INTO THE WOODS Stephen Sondheim James Lapine Tony Award Winning Original Broadway Musical

4' x 6" Unposted Postcard 1987 of the Martin Beck Theatre featuring the 42 Giant's Leg sculpture was commissioned to artist Ann Slavit by the producers of the Sondheim musical. The giant from "Jack & the Bean Stalk," one of many Grimm fairy-tales in Sondheim's work, remains offstage in the show itself; his presence, however, dominates the action of the show.  "Following my love for creating physical artwork where it is least expected," Slavit says, "I thought no other symbol better."  "The 42-foot boot, embedded with nasty hobnails, dangled ominously above the marquee" at the Martin Beck Theater–– now Al Hirschfeld Theater in 2003––for 764 performances and 43 previews, November 1987 to September 1989.