Another concert has been added to Idina’s promotional tour schedule for “I Stand” — this time, she’s hitting the West Coast! The event will take place at Humphrey’s on June 20, 2008, and tickets will go on sale this coming Saturday! The venue holds approx. 1,400, which means this is a substantially larger gig than the previously announced concerts. So that means more fans will get the chance to go!

Tickets will be available to purchase from Humphrey’s official site. So if you can make this event, don’t miss out!

[ps. sadly, I won't be able to make this because of a set-in-stone-trip to Europe this summer. haha, what is Europe compared to Idina?!? Hopefully, more will be scheduled soon.]

Information regarding Idina’s upcoming PBS Soundstage performance has been released. 1067litefm.com has announced a chance to win tickets to the special concert, as well as further info.

New York’s own Idina Menzel will be taping an exclusive up close and intimate performance for PBS Sound Stage on April 14th at Rose Hall in New York City. The Broadway superstar, now a successful recording artist, will have some very special guests including the one and only Josh Groban.

106.7 Lite FM and Toyota want to send you and a friend to join Idina and her special guests at this very private taping.

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If you are in the NYC area, don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime chance to see Idina film this exclusive performance!

After a very long night, I finally finished capping Idina’s parts on the new Enchanted DVD! If you haven’t seen the film yet, PLEASE BE WARNED: the captures DO CONTAIN SPOILERS. If you don’t want to know parts of the ending, please don’t go through them. In all, I’ve added 238 HQ screencaps to the Gallery in the following albums: Feature Film (x203), Deleted Scenes (x17), and Bloopers (x18). You can also access the main Enchanted Gallery by clicking below.

I got this confirmed by Idina’s management, and it’s now been officially confirmed by IdinaMenzel.com — Idina will be performing a concert on April 14th at the Rose Hall Theatre in New York City, which will be recorded and broadcast on U.S. television channel, PBS, for the ‘PBS Soundstage’ series. Tickets are NOT available to purchase, but will hopefully open up to a handful of fans through Idina’s official site, so keep an eye out by checking back. The event is “invite-only”, but Idina DOES want her fans to be there! So she is making sure those in the area will have a chance to attend. Should be pretty incredible, and hopefully many of you will get the chance!

Idina’s recent Disney film, the live-action/animated musical, Enchanted, is now available on DVD! This DVD can be found and purchased wherever movies are sold, so if you’re in the U.S., you shouldn’t have any trouble finding it at a store near you. For those international fans, I’m not sure if it’s been released in other regions – does anyone know and would like to share with everyone?

You can also PURCHASE the DVD online at Amazon.com. If you didn’t see this movie while it was in theaters, you definitely MUST see it now! Too cute for words, and Idina makes several appearances on the “blooper reel” in the Special Features. Unfortunately, the song Idina recorded for the film – which was cut – didn’t make it on. Hopefully we’ll see it eventually.

Screencaps of the film and all the special features will be added shortly.

Nearly four years after it was filmed, Debra Kirschner’s independent film, The Tollbooth, is set to be released on DVD. Beginning today, you can order the DVD off of Amazon.com for the LOW PRICE of $9.99 $14.99 $12.99! (edit: price change)

The Tollbooth tells the coming-of-age story of a trio of adult sisters from a traditional Jewish-American family. It focuses on the youngest girl, Sarabeth (Marla Sokoloff), as she deals with going against her parents’ wishes to follow her dreams. Idina co-stars as Sarabeth’s older and more tradition-abiding sister, Raquel. Rob McElhenney, Liz Stauber, and Tovah Feldshuh also star.

I know most fans didn’t get the opportunity to see this film while it made its way through the small festival circuit, but I was lucky enough to catch a screening nearly 3 years ago — and it’s definitely an Idina performance not to be missed! Support this film by purchasing the DVD today! The film will be officially released on April 8, 2008.

Note: Idina even gets SECOND BILLING on the DVD cover-art! Pretty great news.

Announced on Friday, Idina has scheduled the first set of concerts to promote her new album, “I Stand,” for general audiences across the Northeast! While more dates are definitely set to be announced in the future, these first few will be a hot ticket, so be sure to check out the below information and buy your tickets today!

The Tony Award-winning Long Island native, known for her role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the award-winning musical Wicked and original Broadway cast member of Rent, tours to promote her Warner Bros. Records debut beginning with this special performance. The evening will also feature performances of songs from Wicked and Rent.

CONCERT DATES:

APRIL 1
GEORGE STREET THEATRE
New Brunswick, NJ
http://www.georgestplayhouse.org/

APRIL 3
BARRINGTON STAGE
Pittsfield, MA
http://www.barringtonstageco.org/

APRIL 5
THE EMELIN THEATER
Mamaroneck, Westchester, NY *EDIT*
Tickets: $35; students $25 (at box office w/ ID)
http://www.emelin.org/

APRIL 6 & 8
STAGE ONE
Fairfield, CT
http://www.fairfieldtheatre.org/

APRIL 10 & 11
THE BABY GRAND
Wilmington, DE
http://www.grandopera.org/

later concert dates will be announced when they are scheduled

I hope that many of you will be able to make it to one (if not more, knowing some of you!) of these concerts to show your love and support for Idina! This will be Idina’s first multi-concert event since August 2005 (has it really been that long?), so this is a huge deal for old and new fans alike! Idina in concert is not to be missed!

GENERAL WEBSITE NOTE:
As I’m sure you’ve all noticed, updates have slowed a bit after the huge onslaught of news through January/February. Things have been extremely busy for me while I prepare to graduate and enter the job world, so I hope that you can be patient as I get things dealt with and organized.

Please remember that for the next few weeks, if you are looking for Idina news and you haven’t seen an update here in a few days, don’t hesitate to visit other sites that are great news resources, like the Official Idina Menzel Message Board or the So Beautiful Fan Forum — there is also the often-updated Idina Menzel Worship LiveJournal Community, which is worth joining if you can.

I definitely don’t want people to go without their Idina-news just because I find myself unable to update immediately. Hopefully things will settle soon. Thank you again for your patience and understanding.