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 […]
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, currently starring in If/Then at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, stopped by WNYC Radio’s “Soundcheck” July 24 to record two songs from the new musical; she was also interviewed by host John Schaefer. Menzel, who was joined by composer Tom Kitt, performed “You Learn […]
Hearing From the Women Who Made the Year’s Musicals Sing “You’re not going to get us to pull each other’s hair,” Kelli O’Hara said as she and her four fellow Tony Award nominees for best actress in a musical — one of this year’s most competitive races — […]
Call it life imitating art — or is it the other way round? — but there are some unexpected similarities between the lives of Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel and Elizabeth, her character in the new musical “If/Then,” which opens tonight at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The Syosset High […]
Idina Menzel is trying to enjoy her moment. “I’m always afraid to hope for something because I don’t want to be disappointed,” she says in her dressing room at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, home of her current Broadway musical “If/Then.” “And my mom said something once: ‘Instead of […]
New York City has never looked cleaner than it does in “If/Then,” the gleaming drawing board of a musical that opened on Sunday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater, starring the shiny-voiced Idina Menzel. Actually, to find any urban environment that is this spick and span, you’d need […]
Idina Menzel has already talked about how she’s forgiven John Travolta for mispronouncing her name at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean the moment didn’t throw the Broadway veteran — it did. For a full eight seconds. “I had done this whole preparation to make sure that I […]
Impressive new musical boasts strong performances and a melodic score, but the ambitious, convoluted book could use some work before the show arrives on Broadway in the spring. Paul Harris The sublime talents of soprano Idina Menzel are showcased to the hilt in “If/Then,” an impressive new tuner […]
If you like musicals packed with songs delivered by a vibrant cast boasting a certified star at the helm, all surrounded by cool stagecraft, then hasten to the National Theatre for the pre-Broadway tryout of “If/Then.” If you’re more interested in truly distinctive music and a totally straightforward […]
Idina Menzel knows a thing or two about charmed lives. She is, after all, the original Elphaba, the green-skinned witch of “Wicked,” the megahit Broadway musical that earned her a Tony Award and the adoration of theatergoers young and old who wished for a voice that might, like […]
After 10 agonizing years, Wicked Tony winner Idina Menzel is finally returning to Broadway! Menzel will star in If/Then, a new musical by the team behind the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal: composer Tom Kitt, scribe Brian Yorkey, director Michael Greif (who worked with Menzel on […]