Don’t try to make sense of the musical “Into the Woods” before seeing it. Plot summaries, no matter how detailed, can’t come close to capturing the weird, wild, mystical and moral complications of this curious musical, which opened at Arkansas Repertory Theatre on Friday.
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While striking in its staging, this world premiere may not be the ideal vehicle for the band's bluegrass- and folk-inflected songs in these already trying times.