Theater Group Asia has announced on their social media account on Friday, January 17th, that Tony Award-winning actress Lea Salonga is playing the role of The Witch in the Philippine staging of Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods.
This will be Lea Salonga's big comeback in the Philippine theater scene since she did TGA's staging of Sweeney Todd in the Philippines back in 2019, that was another Stephen Sondheim work.
Based on a book by James Lapine, the dark comedy classic connects the stories and characters from several fairy tail such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, getting lost into the woods and needs to deal with the giants and escape the woods.
Meryl Streep played the role of The Witch in the 2014 movie adaptation of the play that earned more than $213 million at the box office.
"Into the Woods" will be staged at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City this coming August.
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