Just hours before the second episode of “Glee’s” second season hits the airwaves, Zap2it talked with Idina Menzel, who returns Tuesday (Sept. 27) as Shelby Corcoran, erstwhile Vocal Adrenalin coach, Rachel’s (Lea Michele’s) birth mother and adoptive mother of Quinn’s (Dianna Agron’s) baby. Without giving away too much, […]
Whatever type of music or theatre you’re into, chances are you’ve heard Idina Menzel‘s voice. She was part of the Broadway revolution that was Rent in 1996, was the first to immerse herself in green make-up and iconic Stephen Schwartz melodies in global hit Wicked, and more recently […]
Saturday’s Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert with Idina Menzel brought an odd situation, one I never remember encountering before. The page detailing her concert had been torn from all the programs. An usher slipped me a bootleg copy. He explained: “She didn’t want people to know what songs she […]
Indulge me for a moment: I want to call attention to the fact that a visit to Kleinhans for a buzzworthy show is an awesome experience. I’m not even referring to the actual performance by Idina Menzel on Saturday night with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (which was great—more […]
My first job on broadway, in ‘rent’, was life-changing I’d been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, “Oh God, if this is all I […]
LENOX — For Broadway and TV actress Idina Menzel of “Rent,” “Wicked” and the Fox network’s “Glee,” the dream started in 1982 at the former Camp Olympus in the Catskills, near Monticello, N.Y. Singing there in “Oliver!” helped steer her toward a career in music and theater. This […]
Is it any wonder that Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs son, Walker, has the gift of song and dance? Diggs told me in March that the little one was already taking music lessons at 17 months. “He’s definitely singing a lot more—and a lot of times in tune, […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has had quite a diverse career, from the stage, to films and music. A powerhouse of talent, she constantly amazes audiences with her strong, emotional performances. Menzel broke into the spotlight playing the role of Maureen, a bisexual performance artist, in the origional […]
From film roles to how she got her role on “Glee,” here are a few facts you may not have known about the Broadway powerhouse. Idina Menzel is a Broadway powerhouse, but she’s also guest starred on Fox’s Glee for five episodes as Rachel Berry’s mother Shelby Corcoran. […]
Actors are gypsies who rarely get to choose their own career paths. But Idina Menzel, hero to theater geeks and “Gleeks” worldwide, thinks it’s no accident that her journey has led her from pop-culture landmarks “Rent” to “Wicked” to TV’s “Glee.” “They all focus on the underdog, the […]
Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel is performing at famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on July 17, backed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. It’s part of an 18-month concert tour that has zig-zagged the singer across the United States from Los Angeles to […]
A knockout performance by Idina Menzel one expects. A total lack of pretentiousness on the part of a superstar ones does not. Maybe aficionados of Menzel’s work on stage and screen were prepared for the vocalist’s dynamic, disarming manner in her collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra Saturday night […]
Cleveland Orchestra What: Steven Reineke conducts a special program with Idina Menzel. When: 8 p.m. Saturday. Where: Blossom Music Center, 1145 W. Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Tickets: $23-$75. Go to clevelandorchestra.com or call 216-231-1111. If there’s one thing classical musicians are always talking about, it’s rebuilding the […]
Most orchestras don’t have the distinction of rocking out to Lady Gaga tunes. But that’s exactly what the Cleveland Orchestra will do Saturday when Broadway powerhouse Idina Menzel makes her debut at Blossom. Broadway star Idina Menzel will appear with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival opening […]
Idina Menzel has decided to ditch her killer Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo heels for her concerts. The singer-actress will perform barefoot at the Royal Albert Hall in October, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. ‘It really grounds you,’ she says. ‘I feel more […]