Parents

Father, Stuart Mentzel, sells pajamas for a living; Mother, Helene Mentzel, is a psychologist

Wicked trap door

Broke a rib on her left side by falling through a trap door during one of her last performances of Wicked at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway [January 8, 2005]

Adam Pascal

Idina and her Rent co-star, Adam Pascal, attended the same High School and even had the same orthodontist!

Bev

Idina was slated to star in a TV pilot for FOX called “Bev”, however she left the production before it could get made. She would have played the title character, who is a young woman making a new life for herself while raising 3 children from 3 different husbands.