#notably the version of the baker & wife's argument in act 2 where he doesn't let her leave but she goes anyway

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3 of you asked for it so here it is: my rating of all the Witch’s cut/alternate lines in Into the Woods

#into the woods #into the woods musical #stephen sondheim #bernadette peters #meryl streep #vanessa williams #hannah waddingham #julia mckenzie #I think that's all the witches I mentioned #I listened to the new album while making this and I love how much dialogue they include in the recording #I was surprised they made a new recording because the new revival doesn't change any lyrics from the original broadway version #though they use several updated lines in other scenes #notably the version of the baker & wife's argument in act 2 where he doesn't let her leave but she goes anyway #also when jack's mother says she's going to market to sell the harp in the act 2 prologue #in the original she didn't give a reason for leaving lol #and in the plan to kill the giant it's cinderella who mentions pitch and they use rapunzel's tower instead of a tree #those last two changes are mostly just clearing up plot holes and wrapping things up nicely #but the baker's argument is actually really interesting #depending on which version you play it recontextualizes pretty much everything involving the two for the rest of the show #anyway what other tags are there #james lapine #musical theatre #long post #idk