REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
#1REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/22/25 at 9:11am
Releases May 13 digitally, June 13 physically, and July 25 on vinyl! Music by Kate Diaz, lyrics by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau
First listen of Idina Menzel (Jesse) performing "In the Leaves":
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Updated On: 4/22/25 at 09:11 AM
#2REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/22/25 at 9:15am
Track listing:
- 1. Drive
- 2. The Trees
- 3. Climb
- 4. Little Redwood
- 5. The Stars
- 6. Big Tree Religion
- 7. Back Then
- 8. The Ascent
- 9. Great Escape
- 10. Roots
- 11. Little Redwood (Reprise)
- 12. Looking Through This Lens
- 13. In the Leaves
- 14. Becca's Song
- 15. No Repair
- 16. The Fires
- 17. The Rain
- 18. Still
- 19. Finale
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#3REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 4/22/25 at 9:24am
If the grosses continue at this level the release might coincide with its closing.
#4REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 5/5/25 at 10:31am
This aged like fine wine.
Khaila Wilcoxon (Becca) performing “Little Redwood”:
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#5REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 5/9/25 at 9:02am
Zachary Noah Piser (Spencer) and Menzel performing "Still":
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#6REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 5/9/25 at 10:02am
Beautiful and moving. One of my favourite new songs from the season. Did people really walk out feeling unsatisfied after it????
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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Leading Actor Joined: 5/6/16
#7REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 5/9/25 at 10:12am
I would echo what others have said that it's just not for everyone. If you want a story about loss you'll probably like it. Part of it is that it's borderline play with songs rather than musical. I really liked it but I guess in hindsight kind of a tough sell
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#8REDWOOD Original Broadway Cast Recording Thread
Posted: 5/9/25 at 10:31am
I finally caught this the other day and found most of the music to be quite good, if generics at times.
The problem with the show really isn’t the music or the story/concept—though those aren’t perfect either—it’s a completely incoherent book that sinks the piece.
Songs like “The Great Escape” and “In The Leaves” should have been thrilling, but I just didn’t feel like the book set up this songs to have any valuable context or meaning. I saw Idina perform these songs in concert over the summer, and frankly, she did a far better job of contextualizing the songs and setting them up for emotional impact than the book of this show does.
I imagine some folks will enjoy these songs out of context more than they would have in the show.
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