{"id":5533,"date":"2013-12-17T10:53:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2015-07-16T18:44:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T02:44:16","slug":"was-there-nearly-a-jim-henson-version-of-into-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/12\/17\/was-there-nearly-a-jim-henson-version-of-into-the-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Was There Nearly a Muppet Version of Into the Woods?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about musicals and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the musical urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MUSICAL URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Into the Woods was almost made into a film by Jim Henson Productions.<\/p>\n

Into the Woods was Stephen Sondheim’s second straight classic musical that had unfortunate timing on the year in which is was released. Sondheim’s previous musical, Sunday in the Park With George, ended up losing the Best Musical Tony Award to La Cage aux Folles, and Into the Woods had the misfortune to come out the same year as Phantom of the Opera.<\/p>\n

Still, Into the Woods still held its own when it came to award season, and actually beat Phantom for the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, plus won the Tony for Best Book, Best Score and Best Lead Actress in a Musical. However, Phantom won the Tony Award for Best Musical.<\/p>\n

Into the Woods was still a commercial success, though, and it’s really one of the more crowd-pleasing of Sondheim’s musicals, except perhaps some of the downbeat aspects of the Second Act.<\/p>\n

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