Tony Award-Winner Idina Menzel To Return To Broadway This Season In REDWOOD

We are OVER THE MOON about this news! Redwood, a new, original musical starring Tony Award-winner and multi-hyphenate performer Idina Menzel, will premiere on Broadway next year at a theater-to-be-announced, producers Eva Price, Caroline Kaplan and Loudmouth Media announced today. Written and directed by Tony Award nominee Tina Landau, with music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau, Redwood is conceived by Landau and Menzel, with additional contributions by Menzel.

“I’m so thrilled to be returning to Broadway, and the fact that I get to do it with Redwood, a musical that means so much to me, makes it even more special,” Menzel said. “This show has lived in my bones for fifteen years, from the very first time Tina and I discussed working together. Finally getting to do it on Broadway is really a dream come true.”

Redwood is a transportive new musical about one woman’s journey into the precious and precarious world of the redwood forest. Jesse (Menzel) is a successful businesswoman, mother and wife who seems to have it all, but inside, her heart is broken. Finding herself at a turning point, Jesse leaves everyone and everything behind, gets in her car and drives… Thousands of miles later, she hits the majestic forests of Northern California, where a chance meeting and a leap of faith change her life forever. With its deeply personal story, refreshingly contemporary sound, and awe-inspiring design, Redwood explores the lengths –and heights– one travels to find strength, resilience and healing.

Redwood was Originally Developed and Produced by La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director & Debby Buchholz, Managing Director).

Additional cast and creative team members for the Broadway production of Redwood will be announced at a later date.

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