Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, and more of the cast and creative team reflect on the birth of an unlikely modern Disney classic. About 10 years ago, Josh Gad wanted to buy his daughter an Elsa dress. It shouldn’t have been difficult. Frozen, […]
Students at The Walker School received a treat when the “Queen of Broadway,” Idina Menzel, celebrated for her performances from “Wicked” to Disney’s “Frozen,” visited the school with sister Cara Mentzel to promote their newest children’s book “Proud Mouse.” The visit included the duo reading their book and singing […]
Persistence paid off in a big way for students at Aurora-area Catholic grade schools in the Rockford Diocese, thanks to the efforts of Holy Angels School librarian Diane Rodriguez. Rodriguez was instrumental in bringing Tony award-winning Broadway star Idina Menzel and her sister, acclaimed writer and teacher Cara […]
Even before I stepped into Holy Angels School in Aurora, I could almost feel the excitement. Definitely I could hear it, much of the enthusiasm coming from a van full of preschoolers who were returning to Holy Angels to join the other 400-plus students about to meet the […]
Disco queen — or ‘Drama Queen’ — is seemingly the role the Tony-winner was born to play, as she celebrates being a “mess” and her “biggest, loudest, boldest self.” Broadway and Disney legend Idina Menzel is sitting onstage at Los Angeles’s Grammy Museum, chatting with Yahoo Entertainment music […]
The Tony winner, best known for her roles in ‘Wicked’ and ‘Frozen,’ is entering a new music era with an unconventional social media rollout Peering through a wrought-iron gate in her backyard, Idina Menzel bobs her head to the beat as she lip-syncs, “Got a beast inside, and […]
Idina Menzel is pulling back the curtain on her journey with in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Ahead of her documentary Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?, Menzel spoke with PEOPLE about undergoing IVF on tour, and why having another child ultimately “wasn’t meant to be.” The Tony winner has […]
Idina Menzel has been gracing the stage and screen for over three decades now, and through her successes and trials, she maintains a complexity that doesn’t relegate her to just an actor. The new documentary, she also produced, “Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage” is a rather […]
She wasn’t in costume, she wasn’t in makeup, and she wasn’t even in character. But when Idina Menzel took the stage in a tracksuit yesterday afternoon at the Gershwin Theater, the standing ovation — some 1,800 strong and five minutes long — was like few you’ve ever seen: […]
Idina Menzel is about to break out in a new role. Best known for playing roles like Elphaba in “Wicked,” and Maureen in “Rent,” as well as voicing Elsa, the ice queen, in the “Frozen” movies, the actress and singer has designed a sportswear collection called Encore by […]
On what inspired her to make Holiday Wishes, an album full of Christmas songs “To be honest, my love for Christmas came when I started dating Taye. One of my fondest memories of our relationship was how we celebrated Christmas. He has a big family, so we would […]
From film roles to how she got her role on “Glee,” here are a few facts you may not have known about the Broadway powerhouse. Idina Menzel is a Broadway powerhouse, but she’s also guest starred on Fox’s Glee for five episodes as Rachel Berry’s mother Shelby Corcoran. […]
A.R.T. Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and A.R.T. Director of Artistic Programs & Dramaturg Ryan McKittrick in conversation with V (formerly Eve Ensler), Justin Tranter, and Idina Menzel Ryan McKittrick: Theater, especially musical theater, is born out of collaboration. What drew the three of you to […]
Broadway star Idina Menzel and Caruso founder and CEO Rick J. Caruso kicked off a statewide campaign Monday to make sure all children have access to hearing aids. The actress and singer announced her support at The Grove for Assembly Bill 598, a new bill that would require […]
At Seth Speaks, my SiriusXM radio show, I sat down with married couple and writing team Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez whose new film Frozen 2 is doing fabulously! They met at BMI, the writing workshop, and Bobby immediately asked her out. Kristen had a teaching fellowship in […]