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ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#25REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 1:48pmEDSOSLO858 said: "When REDWOODplayed out of town, an artificial “tree” was set up in the lobby, and its “leaves” were hanging sticky notes where people wrote down messages, comments, well wishes, thoughts on the show, etc.
I wonder if they’ll recreate that at the Nederlander."
idk, but I remember Nederlander lobby space being TIGHT even without fake trees...
PipingHotPiccolo
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/22
#26REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 5:06pmEDSOSLO858 said: "When REDWOODplayed out of town, an artificial “tree” was set up in the lobby, and its “leaves” were hanging sticky notes where people wrote down messages, comments, well wishes, thoughts on the show, etc.
I wonder if they’ll recreate that at the Nederlander."
the Nederlander lobby is tiny, so this would have to be adjusted somewhat but it sounds like if done right, it could set quite the scene upon entry. that said its hardly original---feels like something a civil rights/atrocity-focused museum might do. I know there are a bunch of these "trees" in Berlin museums, for example.
#27REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 5:22pmLooks like the video screens extend out into the audience. Found this from the dress.
https://x.com/incitafusio/status/1882834543155040329?s=46&t=YcKJS7eLt42acRxikZ86eQ
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#28REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 6:06pmLooks similar to how it was in La Jolla, just that theatre is all sort of stadium seating instead of a separated orchestra/mezz etc
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#29REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 6:33pmIt's really crazy that there still isn't a separate Projection Design category at the Tonys.
Between this, Sunset Boulevard, Maybe Happy Ending, McNeal, Dorian Gray, and a slew of others.
It's a different job than Scenic Design or Lighting Design.
(They can add a Hair & Makeup award while they're at it.)
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#30REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 7:13pmLink to Redwood merch: https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/collections/redwood?srsltid=AfmBOorea8mFugSAXN0KXiSBqhwnRzzySeG38DyrtIiQSENFAyOWmmO_
I like the 'In the Leaves' tee and the tote bag.
#31REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 10:01pmThere is nothing I hate more on a t-shirt than a straight square edged graphic and the nerve to charge $40 for it is INSANE.
#32REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 10:29pmAccording to Reddit, there was about a 4-5 minute stoppage tonight due to technical issues. Idina came out to do a Q&A with the audience.
nightnic0012
Swing Joined: 7/8/21
#34REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 11:15pmEDSOSLO858 said: "So what'd we think? How was Dazeem?"
Adele was in phenomenal voice. The show? Woof.
#35REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 11:23pmThe show stop was 35 minutes long, not 4-5 minutes. Gonna gather some thoughts in a few mins.
#36REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 11:51pmThis was an interesting one for me tonight. My friend and I left both saying she's phenomenal but the material is way too uneven and clunky (as is) to really serve her as well as it should. Some of the music is excellent, some is just downright bad. Some scenes are beautiful, some go on way too long and feel unnecessary. But this is why I love first previews, when the work hopefully starts and the hacksaws come out which they definitely need to, here.
I agree with my friend that this could maybe even be a one woman song cycle meditation on loss and grief and cut out all of the other stuff surrounding it that just doesn't serve the plot of this story. But as is, the two tree people (whatever they're called) played by Khaila Wilcoxon & Michael Park are two characters that seem to BEG to be cut into one. We don't need both of their backstories, one would be more than enough. I even think the character of Idina's wife could be entirely cut with nothing lost and we can hear about her in phone calls just from Idina's side. Maybe I'm wrong about that one but at this moment It seems like it would be a good cut for time and just moving the story forward.
The scenic design with the projections is really beautiful, some of the best I've ever seen with these types of things. If you're wondering where to sit, if you can sit close to try to feel immersed in what they've created. Again, some of the music is really beautiful and I can't wait to hear it again. The 11 o'clock number did have me in tears so good on them for that.
But overall again, this is entirely too long. With the show stop tonight, we got out at 10:50 so this show regularly would be a little over two hours with no intermission and that's just way too much for this one and it does start to drag at quite a few points throughout.
#37REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/24/25 at 11:59pmAs she is new to the musical, how was Khaila tonight?
Does the entire theatre still rumble during the forest fire sequence?
Although the score works for the most part, so I hear, there was one song in particular, “A Little Bit Wild,” that many people thought stuck out like a sore thumb in San Diego. Apparently, it did give some good insight for Michael Park’s character though; did they keep the song for Broadway?
