Midland University has scheduled four performances of Into the Woods, a Tony award winning musical by Stephen Sondheim.
Shows will take place Nov. 7-10 at the Kimmel Theatre on the Midland campus. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7-9 with a 2 p.m. matinee showing on Sunday, Nov. 10.
Tickets are available for $15 for adults and $12 for students, seniors, and Fremont Midland Entertainment Series members. Tickets can be purchased online at midlandu.edu/tickets or by calling the box office at 402-941-6399. The box office is open from noon to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Seating is limited, so early purchase is encouraged to secure a spot.
Directed by Dan Hays, Midland Director of Theater Activities, Into the Woods deals with themes of loss, growing up, resilience, and the relationships between parents and children through the lens of beloved fairy tales that intertwine to create a captivating, emotional, and overall entertaining performance.
“Sondheim is a genius.” Hays said. “His lyrics are so incredibly clever in this production that I often use bits of his word choices when I am teaching. This show is amazing in that the first act is a complete show unto itself and has a very Disney-like happiness with everything ending ‘happily ever after.’ But the second act is much more Sondheim-like, and everything does not end happily ever after. It is a dark imagining of what follows a fairy tale. The show has been wonderful, difficult, and artistically satisfying.”
Content Warning: This show has nothing that would be deemed “adult content” – however, even though it centers around fairytales, it is not intended as theater for children.
