MORE IN MISSOURI + GALLERY UPDATE

MORE IN MISSOURI + GALLERY UPDATE

Idina’s Democratic stumping in Missouri for Barack Obama’s campaign continues following today’s events in Kansas City and Columbia tomorrow in St. Louis.

Taye will be speaking at an event at St. Louis University’s Busch Student Center on Sunday, Oct 5. I’m unsure if Idina herself will be doing anything at this event, but she will likely be in attendance supporting her husband and her candidate, so if you’re in the area and you attend, be sure to let us know how it goes.
-youngdems.com

In non-political news, I’ve been adding photos to the galleries, including 15 photos from Idina’s performance and signing back in January at NYC’s Virgin Megastore for domestice release of I Stand. Special thanks to Brittany for collecting and donating the photos! Check them out by clicking the thumbnails below.

IDINA + TAYE STUMPING FOR OBAMA IN MISSOURI

IDINA + TAYE STUMPING FOR OBAMA IN MISSOURI

Idina & Taye will be appearing a young voter registration rally in Kansas City, Missouri on behalf of the Obama/Biden campaign tomorrow! If you’re in the area and if you’re a US citizen 18+ and aren’t registered to vote yet, make sure you head down there and get signed up!

Youth Civic Engagement Rally & Canvass Kick-Off w/ Taye Diggs, Aisha Tyler & Idina Menzel

Join us at Penn Vally (Little Theatre) for a Youth Civic Engagement Rally & Canvass Kick-Off w/ Taye Diggs, Aisha Tyler & Idina Menzel. We will be leaving the rally to register voters in communities across KC! For more information call, 816-977-3201. This rally is free and open to the public.

Time: Saturday, October 4 at 12:00 PM
Contact Phone: 816-977-3201
Location: Penn Valley – (Little Theatre)
3201 SW Trafficway
Kansas City, MO 64111

For more info and to RSVP, click here.

Columbia Tribune

More Hollywood celebrities will visit the University of Missouri this weekend to stump for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Taye Diggs, of ABC’s “Private Practice,” and wife Idina Menzel, who both starred on Broadway and on screen in the musical “Rent,” will appear from 4:30 to 6 p.m. tomorrow afternoon on MU’s Lowry Mall alongside actress Aisha Tyler, who has appeared in a number of television shows such as “Friends” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

The actors will encourage students to register to vote and will stump for Obama. The event is free to the public. Last week, actor Don Cheadle was on campus Thursday for a similar event.

WICKED: 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

WICKED: 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

In honor of the upcoming 5th anniversary of Wicked, the Original Broadway Cast recording is being re-released as a special edition 2-track CD set on October 28. Idina contributed one of her remixes of “Defying Gravity” to the collection. You can pre-order the album through Barnes & Noble for $19.99 by clicking here.

Disc 1: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording

Disc 2:
1 For Good [Bonus Version] – LeAnn Rimes & Delta Goodrem
2 I’m Not That Girl [Bonus Version] – Kerry Ellis
3 Making Good [Bonus Version] – Stephanie J. Block
4 Solang ich dich hab (Wicked: Germany)
5 Gutes tun (Wicked: Germany)
6 Dancing Through Life (Wicked: Japan)
7 Popular (Wicked: Japan)
8 Defying Gravity [Dance Mix] – Idina Menzel

INTERVIEW W/ THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

INTERVIEW W/ THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

As part of her UK press tour, Idina gave an interview to British publication The Jewish Chronicle. It’s a very good, in-depth interview where she discusses what’s behind the songs she wrote, politics, and her attachment to her Jewish culture. You can read the full interview below.

Idina Menzel: ‘I seem confident, but I’m fighting fear’
by Paul Lester
September 26, 2008

Acting, singing, comedy – Idina Menzel can do it all, and that includes severe self-doubt. It has a lot to do with her parents.

Idina Menzel is one of the biggest names in musical theatre, having appeared in Rent on Broadway and Wicked in the West End, as well as a film actress, starring most recently in Disney fantasy, Enchanted. She is also a recording artist, her latest, mostly self-penned album, I Stand, being produced by Glen Ballard, the man who helped Alanis Morissette sell 16 million copies of Jagged Little Pill.

So which is the real Idina Menzel – the nice Jewish girl from Long Island: the turbo-lunged diva singing flawless power ballads in musicals, or the “edgy little rocker” (her words) whose gritty performances on I Stand put her more in the Sheryl Crow category of raunchy female singer-songwriters? It turns out the answer could be all of them because Menzel fancies herself as a bit of a Renaissance woman.

Click “Read More” for the complete article.

THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW + ‘I STAND’ UK RELEASE INFO

THE PAUL O’GRADY SHOW + ‘I STAND’ UK RELEASE INFO

Idina appeared on London’s “Paul O’Grady Show” today, and it’s made its way to the wonderful Internet for the rest of the world’s viewing! Idina’s presently in the UK promoting I Stand, which will be released in the UK on October 13! It should be available in the usual music shops, but if you can’t find it, you can always order it from Amazon UK right here. This would also be a good time to note that the UK release’s tracklisting comes bearing a few bonuses that were not on the US release. Here is the complete tracklisting:

1. I Stand
2. Better To Have Loved
3. Brave
4. Gorgeous
5. Where Do I Begin?
6. Don’t Let Me Down
7. I Feel Everything
8. Forever
9. My Own Worst Enemy
10. Perfume & Promises
11. Defying Gravity*
12. God Give Me Strength*
13. Brave (UK Mix)**
14. Gorgeous (Craig C’s Master Mix)*
*Tracks currently available in the US on various releases
**UK-exclusive track

Note: This version of the album will be made available for international purchase in the Official Store upon its release.

“Paul O’Grady Show” Part 1 – Sept 23, 2008
Description: Performance of “Gorgeous”
Time: 4:30
Size: unknown

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