Folx have also been singling out Piser’s song that he shares with Idina as a gorgeous highlight. Is that the one you had mentioned, Jordan?
#38REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 12:03amThat scene and song she shares with Idina is so weird because yeah it’s good but it comes at the end of the show when it kind of needs to be towards the beginning and all I could think was how this is so out of place.
Is that Michael Park’s song toward the beginning? If so it made me wish I had scissors to cut it from the score right then and there.
#39REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 4:05pmEDSOSLO858 said: "
Does the entire theatre still rumble during the forest fire sequence?
Although the score works for the most part, so I hear, there was one song in particular, “A Little Bit Wild,” that many people thought stuck out like a sore thumb in San Diego. Apparently, it did give some good insight for Michael Park’s character though; did they keep the song for Broadway?
Folx have also been singling out Piser’ssongthat he shares with Idina as a gorgeous highlight. Is that theone you had mentioned, Jordan?
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Barely spoilerish answers to these quetsions:
Khalia as the new Becca is a stellar recast imo.
Yes it still rumbles.
"A Little Bit Wild" was cut; Park has a different song and his character has been made a bit more serious (and less wild).
And Piser's solo (which Idina does join a bit) is definitely when those who were on the cusp of tears and managed to refrain will lose it.
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#40REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 8:37pmveronicamae said:
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Good to hear that song is gone. It was embarrassing.
What about that short scene when she was watching the TV show Maude on her laptop?
nightnic0012
Swing Joined: 7/8/21
#41REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 10:13pminception said: "veronicamae said:
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What about that short scene when she was watching the TV show Maude on her laptop?
Oh, that's there. Grinding the plot to a halt for 2 minutes.
#42REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 11:38pmI had high hopes for this, and was genuinely excited going in. I am one of the few people who loved If/Then, and consider myself an Idina fan. That being said, I found Redwood to be a brutal two plus hour chore to sit through.
The first (noticeable) issue is the appallingly bad sound design. I could not make out about 75% of the lyrics in the opening number due to the sound mix and this weird “echo” effect I think they may have been trying to go for?
The use of projections to move through the forest and capture the scaling of trees is an interesting one, but it is poorly executed. It just looks like cheap CGI most of the time.
The less said about the book and score the better. There are countless eye roll inducing “jokes” and moments of outright sappiness. The rap song the son sings has got to go. The penultimate number is touching, but comes way too late in the evening.
Most shocking is Idina’s rough performance. Her voice sounds completely garbled and shot. Matters are not helped by the awful material she is saddled with delivering.
I was reminded of Jagged Little Pill quite a few times with the barely glossed over myriad of hot button issues wrapped up in a Lifetime Movie Network plot. At least that show had the great tunes of Alanis Morissette to power audiences through all the mundane sentimentality…
All in all, a giant miss and boring slog of a show for me. I can’t think of anyone I’d recommend this to - diehard fellow theatre fans included.
#43REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/25/25 at 11:59pmIt’s interesting you mentioned JLP because I had forgotten I had that same thought at one particular point in the show and did roll my eyes, too. But of all the problems I have with the show, I really thought she sounded great
But I’m also glad you called out the sound design. A lot of the lyrics, especially in the first half of the show, are impossible to understand.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#44REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/26/25 at 12:09ambwayphreak234 said: "I was reminded of Jagged Little Pill quite a few times with the barely glossed over myriad of hot button issues wrapped up in a Lifetime Movie Network plot. At least that show had the great tunes of Alanis Morissette to power audiences through all the mundane sentimentality…"
Idina did early workshops of Jagged Little Pill, and Redwood and Jagged share a lead producer.
carolinaguy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/06
#45REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/26/25 at 10:10amThere was a big feature on Idina and the show on CBS Sunday Morning today. I believe she is on Today sometime this week as well, so the publicity wheel has started turning.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#46REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/26/25 at 12:18pmcarolinaguy said: "There was a big feature on Idina and the show on CBS Sunday Morning today. I believe she is on Today sometime this week as well, so the publicity wheel has started turning."
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#47REDWOOD Previews
Posted: 1/26/25 at 3:46pmBrodyFosse123 said: "carolinaguy said: "There was a big feature on Idina and the show on CBS Sunday Morning today. I believe she is on Today sometime this week as well, so the publicity wheel has started turning."
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