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Glad to be working, if not truly Gleeful

Idina Menzel has the actor’s disease: Though she enjoyed huge success in the original Broadway casts of Rent and Wicked – and now on the hotter-than-hot Fox series Glee – she’s haunted by the possibility of never working again. That notion was particularly intense after the 2009 birth […]

22 June, 2010
Category | Interviews
Posted on 29 October, 2022
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Idina Menzel Gets Ready to Make Her Fashion Debut

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 […]

18 May, 2022
Source | WWD
Category | ArticlesInterviews
Posted on 18 May, 2022
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Brief Encounter with… Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked in both New York & London, winning the Tony & Whatsonstage.com Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She also originated the role of Maureen in Rent, and has released solo albums, as well as starring in Glee. Menzel […]

5 October, 2012
Category | Interviews
Posted on 4 April, 2022
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Past/Present/Future for … Idina Menzel

American Idina Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked in both New York & London, winning the Tony & Whatsonstage.com Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She’s back in London this week for Chess at the Royal Albert Hall. Her solo pop album I Stand is […]

12 May, 2008
Category | Interviews
Posted on 4 April, 2022
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‘Glee’s’ Idina Menzel on Parenthood, Being Pigeonholed and Her PBS TV Special

TORONTO – Stage and screen star Idina Menzel has originated the role of the green-skinned Elphaba in Wicked and Maureen in Rent. And the Broadway belter has a recurring guest star role as Rachel’s biological mother on Fox’s Glee. But nothing compares to when Menzel and husband and […]

21 November, 2011
Category | Interviews
Posted on 11 January, 2022
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Idina Menzel at ‘If/Then’: Broadway ‘Just Feels Closest to Who I Am’

Everyone has an if/then moment that leaves them wondering what might have happened if life went another way, and the opening night performance of parallel-lives Broadway musical “If/Then” gave opening nighters reason to recall theirs. Take composer Tom Kitt, who reteams with collaborator Brian Yorkey on “If/Then” after […]

30 March, 2014
Source | Variety
Category | Interviews
Posted on 11 January, 2022
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Idina Menzel’s Wonder Woman Playlist

If singing were a super power, you could make a good case that Idina Menzel is Wonder Woman. The Tony Award-winning singer and performer with the powerfully recognizable voice is arguably the most widely recognized Broadway star in the country. Menzel is well known for her iconic roles […]

25 August, 2016
Source | DC Comics
Category | Interviews
Posted on 11 January, 2022
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How We Made Theatre: Wicked

Idina Menzel, played Elphaba When we first tried out Elphaba’s green makeup, I went to show the rest of the cast and everyone was gawking at me – all of a sudden I felt isolated, which was helpful for her characterisation. Originally, the makeup was an airbrush spray, […]

27 September, 2021
Source | The Guardian
Category | Interviews
Posted on 11 January, 2022
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From Syosset To Broadway And Beyond

Idina Menzel is back on tour with her first studio effort in nearly a decade If luck is the crossroads where opportunity meets preparation, then it’s clear that Idina Menzel has been going through life with the spiritual equivalent of a four-leaf clover hanging over her head. Menzel […]

13 June, 2017
Source | Boulevard
Category | Interviews
Posted on 10 January, 2022
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Idina Menzel Lets Go

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 […]

13 November, 2014
Source | Redbook
Category | ArticlesInterviews
Posted on 10 January, 2022
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