Once upon a time in a far off kingdom, there lived a young girl on the brink of womanhood, a foolish young lad who loved his cow, an blond-haired child with a red cape, a handsome baker and his pretty wife, a lonely lass with extremely long hair, two handsome princes, a wolf, and a witch. They didn't know each other, but soon, soon...their pitiful lives would all intermingle as they journeyed Into the Woods. All of this in the first act, a long somewhat rambling retelling of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack in the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood tied together by a heretofore unknown baker and his wife who were unfortunate enough to live next to a witch. The five stories wind together fairly well, interacting in unexpected and sometimes quite amusing ways using the woods as a catalyst. …
