“Redwood” gave me a renewed appreciation for “Into the Woods” and its composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. His show has the same themes, and the song “No One Is Alone,” softly sung by Cinderella, is a wise meditation on loss among the leaves that goes straight for the soul.

You’ll see the whole story coming from the first minute you enter the forest in this new musical by Tina Landau and Kate Diaz.

Menzel capitivates in a show tailor-made to the star’s strengths as an actress, vocalist and defier of gravity.