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‘Redwood’ Review: Idina Menzel Hits the Heights in a Heartfelt Broadway Return
Menzel capitivates in a show tailor-made to the star’s strengths as an actress, vocalist and defier of gravity.
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 Broadway following its run last spring at La Jolla Playhouse. Of course, there’s also the draw of Menzel herself — a Tony winner for “Wicked,” the voice of Elsa in “Frozen” and a Broadway original who has developed “Redwood” over many years along with director-book writer Tina Landau, who co-conceived the musical. A year after the death of her adult son Spencer (Zachary Noah Piser, playing multiple roles), a broken Jesse consumes herself in work to avoid dealing with her loss, much to the dismay of her supportive, but also grieving, wife Mel (De’Adre Aziza).
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