About every 10 years, an Idina Menzel project makes history. She exploded onto the theater scene in 1994’s Broadway smash hit “Rent” as the vivacious performing artist Maureen. “Rent” went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and remains one of the longest-running Broadway shows in history. In 2003, […]
It’s rare to find a performer as prolific and humble as Idina Menzel. The Tony Award-winning icon has made a name for herself both on stage and on screen thanks to starring roles in Rent, Wicked, and most recently Disney’s smash animated feature Frozen. Propelled to a household […]
From the moment she stepped on stage, Idina Menzel had captured the unwavering attention of her adoring fans Friday night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old singer-songwriter, actress and Tony award-winning Broadway star offered a stunning set to kick off the 2017 Greek Theatre concert […]
On April 7, Tony winner Idina Menzel headlined the newly-renovated Nassau Coliseum, where she sang for a hometown crowd.”Hey everybody,” she said, greeting the Long Island crowd. She clarified that she stalled from starting the show on time due to the fact that it was the third show […]
Hot off her heels from Japan, Idina Menzel dazzled an excited crowd Wednesday night at the Sands Event Center. Out on the road for her 50 cities 2017 World tour, Menzel kicked off her state side concerts right here in Bethlehem. “I think it was a good move […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 1988 Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey tearjerker Beaches is getting a fresh update to 2017 with Idina Menzel and Nia Long playing the role of the two best friends – CC Bloom and Hillary Whitney respectively. Moving from the East Coast to California for the remake, Beaches […]
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 […]
“When I see a sea of young girls in blue dresses looking up to me, I feel like a phony sometimes.” The Idina Menzel on her new self-titled album is not the theatrical powerhouse vocalist that Broadway and Disney fans have grown to love over the past 20 […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel is opening up about her divorce from Taye Diggs, and revealing how the painful split helped inspire her new album. Menzel, 45, who recently announced her engagement to actor Aaron Lohr, sat down with PEOPLE Now, and got candid about the influence her breakup had on […]
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 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 […]