Article: `Into the Woods' and out of Newton; Watertown-bound New Rep says farewell with fairy tale spectacle.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: TERRY BYRNE

The New Repertory Theater is heading "Into the Woods."

The Stephen Sondheim musical, which opens Wednesday, marks the 20-year-old company's final production at its Newton Highlands home. Come September, the company will move to Watertown as resident theater company at the new Arsenal Center for the Arts, where it will open with "Romeo and Juliet."

"My original intention was that `Into the Woods' would be the inaugural production in the new space," says Rick Lombardo, New Rep's artistic director. "It's in the New Rep mold of smart plays with something to say, and I also thought it would appeal across many generations, so that ...

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