Sondheim INTO THE WOODS Full Company Onstage Photo Final Performance Sept 3 1989

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Sondheim INTO THE WOODS Full Company Onstage Photo Final Performance Sept 3 1989
14" x 8 1/2" Photo is printed with a white border.  Photo is 11" x 6".
Note that the first two photos are scans and the additional  are photographs as the scanner was not large enough to capture the white trim.  The scans are the most reflective of the photo quality.
It was the Sunday of 1989 Labor Day Weekend.
George H. W. Bush was the U.S. President.
Cold Hearted by Paula Abdul was dominating the radio airwaves.
It's Always Something by Gilda Radner was top of the Best Selling Book lists.
As so it goes with the final summer holiday weekends many New Yorker's are away.
Some closing up their seasonal homes.
The tennis fanatics stay around for the U.S. Tennis Open and that year Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Open singles victory.  Over at the Martin Beck Theater (now Hirschfeld) following 764 performances, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s INTO THE WOODS plays it final performance at a Sunday matinee.
That afternoon, the full company took to the stage for a “family” portrait.
Onstage were the closing cast (which included many, but not all of the show's original actors), Stephen Sondheim, Department Heads, Producers, Theatre Owner, Press Agent, Scenic Designer,we Musicians, Well everyone associated with the show in the theatre that day.  The Witch was played by the actor who had originated the role in the Old Globe Theatre premiere, Ellen Foley, perhaps most known for her roles on the TV sitcom, Night Court.
Excerpted
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Into the Woods
is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "Little Red Riding Hood" (spelled "ridinghood" in the script), "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Rapunzel", and "Cinderella", as well as several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family (the original beginning of The Grimm Brothers' "Rapunzel"), their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.
The musical debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986 and premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987, where it won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by
The Phantom of the Opera
(1988).
Into The Woods
opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 5, 1987, and closed on September 3, 1989, after 765 performances. It starred Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright, Danielle Ferland, Chuck Wagner, Merle Louise, Tom Aldredge, and Robert Westenberg. The musical was directed by James Lapine, with musical staging by Lar Lubovitch, settings by Tony Straiges, lighting by Richard Nelson, costumes by Ann Hould-Ward (based on original concepts by Patricia Zipprodt and Ann Hould-Ward), and makeup by Jeff Raum. The original production won the 1988 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical, and the original cast recording won a Grammy Award. The show was nominated for ten Tony Awards, and won three: Best Score (Stephen Sondheim), Best Book (James Lapine) and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason).