The title character of “Redwood,” the musical that opened Thursday night at the Nederlander Theatre, is a humongous northern California tree. One hour and 50 minutes, with no intermission.

Idina Menzel is no stranger to flying high above Broadway stages, and she made her soaring return (literally) Thursday night with the new musical “Redwood.” The show marks her first Broadway ...

But there’s little ideal about “Redwood,” a wholly unsurprising new tree-hugging musical (and I mean that literally) written and directed by Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Tina Landau ...

Idina Menzel is defying gravity again on Broadway in the new musical “Redwood.” On this occasion she gets an assist from a more substantial piece of wood than the spindly broomstick that sent ...

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 ...

When a troubled but determined New Yorker, played by Idina Menzel, insists on ascending into the California canopy, you can feel the audience at “Redwood” lining up to take a number.