creel
  • Bareilles
02:07
20."Moments in the Woods"Bareilles03:03
21."Your Fault"
  • James
  • Lester
  • Miller
  • Soo
  • Thompson
01:41
22."Last Midnight"Miller03:15
23."No More"
  • James
  • Kelly
04:13
24."No One Is Alone"
  • James
  • Lester
  • Soo
  • Thompson
03:43
25."Finale: Children Will Listen"
  • James
  • Bareilles
  • Miller
  • Cast
06:20
Total length:01:14:25

Reception

Alex Kullak of OnStage Blog wrote "Sondheim had given us a gift even greater than Into The Woods. He had given us a language to process our grief with. Through his lyrics, his music, and his understanding of the human condition, he teaches all of us that even after loss, no matter how great, 'No One Is Alone'." [10] Bobby Patrick of BroadwayWorld wrote "the 2022 Cast Album of the revival production of Into The Woods offers this generation of The Broadway Musical fans palpably wonderful renditions of Mr. Sondheim's score. it is safe to say that those who believe the OG cast is the end all/be all/there-is-no-other actually will find a lot to like here, and those who are new to these woods, you are getting, with this recording, the same care of the material that came out some 35 years ago." [11]

Release history

Release dates and formats for Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
VariousSeptember 30, 2022
 [6] [7]
November 25, 2022 CD
March 17, 2023 Vinyl

Personnel

Charts

Accolades

CeremonyDateCategoriesResultsRef.
Grammy Awards February 5, 2023 Best Musical Theater Album Won [14] [15]

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