“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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Last Midnight | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| act | Act II ⓘ |
| adaptationAppearance |
Into the Woods (1991 American television production)
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Into the Woods (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkCreator | James Lapine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticOutcome | The Witch chooses to remove herself from the group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | original Broadway production of Into the Woods ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
disillusionment with fairy-tale endings
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moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricFeature |
catalogue of other characters’ faults
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self-referential commentary on fairy-tale morals ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
dramatic dynamic shifts
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rapid patter sections ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
11 o’clock number
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climactic solo number ⓘ |
| notableFilmPerformer | Meryl Streep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Bernadette Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionCharacter | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Into the Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | often used as an audition piece for female musical theatre performers ⓘ |
| performerCharacter | The Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotContext | The Witch confronts the other characters about the Giant and their choices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInShow | late Act II ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway musical song ⓘ |
| settingWithinStory | the woods at night ⓘ |
| theme |
blame
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consequences of wishes ⓘ fatalism ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| tone |
angry
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cathartic ⓘ darkly comic ⓘ |
| vocalType | mezzo-soprano feature ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced | 1987 ⓘ |
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