Review – Into the Woods

At the risk of being the umpty-thousandth viewer to vent this gripe, this thing really goes to hell at the midway point. The first half of this adapted-from-the-stage musical is an entertaining re-imagining of several familiar fairy tales. But then suddenly a giant squishes everything, throwing the kingdom into chaos and forcing all the characters to re-examine their life choices. Maybe it’s profound, but at the risk of sounding like a witless rube, it isn’t very entertaining. See if desperate