SequoiaThe Broadway musical with Idina Menzel, will end on Sunday, May 18, announced one day after the production did not receive a single nomination to the Tony Award.
“While we had of course hoped for a longer race, we are incredibly grateful to have been able to tell this beautiful story for the time given to us,” said producers Eva Price and Caroline Kaplan. “”Sequoia Was a work of love since the very beginning of this process, and we are extremely proud of the incredible work that our distribution, the team and the creative team have devoted wholeheartedly to this production. The themes of the connection and the community have really resonated with the public, and we will take it with us long after the closure of the Broadway show. »»
The musical, in which Menzel plays a woman struck with sorrow who embarks on a cross-country trip to find comfort in a sequoia forest of the west coast, had difficulties at the box office after having opened on February 13 to intermediate criticism. Last week, participation in the show was only 75% of the capacity.
Sequoiawritten and directed by Tina Landau (including Floyd Collins I received six nominations from Tony on Thursday), started overviews at the Nederlander Theater on January 24. During the fence, he played 127 performances, including 17 preview performances.
The fence was announced by producers Price, Kaplan and Loudmouth Media. Redwood is Broadway’s first closure to be announced following Tony Award’s appointment announced on May 1.
In addition to Menzel, the main distribution of Sequoia Understands from the Aziza, Michael Park, Zachary Noah Piser and Khaila Wilcoxon.
Throughout his stay in Broadway, Redwood has teamed up with several organizations to help educate and funds to support the themes represented in the show. Thanks to these partnerships, the show helped collect more than $ 2,000,000 for these social impact organizations, including $ 1,500,000 for Save The Redwoods League, $ 250,000 for a wider, $ 180,000 for Broadway Cares and $ 40,000 for the Circle of Life of Julia Butterfly Hill. In addition, thanks to a collaboration with Empire Redwood whiskey, more than 400 trees were planted in April and separately, more than 50 sequoias were planted at the gateway to the Big Basin Redwoods State Park in honor of the distribution and crew of the show.
