The “I wish...” “I know...” exchange to me is the most emotional moment in the show for me. All throughout the show, the characters have frivolous wishes based on what they think will give them a better life. This is the first time we get a wish from sorrow with Little Red Riding Hood wanting her mother back. Cinderella has also lost her mother and knows that pain. Such a great character interaction.

My daughter, now 26, played the Baker's Wife when she was in ninth grade. I did not know the play especially the ending. When she came out to sing the finale I lost it and felt a gut punch. My wife had passed when our daughter was eight. It had (and has) been just her and I since the passing of her mother. I watched every one of her performances but I have not been able to ever watch this play again. The ending hits way to close to home.

So...is no one gonna talk about how this musical has a Found Family element? The Baker lost his Wife, Jack lost his Mother, Little Red lost her Granny and Cinderella grew up in an abusive household. As all these tragedies unfold, they mend those broken bonds with each other after supporting one another through the Giantess' rampage, and decide to stay together to help care for the Baker's son.

I get teary-eyed almost from the very beginning of the song, but "Witches can be right, giants can be good" is where I literally fall apart.

RIP Stephen Sondheim. We have lost a giant of the American theater canon. "Hard to see the light now Just don't let it go Things will come out right now We can make it so Someone is on your side No one is alone."

I think this is more emotional than the film version and overall better

This comment is for the future: As of right now the Corona Virus is a big thing and my senior show was Into The Woods, I was Jack. Yesterday, the show was cancelled and school was closed for the rest of the year. This song is the first song I listened to when I got the news and I cried, this song means the world to me. It meant a lot to me before the show was cancelled because it's so meaningful to the characters and has such a good message but now it means even more to me. No one is..alone.

The riding hood is such a good actress she has so much emotion in her eyes

The song that takes me from sadness to solace. The emotion, beauty, and connection this song brings me. We all miss Stephen Sondheim, and in that, no one is alone. Thank you for your contributions, and rest easy.

This is the most authentic believable pairing of Cinderella and Red Riding Hood... And it is down to these two wonderful performances of these actresses.... Their chemistry of someone who's had a little more life experience and hardships... Giving comfort to a young girl and allows her to cry her grief through the song... Sorry but outshines all versions....

“Wait until my mother hears I’ve slain the giant.”

I love Red Riding Hood's acting.

“I wish-“ before cutting herself off broke me in the best way. Sometimes we can’t sit around wishing for things. Optimism is healthy to an extent.

Every time Cinderella sings "Hard to see the light now..." I just am a total wreck. This is the most emotional song from any musical I've ever heard.

“Hard to see the light now Just don’t let it go”

While all are wonderful in this cast, it’s Danielle Ferland as Little Red that gets me the most. From hearing her choke out “I wish”-the phrase, as @OrangeXenon54 says, we’ve heard over and over again, only now with the implication that Red’s wish is truly impossible (to bring back the dead)-to watching her stare, broken with grief and silently sobbing, to slowly joining the song and letting Cinderella comfort her...Ferland is so good at the comic aspects of the character, even in darker moments (...“you can talk to birds?”), that seeing her totally break down here is all the more gut-wrenching. What a performance.

I think my favorite line of this song is “you move just a finger, say the slightest word. Something’s bound to linger, be heard” because of how true that is. We all impact those we meet in ways we may never understand but it brings back to the point of everyone matters which I guess during their lowest point without their mothers it’s important to remind them of that

With Stephen Sondheim’s passing, this song just became so much more heartbreaking, and yet so much more meaningful. RIP Stephen. We’ll all miss you.

The interaction between Jack and the Baker when he ends with "Don't ask me questions I cannot answer!" is so raw. How often do we still struggle with breaking the cycles of violence and retribution and grief?

“ you decide what’s good” when Cinderella says good... It’s so sad😭

The first version of Into the Woods that I saw was the Disney movie version. I hated it--I thought the songs sounded bad, the acting was cheesy, and the story dragged on longer than it should have. My high school musical this year is Into the Woods. I was really apprehensive to audition because of the movie--I auditioned anyway and I'm performing as the Witch in three weeks. I watched and listened to the Broadway recording and the plot began to make sense, and I picked up on the metaphors and parallels. Sondheim really is a musical genius--I'm glad I gave this show a chance.

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Good night to a true genius.

i have no words. you left a big hole with your words and music. i’ll never forget that i am not alone. there is no way i can thank you. so i just hope you knew. i wish. sometimes people leave us halfway through the wood, and i can only hope that you knew that you made the journey so much more special. thank you stephen sondheim. may your memory be a blessing.

Chip Zien and Kim Crosby make this song one that you will remember your entire life. I saw them perform it live.

