Random Musings

Event: “Into The Woods” by Dream Academy
Run: 29th Jul – 7th Aug 2011
Venue: Esplanade Theatre

Dream Academy’s Delightful Foray

First things first, it is so wonderful to see Emma Yong back on stage once again.

Truly one of the most talented musical theatre actresses we have in theatre today.

I had the pleasure of catching Dream Academy’s ambitious new production of Stephen Sondheim’s acclaimed “Into The Woods” on opening night.

As such, minor glitches and kinks in the show must be forgiven, since they are par for the course on opening night, and hence we shan’t dwell too much on those.

This is the biggie – a grand and elaborate staging of “Into The Woods”, complete with giant tree, intricate costumes, lavish makeup, fake cow and all.

Publicity for this show began as early as March this year, and credit goes to Dream Academy for crafting a sustained marketing campaign on Facebook and the like for almost four months straight.

The stacked cast includes Emma Yong, Sebastian Tan, Adrian Pang, Selena Tan, Lim Kay Siu, Denise Tan, Robin Goh, RJ Rosales, George Chan, and many others.

The musical is directed by Glen Goei, choreographed by George Chan, and musically directed by Elaine Chan…

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