Finally, an Into the Woods trailer that actually has some singing in it

When the first trailer for Disney's star-studded Into the Woods was released over the summer, fans of the stage musical raised a logical question: Why wasn't anyone singing? Into the Woods is an adaptation of a beloved Stephen Sondheim play, but you'd never have known it from the initial trailer for the film, which — in the grand tradition of movie musicals like Sweeney Todd and Frozen — took great pains to hide the fact that it was a musical.

Fear not, Into the Woods fans: the latest trailer for the movie finally packs in a few songs, including the prologue and Meryl Streep's show-stopping "Stay With Me":

Sure, Streep is the only one you actually see singing in this new trailer, but it's a step in the right direction.

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Into the Woods hits theaters on December 25.