Last week, Idina and Taye attended the 20th Anniversary Alzheimer’s Association’s “A Night At Sardi’s” benefit.  Pictures have been added to the gallery.  Click on the previews below to view more!

At the benefit, many celebrities perform a Broadway song.  Taye and Idina sang a duet of “Ain’t Misbehavin’”  and you can catch a short clip here, along with a few other performances.

Idina’s beautiful NOH8 picture has been added to the gallery.  You can purchase a print of it on the NOH8 campaign’s website.

Also, two new tour dates have been added to the schedule!  Idina will play Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida on November 30, 2012 and The Bushnell in Hartford, CT on September 30, 2012!

Chelsea Lately:

Extra:

The Talk:


And finally  - Access Hollywood clip

Such a great interview!  Additional interviews from today and tomorrow will be posted as soon as I can get to them.

Just until the end of the day today, Idina’s “Barefoot at the Symphony” is available as Amazon’s mp3 deal for only $3.99! A digital booklet with some cool pictures are also included. Click here to buy!

And don’t forget about the Ellen Show and Chelsea Lately interviews today!

Idina’s interview on the tv show Better is now available to watch online!

And in the interview, she mentions tour dates being announced today!  Here they are!  Is she coming to a city near you?

June 1 – Vancouver, BC at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts (on sale 3/6)

June 2 – Seattle, WA at the Paramount Theatre (on sale TBD)

June 3 – Portland, OR at the Portland Center for the Arts: Keller (on sale 3/14)

June 5 – Modesto, CA at the Gallo Center for the Arts (on sale now)

June 7 – San Francisco, CA at Davies Symphony Hall (on sale 3/1)

June 9 – Santa Rosa, CA at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts (on sale 3/2)

June 10 – Las Vegas, NV at the Smith Center for Performing Arts – Reynolds Hall (on sale TBD)

June 12 – San Antonio, TX at the Majestic Theatre (on sale now)

June 13 – Dallas, TX at the Music Hall at Fair Park (on sale now)

June 14 – Austin, TX at the Long Center for the Performing Arts (on sale now)

June 16 – Nashville, TN at the Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel (on sale TBD)

June 17 – St. Louis, MO at the Peabody Opera House (on sale 3/1)

June 19 – Kansas City, MO at the Midland by AMC (on sale now)

June 20 – Milwaukee, WI at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (on sale 3/19)

June 22 – Des Moines, IA a the Civic Center (on sale now)

June 23 – Columbus, OH at the Columbus Commons Bicentennial Stage (on sale TBD)

June 24 – Indianapolis, IN at Clowes Memorial Hall (on sale 3/2)

June 26 – Midland, MI at the Midland Center for the Arts (on sale 4/7)

June 27 – Detroit, MI at the Detroit Opera House (on sale 3/2)

June 29 – Richmond, VA at the Carpenter Theatre (on sale 3/14)

June 30 – Philadelphia, PA at the Mann Center (on sale now)

July 7 – Minneapolis, MN at the Orpheum Theatre (on sale 3/2)

July 8 – Highland Park, IL at the Ravinia Festival (on sale 4/26)

August 3 – Washington, DC at Wolf Trap (on sale TBD)

October 29 – New York, NY at Carnegie Hall (on sale TBD)

Pictures from Oscar night after-parties will be added later, hopefully tonight!  But until then, here’s a preview:

Idina’s PBS special “Barefoot at the Symphony” will be airing very soon!  Many PBS affiliates have been adding it to their schedules.  You’ll have to check your local station at PBS.org to find if/when it’s airing for you.  But don’t forget! The CD and full-length DVD recording of the concert will be available from Amazon on March 6th!

Not only do we have the concert to look forward to, but Idina also has some huge tv interviews too:

Better – Tuesday, Feb 28th on CW (Check your local listings here. If you do not get it, recaps will be available!)

And on Monday, March 5th, you can catch her on TWO huge shows, Ellen and Chelsea Lately!

There will likely be a lot more press, so I will update when I know about more shows.

Idina’s interview with NBC New York Live from last week is also available online:

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

More pictures were posted on Facebook to go along with the “Barefoot” release.  Idina looks beautiful (as always) in these new pics!

Wow!  After watching Idina’s symphony tour develop since 2010, it’s a little hard to believe that we can all watch it in about 22 days when the DVD is released!  The track listings for both the CD and the DVD have been updated on Amazon.  And stay tuned for a special contest in honor of the release!

Many PBS stations will be airing a shortened, 60 minute version of the concert beginning March 3rd (the DVD will be the full, 90 minute concert).  You will have to check the listings for your local PBS station for when the concert is airing in your city because each station can air the concert at different times.  If it’s not listed yet, it should start showing up within two weeks of when it airs.

I imagine Idina will be doing a lot of press and interviews as we get closer to the release date as well!  In the meantime, make sure to listen to sneak peeks of “Tomorrow” and “Defying Gravity” on Idina’s Facebook page.  I’m especially in love with her beautiful version of “Tomorrow!”

And by the way, if you’ve caught the new season of the tv show, The Voice, one contestant may look familiar if you saw one of Idina’s “I Stand” concerts….Chris Mann!  He opened for her shows on the Fall 2008 tour.  He has an amazing voice!  I hope everyone watches and supports Chris.  Fingers crossed he wins!

“Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony” CD is now available on Amazon!  It won’t release until March 6th, but you can preorder it now to make sure you receive around the release date!   Click on the image below to buy.  The DVD will hopefully be available to preorder soon too!

And Idina and Taye attended the InStyle/Warner Brothers party after the Golden Globes this past Sunday.  Pictures have been added to the gallery!