Montego Glover Honors Sondheim As Witch In ‘Into The Woods’ (Unique) – Hollywood Life

To honor the reminiscence of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, Into The Woods returned to Broadway for a restricted, star-studded run, 36 years after its authentic Broadway debut. “It’s an actual reward to be part of one thing that looks like a love letter to Stephen Sondheim,” admitted Montego Glover, who has dominated the function of The Witch within the present during the last a number of months. “I might name it a masterpiece. I’ll name it a seminal work and I might say this one, significantly, is particular for various causes. One in every of them is that it actually does problem the power of each actor, of each musician, concerned with it. It’s technically troublesome and that’s typically exhausting, however actually thrilling.”

Montego continued, “It sounds stunning and really sweeping and filled with quirks. It’s enjoyable and has an ethereal fineness once you’re sitting within the viewers. However, as a technician on the opposite aspect, it’s very particular and that’s great.” She added that another excuse she believes Into The Woods is one in all Sondheim’s finest is as a result of it’s “accessible” and, on the similar time, “within the place of providing you with new data, and stitching and weaving issues collectively in a approach that you just’ve not considered earlier than.” “Finally, Into The Woods is the sort of story that, by means of the a long time, by means of the ages, continues to be extraordinarily accessible and really related,” Montego added.

As The Witch, the Tony-nominated star weaved her private experiences along with Sondheim’s music and lyrics and James Lapine’s ebook to create the sophisticated function. “I all the time begin with textual content and with that, I be taught one thing. For instance, the Witch is a mom. The Witch is a lady. The Witch is cursed, once we meet her. The Witch has employed the assistance of different individuals to assist raise a curse — and what which means, is she wants assist and has to achieve out for it indirectly.” Montego defined. “What her want is, what her actual longing is, is to be restored and to have the companionship, the love the shared expertise along with her youngster. She’s a mom at her middle.”

She went on, “I positively drew on my expertise as a lady and as an artist. Whereas I don’t have kids, there are numerous kids in my life that I like very a lot as in the event that they have been my very own.”

Montego Glover performs as The Witch in Into The Woods Tuesdays to Thursdays.