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Grimms Märchen (Grimms' fairy tales) influenced Into the Woods
Added by Media Influence Map · 29 September 2026
The influence
Grimms Märchen Grimms' fairy tales
Short Story · 1812
The work it shaped
Into the Woods
Musical · 1986
The evidence
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical weaves together the Grimms' Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood with Jack and the Beanstalk and an original story of a childless baker and his wife, then follows them into a second act about what happens after the happy endings. Its darker details, like the stepsisters' blinding, are the Grimms'.
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