Costume Extravaganza: Into the Woods at Shakespeare in the Park

This past Wednesday evening my friends and I went to see Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. The Shakespeare in the Park production officially opened on August 9th. The musical intertwines a number of classic childhood fairytales including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Rapunzel, and The Baker and his Wife. I thought it was wonderful and I wanted to share a few of the costumes that I really loved.


Donna Murphy as the Old Witch

Donna Murphy as the Young Witch

I absolutely LOVED this green dress, Donna looked spectacular in it. The color and the way it moved on stage was gorgeous. 

Laura Shoop

Jesse Mueller as Cinderella and Ivan Hernandez as Cinderella's Price Charming

Jesse Mueller's blue dress is adorable and I really like the checkerboard-like effect in the fabric. Ivan's costume is luxurious in white with gold details. It looked stunning in the stage lighting.

I also loved Jesse's Cinderella ball gown, unfortunately I can't find a picture, but it was gorgeous.

Costume Extravaganza: Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Tonight was a drag filled night at the Palace Theatre. Priscilla Queen of the Desert is a musical filled with hits from the 70′s and 80′s based on the 1990′s film. It tells the story of three drag queens who journey across the Australian outback to finally see Tick's, one of the drag queens, wife and son in Alice Springs after six years. Of course, like in most musicals I've seen, the costumes were fabulous so I'm going to show a few of my favorites.

Tony Sheldon as Bernadette

Will Swenson as Mitzi

Nick Adams as Felicia

Will Swenson as Tick

My favorite scene!