Menzel-led REDWOOD to transfer to Broadway this season- Page 4

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 12:30am

Oh, the show is bad as is the score. But if there’s one thing I’m going to let happen, it’s let Idina come back with misguided projects every 10 years and enjoy It regardless. 

[bruzson]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 1:07am

I couldn’t agree more. Without a new score/ composer, this will be a curiosity that will quickly fade. We came out whistling the set design but nothing else. 

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 5:49am

Jumpin_J said: "RippedMan said: "I mean can’t they just redesign be set for any space? I don’t think that dictates which theater too much. I think they think Mendel will sell tickets. Which has proven to do."

Proven? Citations needed. "If/Then" flopped and the play "Skin Tight" at the Roundabout bombed. In the words of Janet Jackson, what have you done for me lately?"

Skintight was off-Broadway, meaning there's no publicly available information about ticket sales one way or the other. She did the role in LA a year later, so it seems really unlikely she viewed the show as a bomb. 

But regardless, how many tickets Menzel sells to a show where she doesn't sing, tells you nothing about how well a show will sell if she is singing. For example, Audra McDonald starring in Ohio State Murders didn't move the needle and it closed early. That has no bearing on McDonald in Gypsy being viewed as major event.  

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 9:23am

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[quizking101]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 9:45am

Well, that performance was a yawn

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 10:37am

If I watched that Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade performance in a vacuum, I'd have guessed Menzel is promoting a musical about animals escaping from the Bronx Zoo. Dancing tigers and rhinos don't scream Redwood forest.

[veronicamae]

Posted: 11/28/24 at 10:22pm

Jonathan Cohen said: "If I watched thatMacy's Thanksgiving Day Paradeperformance in a vacuum, I'd have guessed Menzel is promoting a musical about animals escaping from the Bronx Zoo. Dancing tigers and rhinos don't scream Redwood forest."

The chances that a performer there to promote something has a float - of which there are finite and rarely changing (notable that the Bronx Zoo's was new this year, for their anniversary) - that matches the theme of the song they're performing are next to zero. Shucked got the Green Giant float which was a product of an obvious connection and a pre-existing marketing partnership and that's the only thing that comes to mind where a performer's float matched their song.

Updated On: 11/28/24 at 10:22 PM

[gibsons2]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 12:20am

Jonathan Cohen said: "If I watched thatMacy's Thanksgiving Day Paradeperformance in a vacuum, I'd have guessed Menzel is promoting a musical about animals escaping from the Bronx Zoo. Dancing tigers and rhinos don't scream Redwood forest."

Same thoughts. It was giving Madagascar 

[veronicamae]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 11:20am

New to listen to:

New recording of "Great Escape"

"The Making of..."

[Dan6]

Posted: 12/4/24 at 2:53am

From the show’s Facebook page:

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! In celebration of her return to the Nederlander Theatre, the home of the in-person Broadway Lottery, Idina Menzel will be on-hand to draw winners at a special #RedwoodMusical ticket lottery THIS FRIDAY!

LOTTERY DETAILS: Lottery entrants can enter their names for 1 or 2 tickets beginning at 9 am ET in-person at the Nederlander Theatre on Friday, December 6, 2024. All names must be entered by 10 am, at which time the drawing will begin. Those whose names are chosen can purchase up to two $20.00 tickets (cash or credit card) for Redwood's first preview on January 24, 2025. Entrants must be present at the time of the drawing to win tickets and must present a valid ID that matches the name submitted. Non-winners will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for preview performances at a special price, $55.00 for the mezzanine, $75.00 for the orchestra, that morning only.