After going green—and winning a Tony Award—for her rafter-piercing origination of Elphaba in “Wicked,” Idina Menzel solidified herself as a reigning queen of musical theater. What, then, brings the emblem back to the New York stage after over three years away? The answer, surprisingly enough, is a straight […]
Joshua Harmon is the master of the rant. He earned that accolade with his last play, “Admissions,” in which a white prep-school student delivers a lengthy screed on the injustice of his being rejected by Yale after his less worthy biracial friend has been accepted at the Ivy […]
Although Idina Menzel looks fabulous in “Skintight,” the new play by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews,” “Significant Other”), her character, Jodi Isaac, is a total wreck when she flies into New York for her father’s 70th birthday. Jodi’s middle-aged husband has left her for a 24-year-old, and all her […]
The Broadway star will return to the NYC stage Monday to host a karaoke benefit concert. Balancing her new “Undercover Boss” persona, Helen Gold, and rehearsals for Off-Broadway’s “Skintight,” Tony-winner Idina Menzel still manages to give back to her New York roots. The Broadway star will return to […]
On Monday, May 21 [2018] (7:30pm), Broadway will battle it out at the 6th Annual Karaoke Benefit- a spectacular show of unpredictable karaoke to support A BroaderWay Foundation, founded by Idina Menzel. New to the event this year, cast members from The Lion King, Frozen, SpongeBob SquarePants and […]
It can be hard to believe that it has been more than two decades since a then 24-year-old Long Island native named Idina Menzel shot to superstardom as the feisty bisexual Maureen in Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical Rent. And what may be equally hard to believe is that, […]
Idina Menzel has done it before. Once. In New York City. On New Year’s Eve. In Times Square. She sang outside in the cold. Freezing cold. “Zero degrees,” she recalled of that night in 2014. Well, weather records indicate that it was 27 degrees but she’s a Broadway […]
Sisters in song! Idina Menzel and her sister Cara Mentzel teamed up to sing “Never Never Land” to coincide with the upcoming release of Mentzel’s memoir, Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story. The Broadway actress, 46, explains in the video that Peter Pan was the first musical she and […]
On the eve of her Vegas show, Idina Menzel, the voice of Frozen‘s Elsa and “Let It Go,” chatted with us about her latest album, touring the country, and who she dreams of doing a duet with. A star was born when Idina Menzel landed her breakout role […]
While many can belt out the Broadway soundtracks of hits from Rent and Wicked, and no doubt everyone not living under a rock knows the melody to “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen, some might not be too familiar with the voice that ties all three together: Idina […]
Idina Menzel struck a victorious pose as she launched into “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the opening number of her winning concert at Starlight Theatre on Wednesday. After enduring a rain delay of 30 minutes, the members the audience of more than 3,000 were warned by Menzel to […]
Every artist strives to make an impact on the world. Idina Menzel has done that in every decade since she first stepped foot on the Broadway stage with “Rent.” The 1996 Broadway musical about life in Alphabet City and the AIDS epidemic resonated with theatergoers who quickly became […]
You’ve probably heard Idina Menzel’s voice somewhere. It’s also likely, however, that you’ve only ever heard Menzel’s voice in character. As the actress behind Elsa in Disney’s “Frozen,” Elphaba in the musical sensation “Wicked” and Maureen Johnson in the original Broadway staging of “Rent,” Menzel has enjoyed decades […]
There were more children in the audience for Idina Menzel’s concert Tuesday at the Fox Theatre than at her concerts at Powell Hall, Peabody Opera House and the Pageant. Then again, when she performed at those venues, there was no “Frozen.” That 2013 animated blockbuster film was a […]
Idina Menzel has a whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin. Who knew? The Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer/actress has included Led Zep’s “Black Dog” in the set of her 2017 World Tour, pairing it with “Cake” from her 2016 album Idina. “(‘Cake’) always reminded me having a little Zeppelin […]