Is the Redwood team convinced that a Broadway audience won’t follow her into the woods unless she makes constant references to doing “yoga at my old synagogue,” how “if I even think about grass, I get ...

Growing up in California, around some of the largest organisms on Earth — redwood trees — was also a big influence. “It’s hard not to stand at the base of a tree like that, where it’s too tall to even ...

There, she befriends two arborists who let her climb a towering Redwood tree on her own to process her trauma and reconnect with her wife. The most exciting moments of the musical revolve around ...

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 ...

“Redwood” writer Tina Landau wore a black Libertine coat featuring a pattern of sprawling white trees. Many, including ...

The musical follows Jesse, a woman who drives West in the wake of her son’s death and ultimately learns about “Big Tree Religion,” leading her to fall in love with a redwood tree named Stella.

In “Redwood,” which opened Thursday at the Nederland Theatre, her character Jesse climbs a tree to escape the traumatic memories of her adult son’s death. As the title makes clear ...

There, she befriends two arborists who let her climb a towering Redwood tree on her own to process her trauma and reconnect with her wife. More from Variety 'Redwood' Review: Idina Menzel Hits the ...