Several more concert dates have been added to Idina’s spring (and now summer & fall) performance schedule! Ticket onsale dates, potential presales, meet & greets, etc. will be announced at a later date. Idina’s schedule now looks like this:

04/24/10 – Jacksonville, FL – Metropolitan Park – ON SALE NOW!
05/04/10 – Boston, MA – Boston Pops – ON SALE NOW!
05/05/10 – Boston, MA – Boston Pops – ON SALE NOW!
05/06/10 – Boston, MA – Boston Pops – ON SALE NOW!
06/24/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
07/02/10 – Lenox, MA – Tanglewood Music Center
07/09/10 – San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall – ON SALE NOW!
07/17/10 – Washington, DC – Wolf Trap
07/31/10 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
08/01/10 – Hyannis, MA – Hyannis Village Green – ON SALE NOW!
11/05/10 – Denver, CO – Boettcher Concert Hall
11/19/10 – Minneapolis, MN – Orchestra Hall

Additional dates and information will be shared when it becomes available, or visit IdinaMenzel.com for more info. All performances will be backed by local symphonies/orchestras. Pretty cool!

According to their website, Idina will be joining the Boston Pops in their 2010 season opening festivities on May 4 as guest vocalist, as well as having her own additional performances with the orchestra on May 5 & 6. That means this will be her first gig back after becoming a mommy, not the San Francisco one. Tickets range from $30 – $99 and go on sale February 22 at 8:00 am EDT. Click here for ticketing information.

In what will be her first time performing for a paying audience since becoming a mother in September, Idina will be joining the San Francisco Symphony for a one-night-only performance on July 9 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Great tickets are available NOW and range from $15 – $70. You can purchase by clicking here.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Glee creator Ryan Murphy confirmed that Idina will be appearing on the hit FOX series.

- ET Online

UPDATE: Murphy has confirmed that Idina will play the coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline for two episodes – the April 13 episode when Glee returns, and the season finale.

I know it’s been quiet here lately – I wish I had something to report, but I don’t! So in lieu of that, I’ll just point out some of the updates to the photo gallery that I’ve made in the last few weeks to try to tide us over in the quiet period. Click on the thumbnails to access the albums.

As always, you can view all the latest updates made to the gallery by clicking on the Last Uploads link on the gallery’s main page.

Comcast Corporation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have joined together to create the first-ever video-on-demand (VOD) initiative “Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand” to broaden awareness and raise critical funds for innovative cancer research. Debuting exclusively on Comcast beginning December 15th, Stand Up 2 Cancer On Demand will feature an extraordinary library of musical entertainment including hundreds of music videos from many of the world’s biggest stars and groups. The broadcast will also include Idina’s “Hope” tribute video to all those in the MLB family that have been touched by cancer.

-IdinaMenzel.com

Recent speculation that Idina Menzel is headed for the hit Fox series Glee in the spring appears to be true—but according to EW.com, the Tony-winning singer will not be playing the birth mother of Lea Michele’s character, Rachel. Instead, new mom Menzel is in “advanced talks” to play the choir director of Vocal Adrenaline, the arch-rival group of Mr. Shue’s New Directions.

So, let’s make a tally of Broadway vets on Glee: Series regulars Matthew Morrison (South Pacific) and Lea Michele (Spring Awakening) have welcomed guest stars John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) and Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked), with Michele’s Spring Awakening co-star Jonathan Groff on tap as a rival singer.

And now Idina, as Jonathan’s coach? It’s almost too much for Broadway musical fans to contemplate. If Glee can get former Wicked co-stars Menzel and Chenoweth to appear in the same episode, the planets will align in a way that may cause the Gershwin Theatre to spontaneously combust. But it’s definitely worth the risk.

-Broadway.com

Meet Will Schuester’s new rival.

Broadway star Idina Menzel is in negotiations to join Fox’s “Glee” as a recurring.

Menzel, who is expected to appear in all of the remaining nine episodes of the season, will play the coach to glee club Vocal Adrenaline, the McKinley High glee club’s main competition.

Menzel had said she is a big fan of “Glee” and its young star Lea Michele, also a Broadway pro.

Because of Menzel and Michele’s similar musical theater background and strong resemblance, fans had been lobbying for Menzel to appear on the show as Rachel Berry’s (Michele) biological mother.

They’ve got their wish … sort of.

Menzel won a Tony for her role on “Wicked.” Her co-star on the show, Kristin Chenoweth, guest starred on “Glee” earlier this season.

Menzel is the second Broadway name to recur on “Glee” this spring.

Jonathan Groff, who co-starred opposite Michele in the Broadway production of “Spring Awakening,” will be doing a five- to six-episode story arc, playing the lead male vocalist of Vocal Adrenaline and a potential love interest for Rachel Berry.

“Glee,” which chronicles the road of McKinley High’s glee club, a group of misfits led by Spanish teacher Schuester (Matthew Morrison) to the national championships, wraps its fall run Wednesday with the “Sectionals” episode.

Schuester’s biggest nemesis so far has been the coach of the school’s cheerleading squad Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch.

- Hollywood Reporter

I’ll post more information if/when it becomes available, but nothing is confirmed yet.

Photos from October surfaced this week of Idina and Taye out and about in Los Angeles with their son, Walker. They’re all in the gallery, thanks to LeaMicheleWeb.org. Click the previews to view.

In other news, Taye has been giving a few interviews promoting Private Practice, and in one of them, he revealed that he and Idina love FOX’s Glee, and that Idina “would love” to guest star as Rachel Berry’s (Lea Michele) mother. Read the complete article here. Cross your fingers that it happens eventually!

Hi, everyone! If you’re a regular visitor, you’ve probably noticed at least one of two things:

1) We’re still experiencing “hackings” by various exploiters. I’m still troubleshooting it, and while it’s happening with less frequency than it used to, it’s still happening, and even one time is too often. Certain browsers may give you a scary “this site may harm your computer” screen when you navigate to the site. My apologies for this, but it happens when Google catches an infection before me, so they block the site to help prevent innocent users from having their computers infected. I check the files multiple times per day, but I can’t always catch the infections immediately, so I ask that you all diligently scan your PCs using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware software, in addition to your usual virus scanners. Portions of the site may be unavailable in the coming days/weeks as I continue troubleshooting this. Make sure you follow our Twitter page, where I will announce when pages will be down. I thank everyone for your continued patience with this frustrating situation, and I appreciate everyone who notifies me when they see there’s an infection.

2) Since news is non-existent right now, I thought it would be fun to reminisce about our favorite Idina moments. Head over to our sister community on LiveJournal to watch everyone’s favorite performances and contribute your own memories.

Congratulations to Stephanie, winner of the “Idinafy Yourself” costume contest! Check out her awesome Elphaba ensemble:

This rounds out the 2009 season of Idina-Here contests. All winners have been notified and will receive a personalized, autographed lithograph. If you’re a previous winner and waiting for your lithograph, please be patient. Idina waited until all the contests were over so she had all our winners’ names before signing and sending them out. You should receive them within a few weeks, I anticipate!

In other news – “Defying Gravity” is going to be performed on FOX’s Glee tonight. Who’s excited? Come back tonight after the show and let me know what you think of their performance by leaving a comment here! (You will need to re-register with the site if you haven’t done so in the last two weeks as we erased the old database.)