The Showstoppers The Frozen Soundtrack 13 Weeks on Billboard 200 In a particularly cold climate? for music sales, Frozen broke virtually every Hollywood rule — no “prince charming” narrative or genre trends — to become the year’s biggest phenomenon. The soundtrack moved more than 3 million copies, making […]
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 […]
Menzel took the time out of her busy schedule to chat with BroadwayWorld about ‘Holiday Wishes’, her upcoming world tour, life at IF/THEN, and so much more To say that you’re having a busy month I think is an understatement – I feel like I see you on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs called it quits on their 10-year marriage last December, and now the Broadway star is opening up about navigating the dating world as a single mom. “It all sucks,” Menzel told “Valentine in the Morning” on his radio show Monday. “I don’t want […]
Take her or leave her, living Broadway legend Idina Menzel gave a sold-out crowd of roughly 6,000 fans a show to remember Monday – when she performed at Radio City Music Hall for the first time in a one-night-only concert. Idina Menzel: An Unofficial Countdown to ”Let It […]
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 — […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel has already talked about how she’s forgiven John Travolta for mispronouncing her name at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean the moment didn’t throw the Broadway veteran — it did. For a full eight seconds. “I had done this whole preparation to make sure that I […]