‘Redwood’ Sets Broadway Closing Date After Tonys Snub, Idina Menzel Reacts to Early Ending | Broadway, Idina Menzel | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

The new Broadway musical Redwood, a brand new original show starring Idina Menzel, has announced an early closing.

Idina helped conceive the idea for the musical and brought it to Broadway in early 2025. She was scheduled to star in the musical through August 17, 2025, but producers have decided to end the run early after being shut out by the Tony Awards.

Redwood earned zero nominations from Broadway’s biggest awards show. Nominations usually help shows grow their audience and a Best Musical nomination secures airtime on the Tony Awards. The musical will now close on May 18 after 127 performances, including 17 preview performances.

Idina took to Instagram on Friday morning (May 2) to react to the news.

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“reating @RedwoodMusical with @TinaLandau and @KateDiazMusic has been my proudest professional accomplishment. It is an all-female-led team, who are fearless risk-takers and gorgeous human beings. I will be eternally grateful to our stunning cast whom I love so friggin’ much. I’ll be singing Kate’s music for years and years to come. You are all my family. Making music and telling this beautiful story with you has been the highlight of my career. In fact, being back in NYC with the entire Broadway community at the Nederlander, of all places, is my ‘little Idina’s’ dream come true over and over again. Thank you to our entire crew,” Idina began her message.

She continued, “We’ve made something exquisite that the Redwoods would be so proud of. Our heartwood is love abounding, sad yet stronger than ever. Our roots will connect us for miles and miles and we will hold each other up beyond the sadness of a show closing to the complicated scary world we are living in. And lastly. Let’s remember the Redwood has lived through fires, through pain, and through the most challenging times in history… and is still standing tall. That’s what I will do. So join us in the canopy one last time before May 18th. Because, like the roots, we need connection.”

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