Listen: Redwood Star and Co-Creator Idina Menzel on Her Broadway Return in Redwood on The Playbill Podcast

Playbill's podcast has officially launched! The latest episode of The Playbill Podcast: A Show On Broadway features Redwood star and co-creator Idina Menzel and is now available anywhere you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also listen below.

Menzel created Redwood with director, book writer, and co-lyricist Tina Landau, collaborating with composer-lyricist Kate Diaz to tell the story of a woman who looks to the canopy of a West Coast redwood forest for solace and healing after a personal tragedy. The performance has Menzel back on Broadway for the first time since 2014's If/Then, and back at the Nederlander Theatre for the first time since making her momentous, Tony-nominated Broadway debut in 1996's Rent.

Along with a chat with Menzel, the Redwood episode of The Playbill Podcast also features host Playbill Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Alex Birsh, joined by Playbill video editor and videographer Ethan Treiman, our resident superfan of the musical, to discuss what makes this musical—Broadway's rare, truly original new musical—so indelible. Listen to the full episode below.

Future episodes of The Playbill Podcast are slated to center on & Juliet with current stars Maya Boyd and Alison Luff, Oh, Mary! with its writer-star Cole Escola and director Sam Pinkleton, and lots more in the weeks ahead.

“The two most common questions anyone at Playbill gets from friends or family are: 'What's on Broadway? And what should I see?,'" says Birsh of the inspiration behind the new project. "The Playbill Podcast is here to help. Whether you’re a Broadway veteran or just starting to explore, we'll bring you the magic of Broadway, one show at a time.”

Along with Birsh and stars from each spotlighted show, episodes feature conversations with Playbill's resident theatre experts, aka the staffers that spend all their days writing and working on theatre and most nights seeing shows. The Playbill Podcast connects listeners with the savvy and fun theatre fans you've been looking for, whether it's to help you find your next ticket to buy or just give you a place to geek out about your favorite show.