Last night, I had the opportunity to go see one of my favorite plays with my friends Debbie and Rachael.  Into the Woods is playing at the Hale Centre Theatre in Salt Lake until the end of November.

If you’ve never seen or heard of Into the Woods, I highly recommend it.  It’s a great play that’s a lot of fun because of its humor and ingenuity.  It combines the stories of many well-known fairy tales into one.  The main characters come from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella.  Those stories are tied together by a story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to have a child.

My favorite characters are the princes.  They have very foppish personalities, which make for some funny moments.  One of my favorite moments of the play involves them singing the song “Agony.”  However, I like the reprise more because of the line, “No, there was a dwarf standing guard.”  I think it’s hilarious!

This was my third time seeing the play.  The two times before were performed on a traditional stage, whereas the Hale Centre Theatre has an ampitheater-like circular stage.  It’s hard to explain without seeing it.  However, it was really neat because you could see most of the stage no matter where you sat.  The stage floor also moved, assembled, and disassembled as needed for the scenery.  I enjoyed how it all turned out.