FOR RELEASE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
SEBASTIAN ARCELUS
RETURNS TO
“INTO THE WOODS”
AS THE BAKER
BEGINNING JANUARY 3, 2023
FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF PERFORMANCES
OF THE ACCLAIMED REVIVAL
DIANE PHELAN
TO PLAY CINDERELLA
BEGINNING DECEMBER 26
MUST END JANUARY 8
New York, NY – Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, today announced that Sebastian Arcelus will be returning as The Baker in the hugely acclaimed and much beloved New York City Center Encores! production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s revival of Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre beginning on January 3, 2023 for the final week of performances on Broadway, before starring in limited engagements across the country, alongside his wife, Stephanie J. Block as The Baker’s Wife. Due to popular demand, Into the Woods has been extended through January 8.
Tickets to the final weeks of the Broadway production are available via SeatGeek.com/into-the-woods.
In addition to Arcelus, Diane Phelan will be taking over the role of Cinderella beginning on December 26 through the final performance on Broadway and will continue with the production across the country. Phelan is the current Broadway understudy of Cinderella.
The company for Into the Woods on Broadway includes Joaquina Kalukango as The Witch, Stephanie J. Block as the Baker’s Wife, Gavin Creel as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince, Joshua Henry as Rapunzel’s Prince, Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, Jim Stanek as the Steward, Ann Harada as Jack’s Mother, Cole Thompson as Jack, and Alysia Velez as Rapunzel. Ta’Nika Gibson, Annie Golden, Albert Guerzon, Brooke Ishibashi, Kennedy Kanagawa, David Patrick Kelly, Nancy Opel, Delphi Borich, Felicia Curry, Jason Forbach, Alex Joseph Grayson, Cameron Johnson, Paul Kreppel, Mary Kate Moore, Sam Simahk, and Lucia Spina round out the cast.
As previously announced, the Broadway production of Into the Woods will be playing limited engagements across America starring Montego Glover as The Witch, Stephanie J. Block as The Baker’s Wife, Sebastian Arcelus as The Baker, Gavin Creel as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, Cole Thompson as Jack, Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, David Patrick Kelly as The Narrator, Nancy Opel as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Aymee Garcia as Jack’s Mother, Ta’Nika Gibson as Lucinda, Brooke Ishibashi as Florinda, Kennedy Kanagawa as Milky White, Jim Stanek as the Steward, and Alysia Velez as Rapunzel.
The engagements begin February 2023 and are set for Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center Opera House); Boston, Massachusetts (Emerson Colonial Theatre); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Miller Theater); Charlotte, North Carolina (Blumenthal Performing Arts Center); Chicago, Illinois (James M. Nederlander Theatre); San Francisco, California (Curran Theater); and Los Angeles, California (Ahmanson Theatre). The production will tech and play preview performances in Buffalo, New York (Shea’s Performing Arts Center). Additional cities to be announced.
Tickets to the engagements across the country are available via https://intothewoodsbway.com.
