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 […]
Though it arrives nearly 20 years after her debut album, the timing couldn’t be more perfect for a self-titled Idina Menzel release. Menzel’s latest, out Sept. 23, is a declaration of self – of her real self, that is. “It’s how you pronounce my name,” the Broadway star […]
Idina Menzel is all about Elsa, no matter who she loves. The Frozen star spoke to ET on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet in Las Vegas about the recent petition, #GiveElsaAGirlfriend, which is calling for the Disney princess to have a female love interest in the sequel. […]
When Idina Menzel sashays onto the stage at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday for the annual PACER Center benefit, she’ll size up the audience. When you’re a star of Broadway (“Wicked,” “Rent,” “If/Then”), recordings (“Let It Go”), TV (“Glee”) and movies (“Frozen”), you have various constituencies. “I […]
The Tony-winning star reflected on her illustrious Broadway and Hollywood career as part of Tribeca’s Storytellers series. Even if you’ve never heard of Idina Menzel, you’ve very likely heard her powerful singing voice booming on the hit song “Let It Go,” from the Disney musical Frozen. For Broadway […]
A whole new generation of viewers will get to experience Beaches via Lifetime’s upcoming original film, but following in the footsteps of legendary actresses Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey was a daunting task for Idina Menzel and Nia Long. Menzel will take over Midler’s role of CC, an […]
Idina Menzel has performed live at the Oscars, starred in the highest-grossing animated film of all time (Disney’s Frozen), and sung for the President of the United States. And yet—even with all that on her resume—starring in Lifetime TV’s remake of Beaches left her absolutely petrified. “I love […]
Whenever Idina Menzel takes any stage on Long Island, she gets hit with a complicated mix of feelings and memories. “It’s emotional for me,” says the Tony-winning Syosset native, who has starred both on Broadway and in the dreams of a generation of kids as the voice of […]