This holiday season Stephen Sondheim's dark and twisted fairytale musical, Into the Woods, gets the big screen treatment courtesy of Disney and director Rob Marshall. Playing the 'Witch' in this movie musical is Meryl Streep, and these two spectacular costumes worn by the actress in the film were photographed on display at ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema on December 5, 2014.
Original Into the Woods Witch costume exhibit
These amazing
Witch costumes, along with all the others in the film were designed by
Oscar-winner
Colleen Atwood, who has received three
Academy Awards to date for her work on
Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha and
Alice in Wonderland, plus she has been nominated many more times. Be sure to check out these
costumes from 2010's Alice in Wonderland,
costumes from 2009's Nine movie musical and 2009's
Public Enemies movie costumes.
Into the Woods movie poster
In this adaptation of the famous 80's
Broadway musical which cleverly mashes together many of the
Brothers Grimm fairytales like
Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and
Jack and the Beanstalk, Meryl Streep plays the
'Witch' who tasks a childless
Baker and his
Wife to obtain iconic magical items from these classic fairytale characters to reverse the curse on their family tree.
Post-transformation costume worn by Meryl Streep
as the Witch in Into the Woods
I know all the costumers out there will go crazy for these detail pictures of these amazing gowns and these photos don't do justice to the colour of the costumes, plus you can't really appreciate the volume of the dresses either, squeezed into these display cases.
Witch costume worn by Meryl Streep in Into the Woods
Even though this ornate outfit is mostly black and dark blues, you can also see the silvery detail catching the light, and the animal print/snake skin design inspiration.
It's almost impossible to photograph mostly black costumes in reflective cases, by day or night. The
El Capitan Theatre in
Hollywood will also have costumes on display from the movie when the
Disney film goes on general release on
Christmas Day, so hopefully I'll be able to see more costumes and maybe get some better shots there.
If you're a fan of
Meryl Streep, be sure to also check out these
original costumes from Mamma Mia: The Movie,
Margaret Thatcher costumes from The Iron Lady and her
Julia Child costume from Julie & Julia.
Entertainment Weekly Into the Woods
Rapunzel and Witch cover
Thanks for Posting!! though a bit late. I wish I had known about this display weeks ago. If they have not moved them, if so, I will still be seeing the costume exhibit at El Cap as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what the problem is, the display is still at ArcLight Sherman Oaks and only recently appeared.
ReplyDeleteJust that I read the "ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema on November 5, 2014." and assumed...but never mind. Maybe meant Dec? oh well no worries, great images! I went and checked out the arclight costumes, so stunning, thanks for the post!
ReplyDeleteAh, I see now. In my haste to get pictures posted I made a typo, my mistake and now corrected. Thanks for clarifying.
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