Daughter patina miller baby6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() She wants to change her life, to be transformed. I see the witch as a woman who is heavily flawed…a woman who has had a lot of damage and trauma in her life. I don’t see the witch as a villain I think she’s a truth teller. This is the next generation they’re getting the information, and it can affect them and the choices that they make for the rest of their lives.ĭo you see the witch as a villain? Why or why not? They may not obey, but what you say carries weight. To be careful of what you say because children are always listening. I think it’s so perfectly a reminder for all of us that not only are children our future, but that you have the ability to shape a child’s mind. Careful before you say listen to me, children will listen.” Children will look to you for which way to turn, to learn what to be. My favorite lyric from the show is “Children may not obey but children will listen. What’s your favorite lyric from Into the Woods and why? ![]() He’s really able to get into it, get into the deep-rooted issue of what we go through and especially in Into the Woods. This show in particular has really come about when the world needed it. I do feel that’s what’s different about Sondheim, not only his ability to hit you with lyrics but also the music-and it all means something, and it’s a very special thing to have a piece of work that stands the test of time. No matter your age, his words stay with you. Sondheim has been able to tap into humanity, and that’s why we are all able to connect at a deeper level to the work. I think there is something about his work and the way it relates to real life. How is the experience of performing Sondheim's work unique from other musicals? ![]() Playbill chatted with Miller about her turn as the Witch (a role she also played in the 2019 Hollywood Bowl production) and about the timelessness of Sondheim and the lessons taught in Into the Woods. She’s also in recent years become a mother herself, a life role that has greatly informed her latest stage role. Not that Miller hasn’t been busy while she’s been away, though…the Sister Act and Pippinstar spent six seasons as a series regular on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary and currently leads the cast of the Starz series Power Book III: Raising Kanan, as Raq, the queenpin mother of one of the Power universe’s main characters. With the return of the show comes another welcome return: Tony winner Patina Miller is back on Broadway after an eight-year absence, appearing as the Witch, the complicated foe to the musical’s lead Baker and Baker’s Wife. James Theatre, now through October 16, with the cast extending through September 4. James Theatre July 10 and recently extended its initial limited run at the St. This third revival of the 1987 musical, a transfer of the recent New York City Center Encores! production, opened at the St. Into the Woods-the much-loved Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical that finds the lives of several Grimm fairy tale characters intertwining as they venture through the woods in pursuit of happy endings-has once again journeyed to Broadway. ![]()
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