Take her or leave her, living Broadway legend Idina Menzel gave a sold-out crowd of roughly 6,000 fans a show to remember Monday – when she performed at Radio City Music Hall for the first time in a one-night-only concert. Idina Menzel: An Unofficial Countdown to ”Let It […]
New York City has never looked cleaner than it does in “If/Then,” the gleaming drawing board of a musical that opened on Sunday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater, starring the shiny-voiced Idina Menzel. Actually, to find any urban environment that is this spick and span, you’d need […]
Idina Menzel has already talked about how she’s forgiven John Travolta for mispronouncing her name at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean the moment didn’t throw the Broadway veteran — it did. For a full eight seconds. “I had done this whole preparation to make sure that I […]
From Broadway to ‘Frozen’ and a ‘Gorgeous’ Note From John Travolta The “Frozen” star has a top 10 hit, ‘Fanzels’ who follow her every move, a new Broadway smash and a name (even when mangled) that has gone household “Hey, it’s me.” The whistles and screams that greet […]
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs called it quits on their 10-year marriage last December, and now the Broadway star is opening up about navigating the dating world as a single mom. “It all sucks,” Menzel told “Valentine in the Morning” on his radio show Monday. “I don’t want […]
Impressive new musical boasts strong performances and a melodic score, but the ambitious, convoluted book could use some work before the show arrives on Broadway in the spring. Paul Harris The sublime talents of soprano Idina Menzel are showcased to the hilt in “If/Then,” an impressive new tuner […]
If you like musicals packed with songs delivered by a vibrant cast boasting a certified star at the helm, all surrounded by cool stagecraft, then hasten to the National Theatre for the pre-Broadway tryout of “If/Then.” If you’re more interested in truly distinctive music and a totally straightforward […]
Tony Award-winning actresses Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who created the respective roles of Elphaba and Glinda — the not-so Wicked Witches of Oz — take a trip down memory lane and individually chat with Playbill about the long-running, hit musical that stormed Broadway ten years ago. “It […]
Idina Menzel knows a thing or two about charmed lives. She is, after all, the original Elphaba, the green-skinned witch of “Wicked,” the megahit Broadway musical that earned her a Tony Award and the adoration of theatergoers young and old who wished for a voice that might, like […]
A failed audition for Disney movie TANGLED that a casting director taped on her iPhone helped singer IDINA MENZEL land a leading role in the movie studio’s latest animated treat. Menzel tried out for a leading role in the 2010 fairytale film by performing an acoustic version of […]
She’s got the biggest voice on Broadway – and now leading musical actress and Glee star IDINA MENZEL is flexing her vocal cords in the Disney Christmas blockbuster. Lina Das is spellbound When it comes to fanbases, Idina Menzel certainly possesses one of the most proactive in the […]
Idina Menzel can belt it out. This is no secret. Menzel is probably best known for her singing and acting in roles on Broadway in “Rent” and “Wicked,” winning a Tony Award for the latter. She’s also appeared in films and on television shows, so you’d think she’d […]
Emotionally capturing both the poise and vulnerability of a seemingly privileged, majestic princess whose every desire is within her reach can be a difficult challenge for an actor. But Idina Menzel, who began publicly singing as a teenager in part to prove to herself that she could rise […]
There are a few things you probably shouldn’t do right before you call Idina Menzel. You probably shouldn’t shuffle through the WICKED soundtrack on your iPod. You probably shouldn’t head to YouTube and watch that clip of her winning her first Tony Award for that very same musical. […]
Around halfway through Idina Menzel’s Melbourne concert on Sunday night it strikes me that there must have been a few people from Long Island scratching their heads back in the day. It might have been a wedding they were guests at, or perhaps a Bar Mitzvah, one just […]