Denis O’Hare Goes “Into The Woods” in the Park This Summer

If you’re in New York City this summer be sure to go and see True Blood’s Denis O’Hare in the Park.  The Tony Award winnter will star as The Baker in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods, to perform at the Delacorte Theater, July 23-August 25, with an opening on August 9. The production will be directed by Timothy Sheader with co-direction by Liam Steel.Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved musical combines the classic stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Cinderella, with an original fairy tale about a childless baker and his wife, to explore the meaning of “happily ever after.”The cast will also include Amy Adams (The Baker’s Wife), Jack Broderick (Narrator), Gideon Glick (Jack), Cooper Grodin (Rapunzel’s Prince), Ivan Hernandez (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf), Tina Johnson (Granny), Josh Lamon (Steward), Jessie Mueller (Cinderella), Donna Murphy (The Witch), Laura Shoop (Cinderella’s Mother), and Tess Soltau (Rapunzel).Tickets to Shakespeare in the Park are FREE and are distributed, two per person, at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park the day of the show. The Public Theater will again offer free tickets through its Virtual Ticketing lottery at www.shakespeareinthepark.org on the day of the show. source: theatermania.com