Idina Menzel has made a specialty of playing women who are not easily daunted. The Tony Award-winning actress and singer, starring in the new musical If/Then, made her Broadway debut as the decidedly self-possessed Maureen Johnson in Rent. She later created the role of Elphaba, the green-skinned heroine […]
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 […]
Played almost twice as frequently as the runner-up, Idina Menzel’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (featuring Michael Buble)” remains the song to beat at adult contemporary radio. According to Mediabase, Menzel’s take on the classic received an impressive 1,192 spins and 6.84 million audience impressions during the December 7-13 […]
Everyone has an if/then moment that leaves them wondering what might have happened if life went another way, and the opening night performance of parallel-lives Broadway musical “If/Then” gave opening nighters reason to recall theirs. Take composer Tom Kitt, who reteams with collaborator Brian Yorkey on “If/Then” after […]
The Showstoppers The Frozen Soundtrack 13 Weeks on Billboard 200 In a particularly cold climate? for music sales, Frozen broke virtually every Hollywood rule — no “prince charming” narrative or genre trends — to become the year’s biggest phenomenon. The soundtrack moved more than 3 million copies, making […]
Idina Menzel’s five-year-old son is still getting used to the fame which has come with Frozen. Idina Menzel’s son got “very annoyed” with Frozen fans who approached her on Halloween. The star voices the character of Elsa in the hit Disney movie, which won the best animated feature […]
Menzel took the time out of her busy schedule to chat with BroadwayWorld about ‘Holiday Wishes’, her upcoming world tour, life at IF/THEN, and so much more To say that you’re having a busy month I think is an understatement – I feel like I see you on […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel opens up and reflects on one of the biggest years of her life. It used to be safe to say that 2004 was Idina Menzel’s “year.” She was starring in the biggest show on Broadway, playing the iconic Wicked Witch who defined a […]
Video at the source Tony award-winning singer and actress Idina Menzel, the voice of Elsa in the blockbuster animated film Frozen, became the latest celebrity to publicly identify as a feminist on Wednesday. Asked by MSNBC’s Krystal Ball if she considers herself a feminist, Menzel laughed and replied, […]
Idina Menzel is still riding the success of the past year. The songstress made her triumphant return to Broadway in If/Then, starred in Frozen, the top-grossing animated film of all time, and her song “Let It Go” from the film has quite literally become a culture phenomenon. But, […]
The Broadway star talks “Let It Go,” Love Actually and her new Christmas album, which she says is out way too early Winter must really be Idina Menzel’s season. Last year she taught the world how to “Let It Go” as the voice of Elsa in Disney’s Frozen, […]
It’s safe to say that 2014 is a year Idina Menzel will never forget. The actress and singer chatted with ET about balancing her professional triumphs with her personal challenges over the past year. While Idina rode into 2014 on the huge success of “Let It Go” from […]
“Introducing Idina Menzel…what could possibly go wrong?” Savannah Guthrie cracked before introducing Billboard’s Breakthrough honoree at our Women in Music event Friday (Dec. 12). Guthrie had a bit of a surprise for Menzel. Guthrie began by talking about A BroaderWay, a summer musical theater camp Menzel founded to […]
This spring, Tony winner Idina Menzel returned to the Broadway stage for the first time in nearly 10 years as the star of If/Then, a thoughtful musical about a woman starting over at the age of 40. It was a fitting role, given Menzel’s other marquee performance—a leading […]
Broadway stars are not typically known for their modesty: it takes a certain amount of self-belief to stand on stage, eight times a week, and hold an audience. And Idina Menzel has been doing that for two decades, ever since she got her break in the original production […]