“Redwood,” which opened on Broadway in February, comes at a time when both “Rent” and “Wicked,” two properties closely associated with Menzel, have circled back into the zeitgeist.

In “ The Ugly Stepsister ,” an impressively gruesome feature debut from Norwegian writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt (now in theaters), the titular character is Elvira (Lea Myren), the eldest child of ...