‘Redwood’ review: Idina Menzel’s Broadway musical is thin and sappy
nypost.comThe 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. At the Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st St.Onstage, the centuries-old conifer enters dramatically like a wooden grande dame and towers over the five actors.
The majestic set piece by designer Jason Ardizzone-West is so big, star Idina Menzel and the rest are able to scale it using ropes and harnesses.
Too bad the Broadway show named after the wooden giant is a toothpick. 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 obvious as its sledgehammered central metaphor: She’s the tree, roots and all.
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