Broadway’s 2024-2025 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending.

There is an argument between a group of characters in the new Broadway musical Redwood (Nederlander Theatre, booking through July 6) that is both pointless—it’s merely a clumsy attempt to whip up conflict to jolt the audience’s attention—and harsh on the ears,