The actress delivers a memorable performance as a grieving mother in the touching production, which she also co-conceived

As an anguished mother who abandons the New York art scene for a forest full of California redwoods, Idina Menzel's Jesse is attempting the impossible: She's trying to outrun her grief. But with her Broadway return,

Idina Menzel is no stranger to flying high above Broadway stages, and she made her soaring return (literally) Thursday night with the new musical “ Redwood .”