![]() ![]() I understand that it took several versions to get the look right. Your concept for the Wolf, which married the physical attributes of man and beast, was dripping with sexuality-right down to being anatomically correct. We spent a lot of time with the Rackham versions, which are those are beautiful illustrations, then looking at some more contemporary ones and then starting to think about the characters all together from that. ![]() Then, we spent a lot of time looking at illustrations through time of all of these various fairy tales. There’s a lot more anxiety-ridden, anxious things that I think we’ve kind of cleansed the palette of those fairy tales with, through time. Cinderella, if you go back and read some of the original versions, she ends up underneath a table being kicked by everybody at the table. I mean, we’ve kind of made them easier for our children. When you go back and look at a lot of those original fairy tales, they’re pretty terrifying. We went back and looked at a lot of the initial versions of the fairy tales to begin with. What sources did you turn to when you began conceiving what these classic characters would look like? Ann Hould-Ward: Lapine was so interested in really going back to the original fairy tales, and he was very interested in what the psychology was: the echoing of contemporary psychology (when we did it in the late 80s), and the psychology that people didn’t even know when they’re telling their children the fairy tales in the 1700s. visited Hould-Ward as she opened up her “show bible” for Into the Woods to exclusively share never-before-seen sketches, photos and inspirations that are now a part of Broadway history. Hould-Ward earned her second Tony nomination for her work on the production when Into the Woods arrived on Broadway the following year. This year marks 30 years since Into the Woods premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA. While these fairy tale characters navigated unfamiliar emotional territory, they were instantly recognizable to audiences thanks to the detailed costume designs of Ann Hould-Ward, who collaborated with Lapine and Sondheim just a few years prior when she translated the pointillistic art of George Seurat into wearable fashion for Sunday in the Park With George. Below we have a guide to really help you maximize your look and experience in one of our wolf costumes.In the mid 1980’s Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine set out to write Into the Woods, a “quest” musical that would intertwine the characters and narratives of classic fairy tales with a contemporary underpinning.īy excavating the often overlooked darker aspects and implications (the ones you don’t see in the Disney versions), Sondheim and Lapine reintroduced audiences to the bedtime stories they heard as children-only this time Cinderella, Little Red and the charming Prince were tangled in confusion, conflict, sexual tension and ethical dilemmas. You might be thinking to yourself, "But I don't really know how to look like a wolf!" Well, never fear, because we're here to help you with that too. And did we mention that some of our kids' wolf costumes are adorable beyond comprehension? It's just one more reason to love being a wolf! In the wild, wolves are highly social, so it gives you the perfect opportunity to create a wolf pack themed group. Having a hard time choosing which kind of animal costume is perfect for you or your child? Yeah, it's not easy with so many different wild animals out there, but as luck would have it, we're tried and true costumes experts around here (we better be with a name like )! So, let us tell you why a wolf costume makes for an awesome costume experience! From the ferociously frightening werewolf, to fanciful fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, wolves are always finding their way into the story. Your little one will be howlin' for the perfect wolf Halloween costume! Women who feel like getting wild can lead the pack in one of our sexy wolf looks, while our kids selection provides plenty of child wolf costumes for the young pup in your pack. If you're the kind of hunter who trails Little Red Riding Hood as she skips through the woods, you can suit up in one of our Big Bad Wolf costumes. Whichever one you are, you can find your wolf Halloween costume here. Some wolves hunt in packs, while others go the lone wolf path. We've got the style to fit any wolf-based dream you got tumbling around in your head. Perhaps you were entranced by the direwolves in Game of Thrones. Maybe you read White Fang when you were younger and you've been fascinated by wolves ever since, or maybe you watched Silver Bullet one too many times. There are plenty of reasons to dress like a wolf at your next party. ![]() Could it be, that we're about to add one more wolf to our wolf pack? ![]()
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