Everyone: Talking about the video being emotional Me: Looking at the way Cinderella is holding the baby

underrated underrated underrated

Into the Woods : the entire point of this song is that there are no objectively good or bad people, we are all members of society and can take responsibility for our actions while still recognizing that we are products of inter generational trauma. No one ACTS alone , we are cursed and blessed to reverberate out from the careless actions of our parents and in turn can also thoughtlessly impact the lives of the future generations, but it’s okay, just deal with it one day at a time. People watching the show as children: Amen no one is alone because god is with us

Crying my eyes out watching this. RIP stephen sondheim, you were a giant

Innovative staging and very moving lyrics.

this makes me tear up every time

We did this musical my senior year of high school and this song was always my favorite. Thank you, Mr. Sondheim, for everything. Rest in peace, good sir

Thank you for everything, mr. Sondheim. The world is gonna miss you. R.I.P.

May his memory be a blessing. Thank you, Mr. Sondheim.

Thank you, Stephen Sondheim, for helping us see the path through the woods of life. May you rest in peace. 😥❤

I feel so lonely, but also happy when I listen to this music

Rest in peace Mr. Sondheim and thank you for the beautiful music.

Rest In Peace, Stephen Sondheim. ❤️ Thank you for sharing your genius.

Rest in peace, Mr. Sondheim

sondheim was an absolute legend. may his memory be a blessing

THE BAKERS WIFE IS SO WONDERFUL IN THIS PRODUCTION OH MY LORDY

Goodbye, Mr. Sondheim. Thank you for what you have given to us! 😟

Mother cannot guide you Now you're on your own Only me beside you Still, you're not alone No one is alone, truly No one is alone Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone I wish... I know. Mother isn't here now Wrong things, right things Who knows what she'd say? Who can say what's true? Nothing's quite so clear now Do things, fight things Feel you've lost your way? But-- You decide, but You are not alone Believe me, No one is alone No one is alone Believe me Truly You move just a finger Say the slightest word Something's bound to linger Be heard No acts alone Careful No one is alone People make mistakes Fathers Mothers People make mistakes Holding to their own Thinking they're alone Honor their mistakes Fight for their mistakes Everybody makes One another's terrible mistakes Witches can be right Giants can be good You decide what's right You decide what's good Just remember Just remember Someone is on your side Jack, LRRH: Our side Baker, Cinderella: Our side Someone else is not While we're seeing our side Jack, LRRH: Our side Baker, Cinderella: Our side Maybe we forgot They are not alone No one is alone Hard to see the light now Just don't let it go Things will come out right now We can make it so Someone is on your side No one is alone

RIP Mister Stephen Sondheim

Good night, Mr. Sondheim. And thank you.

Feels nice being not alone in these comments. Happy to be on your side

Stephen Sondheim left us yesterday. Into The Woods is perhaps my favourite of his masterpieces. I had this in VHS, I have it in dvd. I had to listen to this now. Sadly, the last part is cut and I can't find it anywhere. I wish I could put it on Instagram as my personal tribute to s much loved genius.

May his memory be a blessing

I watched this musical for the first time when I was 13 and cried so much at this song. Im 18 now and moving away from home in a few months and this makes me cry more than ever. I can't really put into words what this song means to me. Sondheim was a fucking genius

So moving. I always cry

this song means so much after hearing the news about stephen. may his memory be a blessing

I'm drunk right now and this song makes me cryso damn much

may his memory be a blessing

Have you ever noticed the beginning of this song is almost the same as "The Candy Man"?

May his memory be a blessing...

this is somehow to most comforting and sad song ever. thank you sondhiem for this masterpiece. may his memory be a blessing

We’ll miss you, Mr. Sondheim.

Came here after the news. R.I.P Sondheim

Thank you Mr.Sondheim

2:02 we need to talk about the bakers line delivery, holy shit it’s heartbreaking

I love this! I wish they’d kept this version in the movie version!

Rip to a genius

rest in peace stephen sondheim 🙏

Obrigada Sondheim🙏🏼

Such an incredible talent we lost yesterday…. it’s absolutely insane to think that we’ve lost him forever

*video ends* Me: .......siiiideeee

God rest your soul, Mr. Sondheim.

Thank you Stephen ❤️

In all honesty they should play this in Congress and the Senate. Maybe they would work better with the people across the aisle. "While we're seeing our side, someone else is not."

bean theme moment

“just remember someone is on your side, our side someone else is not and while we’re seeing our side maybe we forgot: they are not alone, no one is alone”

"Hard to see the light now...just don't let it go."

How can lovely words and melody slam you against a wall with such force. I gut-wrenchingly tried to express the impact this song has had in me. It's a Sondheim, I chose my own words succinctly, perhaps poetically, trying to achieve the maximum with the minimum. I hit the arrow, was immediately censored by goig an announcement from Google I had never seen before: they refused my "publication" on the grounds they were "protecting the public from me."

this is definitely sped up slightly, but I can't tell by how much

This makes me cry

RIP Mr Sondheim x

so the song before this "no more", was supposed to be the big number that originally brought the whole show together. but sondheim added this at the latest stage as the number that really brought all of the threads and moral lessons together. is that correct?

🖤👊🏿🖤

ow!

for me the film version is better because of a tighter performance but red has the best emotional response here out of this cast and the film cast and its amazing