I'm so glad I attended the final show of Into the Woods.
I sat in front row center, and was tempted to whip out my phone to snap a few shots. So tempted. But although someone had implied earlier in the week that non-flash snaps would be okay, I saw no one else doing it, and I was not going to be That Guy.
Mixed reactions of the music being piped in, because what you think you're all sounding like in the orchestra room is never what is actually heard out front. BUT... though as I said, their speaker system is not the greatest, you can absolutely hear the sound guy's genius in a lovely blending of all the elements, with not a speck of distortion or other "electronic" sound so often heard in professional and non-professional productions alike.
The production itself was fascinating and quite beautiful, even if I didn't love every little thing. I never felt comfortable with the witch being played as a puppet with the singer/actress standing nearby. Is this a "thing" elsewhere? First time I'd seen it. The disintegration of everything in Act 2 was very strikingly conceived, and the cast was excellent. I do wish I could have played the entire run, but I'm sure glad I was able to watch it, too.
