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Redwood Comes to Life as Groundbreaking New Musical Starring Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel’s return to Broadway after 10 years in an all-new musical is the very definition of a theatrical event. Add to that a thrilling, immersive production that takes audiences inside a canopy of ancient trees, paired with a gorgeous original score and a moving story of resilience, […]

10 December, 2024
Source | BroadwayDirect
Category | ArticlesInterviews
Posted on 15 December, 2024
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An oral history of Elphaba, one of Broadway’s most empowering roles

Idina Menzel, Ana Gasteyer and others open up on the pleasures and perils of playing the iconic “Wicked” character eight times a week. There may be no more spellbinding protagonist in contemporary musical theater than Elphaba Thropp, that green-skinned wallflower with a penchant for soaring over Oz and […]

21 November, 2024
Category | Interviews
Posted on 21 November, 2024
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Bad witch Menzel basks in her good fortune

Idina Menzel says that when the musical “Rent,” in which she played the flirty, bisexual performance artist Maureen, was making its surprising leap to prominence in the mid-1990s, journalists tended to overplay the similarities between the fresh-faced cast and the young East Village bohemians they were representing onstage. […]

11 May, 2003
Source | SF Chronicle
Category | Interviews
Posted on 19 November, 2024
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Ooh, Witchy Woman

Defying the Oz It’s ironic that Idina Menzel’s first line of dialogue in a Broadway show was “Which way to the stage?” More than eight years after her debut in Rent, this born performer shows no signs of needing directions. Menzel, a Long Island native who grew up dreaming […]

1 May, 2004
Category | Interviews
Posted on 17 November, 2024
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Something Wicked This Way Comes

It’s weird to be looked up to by little girls,” says Idina Menzel. We’re sitting at a cafeteria table in the cavernous brass-and-chrome lobby of the Public Theater. It’s the week before previews for her latest musical vehicle, Michael John LaChuisa’s See What I Wanna See, and Menzel […]

20 October, 2005
Category | Interviews
Posted on 17 October, 2024
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What New York Spots Mean The Most To You?

If/Then is a love letter to New York: the places, people and moments that change our lives and link us together. If/Then‘s “A Map of New York” series documents the pivotal locations of its stars and creators. This week: Idina Menzel. IDINA MENZEL’S MAP OF NEW YORK As […]

10 December, 2014
Source | Gothamist
Category | Interviews
Posted on 19 September, 2024
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Ahead of Oakland tour stop, Idina Menzel talks new Broadway show and Northern California adventures

Idina Menzel is stepping into yet another musical era of her life. After debuting a new show in February, the Tony Award-winning actress and singer kicks off her first tour in nearly eight years with a Bay Area stop, where she plans to perform a career-spanning set list […]

17 July, 2024
Source | SF Chronicle
Category | Interviews
Posted on 21 July, 2024
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