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Entertainment: Into the Woods film reading

It would appear that Into the Woods is getting into the Hollywood game as there was a reading done recently involving a “who’s who” list from Broadway. According to Broadway.com here was who was in attendance:

CHARACTER ACTOR PREVIOUS / CURRENT CREDITS
Baker’s Wife Nina Arianda Broadway: Venus in Fur (Tony win), Born Yesterday (Tony nom)
Stepmother Christine Baranski Broadway: The Real Thing and Rumors (Tony win); TV: The Good Wife
Florinda Tammy Blanchard Broadway: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Gypsy (Tony noms)
Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant Victoria Clark Broadway: The Light in the Piazza (Tony win) and Sister Act
Baker James Corden Broadway: One Man, Two Guvnors (Tony win) and The History Boys
Wolf Ivan Hernandez Off-Broadway: Cinderella’s Prince and the Wolf in the 2012 Central Park staging of Into the Woods
Lucinda Megan Hilty Broadway: 9 to 5; TV: Smash
Rapunzel’s Prince Cheyenne Jackson Broadway: Xanadu, Finian’s Rainbow and currently The Performers
Jack’s Mother Allison Janney Broadway: A View from the Bridge (Tony nom) and 9 to 5
Cinderella Anna Kendrick Broadway: High Society (Tony nom); Film: Up in the Air (Oscar nom)
Steward/Baker’s Father Michael McGrath Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony win) and Spamalot (Tony nom)
Witch Donna Murphy Broadway: Sondheim’s Passion and The King and I (both Tony wins); The People in the Picture, Lovemusik and Wonderful Town (all Tony noms)
Rapunzel Laura Osnes Broadway: Bonnie & Clyde (Tony nom) and currently in Cinderella
Jack Taylor Trensch Off-Broadway: upcoming Bare
Little Red Riding Hood Casey Whyland Broadway: Billy Elliot
Cinderella’s Prince Patrick Wilson Broadway: Oklahoma! and The Full Monty (both Tony noms)
Screenplay Narrator David Garrison Broadway: A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine (both Tony nom), also of Wicked and Silence!

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