Broadway Review: REDWOOD

Idina Menzel soars, even when 'Redwood' stumbles. Read our review of her emotional return to Broadway.

Idina Menzel returns to Broadway as Jesse, a New York gallery owner who, out of grief for the death of her son, leaves her wife and her life, drives cross country, and winds up spending several restorative days on a redwood tree.

The story of a collapsing New York woman named Jesse (Menzel), who escapes west to the forest on the first anniversary of her son’s death, “Redwood” is a shallow exploration of grief that’s as...

A separate peace within a natural sanctuary is just what the troubled character of Jesse, played with captivating ease and intensity by Idina Menzel, finds in the new musical “ Redwood,” now on...

The musical “Redwood,” which opened on Thursday at the Nederlander Theater, features two great stars. One is an awe-inspiring force of nature. The other is a tree.

NEW YORK – There's a beautiful show somewhere in " Redwood," a sort of "Eat, Belay, Love" about a grief-stricken mother (Idina Menzel) who finds solace in climbing trees. But despite Menzel's...

‘Redwood’ Review: Idina Menzel Climbs Back to Broadway The Tony winner stars in a new musical about a woman who, trying to leave her past behind, seeks solace in the California forest.