Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods & Tom Aldredge
Kim Crosby & Merle Louise
Robert Westenberg & Danielle Ferland
Joanna Gleason, Ben Wright & Chip Zien
Danielle Ferland
Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods & Ben Wright & Kim Crosby & Joanna Gleason
Robert Westenberg & Chuck Wagner
Joanna Gleason & Chip Zien
Bernadette Peters
Kim Crosby
Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods & Tom Aldredge
Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods & Tom Aldredge
Robert Westenberg & Chuck Wagner
Bernadette Peters
Joanna Gleason & Robert Westenberg
Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien, Kim Crosby, Danielle Ferland & Ben Wright
Chip Zien & Tom Aldredge
Chip Zien, Kim Crosby, Ben Wright & Danielle Ferland
Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods & Bernadette Peters
The Baker and his Wife persuade Jack to sell them Milky-White (his cow as white as milk) to them in exchange for five of the beans the witch left behind in their cottage. In order to convince Jack to make the trade, the Baker’s Wife tells Jack the beans are magic. She also promises Jack will be able...
[NARRATOR, spoken]
And the Baker gave Jack five beans in exchange for his cow, keeping one for himself.
[JACK]
I guess this is goodbye, old pal
You've been a perfect friend
I hate to see us part, old pal
Someday I'll buy you back
I'll see you soon again
I hope that when I do
It won't be on a plate
[BAKER, spoken]
Magic beans!
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
No one would have given him more for this creature.
[BAKER, spoken]
Are we to dispel this curse through deceit?
[BAKER'S WIFE]
If you know
What you want
Then you go
And you find it
And you get it—
[BAKER, spoken]
Home.
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Do we want a child or not?
(sung)
—And you give
And you take
And you bid
And you bargain
Or you live
To regret it
[BAKER, spoken]
Will you please go home?
[BAKER'S WIFE]
There are rights and wrongs
And in-betweens
No one waits
When fortune intervenes
And maybe they're really magic
Who knows?
Why you do
What you do
That's the point
All the rest of it
Is chatter
[BAKER, spoken]
Look at her. She's crying.
[BAKER'S WIFE]
If the thing you do
Is pure in intent
If it's meant
And it's just a little bent
Does it matter?
[BAKER, spoken]
Yes.
[BAKER'S WIFE]
No, what matters
Is that everyone tells tiny lies
What's important, really, is the size
Only three more tries
And we'll have our prize
When the end's in sight
You'll realize:
If the end is right
It justifies
The beans!
I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They’re Magic was written by Stephen Sondheim.
I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They’re Magic was produced by Jay David Saks.
Joanna Gleason, Ben Wright & Chip Zien released I Guess This Is Goodbye / Maybe They’re Magic on Fri Jan 08 1988.