{"id":442432,"date":"2022-05-05T19:41:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/into-the-woods-star-sara-bareilles-humanity-is-dark\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T19:41:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:41:58","slug":"into-the-woods-star-sara-bareilles-humanity-is-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/into-the-woods-star-sara-bareilles-humanity-is-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Into The Woods&#8217; star Sara Bareilles: &#8216;Humanity is dark&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b73c450b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b73c450b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/into-the-woods-star-sara-bareilles-humanity-is-dark\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Into_The_Woods_star_Sara_Bareilles_%E2%80%98Humanity_is_dark%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Into The Woods&#8217; star Sara Bareilles: &#8216;Humanity is dark&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;Into The Woods&#8217; star Sara Bareilles: &#8216;Humanity is dark'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sara Bareilles sees many layers in the Stephen Sondheim classic \u201cInto the Woods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe material is so dark and light at the same time so it\u2019s a very complicated show,\u201d the Grammy winner and two-time <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibdb.com\/broadway-cast-staff\/sara-bareilles-502865#Awards\">Tony nominee<\/a> told The Post exclusively after her performance in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycitycenter.org\/pdps\/2021-2022\/into-the-woods\/\">NYC Center\u2019s Encores! production<\/a> of \u201cInto the Woods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In it, the \u201cBrave\u201d singer and \u201cWaitress\u201d composer\/star, 42, plays the Baker\u2019s Wife opposite Neil Patrick Harris, 48, who plays her husband.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved show \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibdb.com\/broadway-show\/into-the-woods-4753\">revived several times<\/a> since its 1987 Bernadette Peters incarnation and adapted into a 2014 movie starring Meryl Streep \u2014 deals with a mishmash of fairy tales including Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood. It\u2019s a subject that has long fascinated Bareilles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany, many years ago, I wrote a song about how f \u2013 \u2013 ked up I think fairy tales are called \u2018Fairytale,\u2019 \u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s about what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens the day after \u2014 \u2018and they lived happily ever after\u2019 \u2014 because we watch them ride off into the sunset and now what? That is when the real s \u2013 \u2013 t goes down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-74.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sara Bareilles and Neil Patrick Harris pose during the New York City Center Encore's &quot;Into The Woods&quot; press day rehearsals at New York City Center on April 27, 2022 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-22151628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bareilles has great stage chemistry with Neil Patrick Harris.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The star of Peacock\u2019s hilarious \u201cGirls 5 Eva,\u201d which has been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/girls5eva-renewed-for-season-2\/\">renewed for a second season<\/a>, thinks fairy tales mirror the underbelly humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very dark. I think humanity is dark,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are monsters and angels and everything in between. I love that the show is not really a happily ever after ending. It\u2019s got a lot of pain and grief and loss and that\u2019s more true to form on what life\u2019s really like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bareilles laughed when The Post commented on her and Harris\u2019 amazing stage chemistry playfully suggesting that the actor may \u201cswitch teams\u201d for her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-77.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Neil Patrick Harris and Sara Bareilles during the Opening Night Gala for the Encores production curtain call for &quot;Into The Woods&quot; at New York City Center on May 4, 2022 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-22151626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-77.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-77.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/into-the-woods-77.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harris and Bareilles on opening night of at New York City Center. The show, which has a limited two-week run through May 15, also stars Tony winners Heather Headley and Gavin Creel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside Encores! INTO THE WOODS Rehearsal: &quot;Ever After&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-2O6A0AiQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s about to happen,\u201d she said, \u201cbut you do get thrown into the deep end and you\u2019ve got to hold on. This whole process was really hard and overwhelming so you have to learn to trust each other pretty quickly and thankfully we did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so playful and so thorough and thinks of every moment and asks a lot of questions which is so helpful. I\u2019m sort of new to all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show, which has a limited two-week run through May 15, also stars Tony winners Heather Headley and Gavin Creel.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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