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“Into the Woods is a musical unlike any other,” said Mark Lamos, director. “With a book by James Lapine that veers cunningly between tragedy and comedy, and one of Stephen Sondheim's most sophisticated and playful scores, it re-imagines well-known fairy tales and imbues them with new possibilities. “It's a challenging show - Sondheim's lyrics alone are dazzling in their own right - and one that really excites me to be directing - especially with this amazing cast of artists,” he added. Lauren Kennedy, who appeared in the original cast of Side Show, will play the Witch. Kennedy has also been seen in Monty Python's Spamalot, Les Misérables, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close and Cinderella with New York City Opera. Other prominent stage credits include South Pacific at the National Theatre in London, the world premiere of Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy's Waiting for the Moon and developmental readings of Wildhorn and Murphy’s musical Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure. One of the original cast members from Broadway’s Into the Woods, Danielle Ferland, originally from Derby, Connecticut, will play the Baker’s Wife. She returns to Westport Country Playhouse where she previously appeared in The Streets of New York and The School for Husbands. Since making her Broadway debut in the original cast of Sunday in the Park with George, Ferland appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including the recent revival of All My Sons with Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow and Katie Holmes; Into the Woods as Little Red Ridinghood; A Little Night Music; and The Crucible. Cast as the Baker, Erik Liberman’s credits include Harold Prince’s LoveMusik on Broadway, numerous Off-Broadway roles, the North American tour of Fiddler on the Roof opposite Topol, Harvey Fierstein and Theodore Bikel and Merrily We Roll Along at Signature Theatre (Helen Hayes Award). Jeffry Denman, who plays the Narrator, has been seen on Broadway as Phil Davis in White Christmas (originating the role at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco), the original cast of The Producers as well as appearing in several productions with City Center Encores!. Fresh off the National 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables, Justin Scott Brown will play Jack. Brown also performed in the National Tour of Spring Awakening. Appearing as Jack’s Mother is Broadway veteran Cheryl Stern, whose extensive credits include the 2010 Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles; The Women with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Tilly and Kristen Johnston; Candide with the New York City Opera; and Jackie Mason’s Laughing Room Only, starring Kelsey Grammer. Nik Walker will play the Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince. He has most recently appeared as John in Miss Saigon at the Ogunquit Playhouse, as well as regional productions including RENT and Man of La Mancha. Jenny Latimer, who will play Cinderella, previously appeared in Westport Country Playhouse’s production of She Loves Me, directed by Mark Lamos. She recently completed the National 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables as Cosette. In the role of Little Red Ridinghood will be Dana Steingold, whose credits include the Encores! production of Anyone Can Whistle, the pre-Broadway workshop of Godspell and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by James Lapine. Jeremy Lawrence portrays the Mysterious Man. Lawrence has appeared in regional productions throughout the country including at the Abingdon Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Antaeus Theatre Company and The Mint. Robert Lenzi will play Rapunzel’s Prince, having previously appeared in the Lincoln Center production of South Pacific, and several films including M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village and The Happening. Alma Cuervo, who plays Cinderella’s Stepmother, Granny and voices the Giant, has an extensive list of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional credits, including the original casts of Titanic, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Beauty and the Beast and Cabaret. She has also previously appeared at Westport Country Playhouse in Dancing at Lughnasa. Rapunzel and Cinderella’s Mother will be played by Britney Coleman, who has appeared in Adam Rapp’s production of Stop the Virgens and the regional premiere of Tarzan: The Broadway Musical. Coleman also starred with fellow University of Michigan students in the internet cult phenomenon, A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, alongside Glee’s Darren Criss. Eleni Delopoulos will play Lucinda, one of Cinderella’s stepsisters. She has appeared Off-Broadway and regionally in such productions as Two Gentlemen of Verona; the original cast of A Stoop on Orchard Street; Crossing Delancey; and The Phantom of the Opera Nikka Graff Lanzarone will play Florinda, another of Cinderella’s stepsisters. Her Broadway credits include Velma Kelly in Chicago and the original Lincoln Center cast of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Lamos said, “The show can appeal to a very young theatergoer as well as a veteran. Mature audiences will appreciate its deeper soundings and rich, human colors. Enchantment is not without its dangers, the show seems to be saying; but at the same time, with our capacity to love, we become infinite, whole, meaningful, and truly human.” Currently on sale are full season 5-Play subscriptions, 4-Play seasonal subscriptions, Pick 3 Plans and FlexTix. Subscriptions offer up to 40% off regular tickets. Single tickets will go on sale Tuesday, March 6. Into the Woods Corporate Partners are BNY Mellon and Northwest Mutual; Production Sponsors are Barbara and John Samuelson and Helen Lee Henderson. For more information or tickets, call the box office at (203) 227-4177, or toll-free at 1-888-927-7529, or visit Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, off Route 1, Westport. Tickets are available online 24/7 at www.westportplayhouse.org. Stay connected to the Playhouse on Facebook (Westport Country Playhouse), follow on Twitter (@WCPlayhouse), view Playhouse videos on YouTube (WestportPlayhouse) or get an insider’s peek on The Playhouse Blog (www.theplayhouseblog.org). © Copyright by ConnecticutPlus.com. Some articles and pictures posted on our website, as indicated by their bylines, were submitted as press releases and do not necessarily reflect the position and opinion of ConnecticutPlus.com, Canaiden LLC or any of its associated entities. Articles may have been edited for brevity and grammar. 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