Into The Woods Play Analysis

On April 16th, I attended the College of Charleston production of Into the Woods, a very well done thought out musical that takes a surprising turn for the worst. My expectations for the play were far exceed, the cast did a wonderful job and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Though at first glance or thought, it might not seem like it, the musical brings in real estate in many aspects during many different scenes, the musical also has some relations to King Street and its real estate. Into the Woods begins with a combination of the beginning of a handful of fairy tales, such as the Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel. The musical progresses with each separate story line of each fairytale. Throughout the first part (before intermission), there are many aspects that relate to real estate and King Street. Physically there are three houses throughout the musical, …show more content…
When the musical continues after intermission, everything goes wrong and goes downhill. A giant starts stomping all over town, which causes the ground to shake as if it were an earthquake. This causes the baker’s house to fall, Little Red Riding Hood said her house fell in, and Jack’s house to get destroyed. The giant also stepped on the castle and destroyed it. Although, the giant trampling all over town was not a natural disaster, everyone in the town believed it was an earthquake and it had very similar effect. Natural disasters have hit Charleston a few times and have created very similar amounts of damage. Due to Charleston’s location, it often floods which causes a great deal of damage, but Charleston was also hit by a hurricane. The hurricane created similar affects to the giant trampling around town, it crushed houses, left debris everywhere, and turned the whole community’s lives upside down for a little while, until they could have everything rebuilt and finally get back to