In Redwood, a new Broadway musical about a New Yorker heading west after tragedy, a tree takes up most of the stage. The trunk of the titular redwood is a wide semi-circle that extends from the floor all the way up to the stage-lights above. Meanwhile, immersive projections on the back walls create the lush... […]
It sounds like a Jewish improv setup: A Chabad guy asks Larry David to lay tefillin. But this was real life, and the Lubavitcher, a 21-year-old self-starter named Yossi Farro, was asking in front of a crowd of thousands of people. In characteristic Curb Your Enthusiasm fashion, David demurred — once he was done laughing.... […]