Into the Woods
INTO THE WOODS
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Barrington Stage Co.
BERKSHIRE THEATRE CRITICS AWARD - BEST SET DESIGN 2019
Director | Joe Calarco
Lighting | Sherrice Mojgani
Costumes | Jen Caprio
Sound | Matt Kraus
Puppets | Brandon Hardy
“Barrington Stage Company’s production, led by Calarco, is as fabulous as the story of the show with an extraordinarily beautiful and functional set designed by Brian Prather who exceeds his earlier work here and elsewhere delivering the fantastic realism the show requires.” - Berkshire Bright Focus
"But these woods look different; gone are the literal representations of trees, giant’s boots or towering beanstalks. Brian Prather’s scenic design is abstract - three large geometric open frames that introduce the characters, above which are suspended a crop of broken frames overgrown with gnarly wood. The props aren’t just symbols of how beloved children’s stories - morals - have been “framed” traditionally and then get fractured by Lapine’s subversive take. The frames are key to the movement Calarco achieves." - Off Script
“The tree-bedecked set, by Brian Prather, evokes multiple levels and meanings of the concepts of frames, including an encasing object for images and, as a verb, the perspective from which a story is seen.” - The Albany Times-Union
“Together with his designers, especially set designer Brian Prather, Calarco has created a world on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage that embraces the audience while it enfolds its characters.” - The Berkshire Eagle
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