Video at the source Tony award-winning singer and actress Idina Menzel, the voice of Elsa in the blockbuster animated film Frozen, became the latest celebrity to publicly identify as a feminist on Wednesday. Asked by MSNBC’s Krystal Ball if she considers herself a feminist, Menzel laughed and replied, […]
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, […]
The Broadway star talks “Let It Go,” Love Actually and her new Christmas album, which she says is out way too early Winter must really be Idina Menzel’s season. Last year she taught the world how to “Let It Go” as the voice of Elsa in Disney’s Frozen, […]
It’s safe to say that 2014 is a year Idina Menzel will never forget. The actress and singer chatted with ET about balancing her professional triumphs with her personal challenges over the past year. While Idina rode into 2014 on the huge success of “Let It Go” from […]
“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 […]
This spring, Tony winner Idina Menzel returned to the Broadway stage for the first time in nearly 10 years as the star of If/Then, a thoughtful musical about a woman starting over at the age of 40. It was a fitting role, given Menzel’s other marquee performance—a leading […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel understands how the “Let It Go” phenomenon might get on parents’ nerves. “You probably hate me [if you have kids],” Menzel told the audience during a StriVectin-hosted private performance at The Glasshouses in Chelsea on Monday night, a spy told Page Six. In March, “Frozen” became […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel is having a hard time on the dating scene following her divorce from Taye Diggs in December after 10 years of marriage. Cutting straight to the point, Menzel spoke candidly with Valentine in the Morning, about her experience dating as a single mother, and from the […]
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 […]
Summer camp was always a magical time for future Broadway star Idina Menzel. “I loved being able to reinvent myself during the summer, and not be judged by the same group of kids I saw in school,” she says. So when she grew up and found success as […]
If it seems like no song has made a greater impact in 2014 than “Let It Go,” the signature track from Disney’s “Frozen,” that’s no accident. Performed during the film by Idina Menzel, “Let It Go” has become the Internet’s favorite song: a recent Google search for “‘Let […]