Idina Menzel lives to perform. The Tony Award-winning actress, best known for her Broadway roles of Elphaba in “Wicked” and Maureen Johnson in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Rent”, will perform with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on Friday at the Bushnell in Hartford. “I love singing live. It’s what makes […]
If you’re a fan of Broadway shows, a hit television series, or blockbuster movies, you’ve probably heard of Idina Menzel. But what you may not have known about this ubiquitous and super-talented mega-star is that she is also a New York University alum! HerCampus NYU talked with Idina […]
Find what Idina Menzel is secretly a fan of! What have you read or seen recently (book, play, film etc…) that moved or surprised you? (Play) “Time Stands Still”, starring Laura Linney and Bryan d’Arcy James What are you listening to right now? Ladybug music, original music created […]
STUDIO CITY, Calif.—This is how we can tell that the actress and singer Idina Menzel has put at least a little bit of her New York roots behind her: “I live right up the street, and of course, I drove here,” Ms. Menzel said, stepping out of her […]
Today, we have perhaps the biggest Broadway star of the modern era, having appeared in the three most iconic theatre-related enterprises in entertainment in each of the last three decades, having lead roles in the original casts of Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1996 rock musical RENT, a Best […]
You are judging the best performance of The Sound of Music’s “My Favorite Things.” What are some of your favorite things? My son Walker is my favorite person in the entire world. Of course, my husband is also very special. I love sushi and going to see movies. […]
Here’s a good question for local Gleeks: what Broadway diva could fill up 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall for a simple cabaret show? Hints: – She’s hard to recognize when she’s not painted green. – Hordes of young female fans could be overheard talking about “Glee” outside the Orange County […]
There was quite an electric, palpable excitement crackling in the huge 3,000-plus-seat Segerstrom Hall on this particular Sunday afternoon. The largest venue within the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, this stage is used to Broadway-caliber talent wowing its audience, since it usually plays host to […]
As a wedding singer in the 1980s, Idina Menzel came up with a crowd-pleasing formula: trot out a broad range of familiar songs, keep the party moving and the banter light. But the actress, who has since won a Tony Award for “Wicked” on Broadway and starred in […]
Most Broadway stars are lucky enough to be associated with one iconic role early in their careers. Idina Menzel owns two: Maureen, the feisty performance artist in “Rent,” and Elphaba, the very green, very misunderstood teen whose adventures in Oz are the subject of “Wicked.” The actress originated […]
It’s been several years since Idina Menzel donned the green body paint and pointy black hat of her Tony-winning role as Elphaba in ‘Wicked,’ but it seems like she’s never too far away from the misunderstood heroine. Menzel plans to perform a few of her best-known songs from […]
In addition to getting to attend Idina Menzel’s Blogger Tweetup, we also got the chance to talk to her over the phone as she was busy promoting her new concert tour! We have been huge fans of Idina Menzel since long before Glee was on the air, so […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel sat down with the press at Joe’s Pub on October 13 to discuss her upcoming national tour and other aspects of her life and career. Menzel will be performing with symphony orchestras around the country, October 28-February 3, beginning with a three-night stint […]
L.A. is fine — the sun shines most of the time — but in New York, you get to do things like meet Idina Menzel, who, in case you’ve been living under a rock, originated the role of lesbian Maureen in Rent and witch Elphaba in Wicked (for […]
In 1998, Idina Menzel made her Cincinnati debut performing with the Lilith Fair tour and promoting her first solo album, “Still I Can’t Be Still.” This past weekend, she returned to Cincinnati for another debut. This time, she opened the new season of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. And […]