“Last Midnight”

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“Last Midnight” is the Witch’s climactic, darkly comic solo number from the musical Into the Woods, in which she unleashes her frustration and fatalism at the story’s other characters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
act Act II ⓘ
adaptationAppearance Into the Woods (1991 American television production) ⓘ
Into the Woods (2014 film) ⓘ
linked to: Into the Woods
associatedWorkCreator James Lapine ⓘ
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticOutcome The Witch chooses to remove herself from the group ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork original Broadway production of Into the Woods ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasSubject disillusionment with fairy-tale endings ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricFeature catalogue of other characters’ faults ⓘ
self-referential commentary on fairy-tale morals ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musicalFeature dramatic dynamic shifts ⓘ
rapid patter sections ⓘ
narrativeFunction 11 o’clock number ⓘ
climactic solo number ⓘ
notableFilmPerformer Meryl Streep ⓘ
originalPerformer Bernadette Peters ⓘ
originalProductionCharacter The Witch ⓘ
partOfWork Into the Woods ⓘ
performanceTradition often used as an audition piece for female musical theatre performers ⓘ
performerCharacter The Witch ⓘ
plotContext The Witch confronts the other characters about the Giant and their choices ⓘ
positionInShow late Act II ⓘ
productionType Broadway musical song ⓘ
settingWithinStory the woods at night ⓘ
theme blame ⓘ
consequences of wishes ⓘ
fatalism ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
tone angry ⓘ
cathartic ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ
vocalType mezzo-soprano feature ⓘ
workBasedOn fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm ⓘ
yearIntroduced 1987 ⓘ

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The Witch (Into the Woods) → hasSong → “Last Midnight” ⓘ
subject linked to: The Witch