Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording)

Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the 2022 Broadway revival of the 1987 musical Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The recording stars Patina Miller, Brian d'Arcy James, Sara Bareilles, Phillipa Soo, Gavin Creel, Julia Lester, Cole Thompson, David Patrick Kelly, Joshua Henry, Annie Golden, Alysia Velez and much of the Broadway cast members. The album was produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven, who worked in Sondheim's musicals.

The album was announced on September 15, 2022, and pre-orders began the same day. It was accompanied by the first single "Moments in the Woods" performed by Sara Bareilles. It was released digitally by Concord Music Group and Craft Recordings on September 30, 2022. It was released in CD on November 25, 2022, and a two-disc vinyl LP was released on March 17, 2023. At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won the Best Musical Theater Album award.

Track listing
All tracks are written by Stephen Sondheim. All music produced by Sean Patrick Flahaven.

Reception
Alex Kullak of OnStage Blog wrote "Sondheim had given us a gift even greater than Into The Woods. He had given us a language to process our grief with. Through his lyrics, his music, and his understanding of the human condition, he teaches all of us that even after loss, no matter how great, 'No One Is Alone'." Bobby Patrick of BroadwayWorld wrote "the 2022 Cast Album of the revival production of Into The Woods offers this generation of The Broadway Musical fans palpably wonderful renditions of Mr. Sondheim's score. it is safe to say that those who believe the OG cast is the end all/be all/there-is-no-other actually will find a lot to like here, and those who are new to these woods, you are getting, with this recording, the same care of the material that came out some 35 years ago."

Personnel

 * Cast
 * Patina Miller – The Witch
 * Brian d'Arcy James – The Baker
 * Sara Bareilles – The Baker's Wife
 * Phillipa Soo – Cinderella
 * Gavin Creel – Cinderella's Prince/The Wolf
 * Julia Lester – Little Red Ridinghood
 * Cole Thompson – Jack
 * David Patrick Kelly – The Narrator/The Mysterious Man
 * Joshua Henry – Rapunzel's Prince
 * Alysia Velez – Rapunzel
 * Annie Golden – The Giant's Wife


 * Production
 * Derek Bishop – art direciton, design
 * Serino Coyne, Inc. – cover art
 * Rob Berman – co-producer, conductor, leader
 * Lear DeBessonet – musical direction
 * Jordan Roth – executive production
 * Oscar Zambrano – mastering
 * Zampol Productions – mastering
 * Stephen Sondheim – music, lyrics
 * Sean Patrick Flahaven – producer
 * Isaiah Abolin – recording
 * Lawrence Manchester – recording
 * Ian Kagey – recording, editing, mastering