The green witch is back. Idina Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in “Wicked” on Broadway 15 years ago, and now she’s taking flight (so to speak) for the special anniversary concert, which airs on NBC on Oct. 29. We caught up with Menzel about what she learned […]
Skintight, now making its West Coast premiere at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse, is an acerbic, neurotic, heart-achingly funny meditation on family, love, and beauty – and how we quantify, catalog, and value each of those things. Idina Menzel, straight from the off-Broadway production, headlines as Jodi Isaac, a […]
Years after “Frozen” came out, some of us still can’t walk through our home without accidentally prompting “Let it Go” to erupt from some unseen toy. Elsa never really left us. But she’s back. If you haven’t already been informed by some young girl (or boy) in your […]
Singer and actress Idina Menzel offered a preview of the highly anticipated sequel to Frozen when she spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at an event honoring Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz on Thursday night in L.A. “It’s a real girl power, badass kind of superhero type of movie. They’re […]
Idina Menzel turned Wednesday night’s Kennedy Center Gala, a classic Washington society event, into basically the coolest karaoke session ever. The Broadway star sparked a giant singalong when she solicited help from the audience to accompany her in the “Rent” duet, “Take Me or Leave Me.” First to […]
Five-hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes and $1.37 million: such were the themes for Theater Under the Stars’s 50th anniversary season gala last Saturday night, a record-breaking fundraiser for the local performing arts community. The belle of the ball was Idina Menzel, the multi-hyphenate talent best known either as Maureen […]
Tony winner Idina Menzel will release her latest album idina: live October 12. A mix of of songs she originated like “Let It Go” from Frozen and “I’m Not That Girl” from Wicked as well as her renditions of tunes she loves like “Don’t Rain On My Parade” […]
When Josh Groban spoke to us last week about preparing for his tour opener, he noted the challenge of finding ways to fill an arena space with energy. Mission accomplished. Thursday night, Groban and tour mate Idina Menzel launched their monthlong jaunt from Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth […]
“There is a relief in not waking up every day and having to test whether I can hit a high note,” Idina Menzel says with a laugh, one of the many changes the award-winning, 47-year-old actress/singer is currently experiencing in her life. Last year, the Syosset, New York-born […]
The most memorable performances in any medium are being given by a remarkable group of industry veterans — Judith Light, Allison Janney and Audra McDonald, among them. For a long time, you could open a movie with a close-up on a woman’s face, as long as she presented […]
Education Dramaturge Ted Sod sits down with actress Idina Menzel to discuss her character in “Skintight” and what inspires her as an artist. Ted Sod: Where were you born and educated? When did you decide you wanted to be a performer, and did you have any teachers who […]
The Broadway star brings her 50-city worldwide tour to North America starting Wednesday in Pennsylvania. Idina Menzel admits she likes a good mini-bar when she’s on tour. “Don’t put me in a hotel that has one of those empty fridges for those people who bring their own food […]
As part of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Tony Award winner Idina Menzel sat down with Marc Platt, a producer on both Wicked and If/Then, to talk about her life and career in the theatre. Here are the ten things we learned about Menzel in the hour-long conversation. […]
Idina Menzel will always remember performing Let it Go at the Oscars in 2014 – but not for the reasons you might expect. The anthem from Frozen, for which Menzel voiced the lead character Elsa, won the award for best original song that night and went on to […]
Idina Menzel is often associated with highly identifiable and iconic pop-culture characters, from Elphaba in Wicked to Elsa in Frozen, among other roles in Rent, Glee and more. Though she tells Billboard that while exploring work in theater, film and television has allowed for creative balance — “I get to vacillate […]