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 .”

Idina Menzel reaches new heights in the new Broadway musical 'Redwood,' which opened at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City on Thursday, Feb. 13.

There’s a powerful appeal to the idea of leaving behind the turbulence of the personal - or for that matter, the political - and escaping to a place of beauty, safety and solace. A separate peace within a natural sanctuary is just what the troubled character of Jesse,