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Idina Menzel is one of many stars who’ll be performing in Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but she says after she’s done, she and the rest of the cast from her Broadway musical If/Then are going to chow down.
“A Broadway schedule doesn’t really leave a lot of time for a normal Thanksgiving. We do have the day off, so that’s great. So, yes, I will come home from the parade, but I’m making a bunch of my castmates come over, but it’s pot luck,” the Frozen star tells ABC News Radio, laughing. “I’m not cooking for them! I’m too tired! So everyone’s bringing something. I said I’d provide the turkey and they have to bring the rest.”
As for what she’ll be most thankful for this year, Idina tells ABC News Radio, “I’d say I’m thankful for my little boy for sort of showing me where my priorities are and giving me the real, true perspective on life.” That’d be Walker, her five-year-old son with her ex-husband, actor Taye Diggs.
“I’m thankful for all my friends and family that have been a great support system,” the Tony-winning star adds. “And then, thirdly, I’m thankful to get to do what I love — to sing and to act and to perform for a living.”
Idina is doing the full New York City holiday event rounds this year, in support of her new Christmas album Holiday Wishes. In addition to performing in the iconic parade, she’ll be singing at NBC’s annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting special, and earlier this week, she sang at the unveiling of the holiday windows at Bloomingdale’s flagship New York City store. Idina says it all brings her back to happy times growing up in the suburbs of New York City.
“I grew up in Long Island,” she tells ABC News Radio. “So my parents would bring my sister and I into the city all the time. We’d do the windows, and we’d go to Rockefeller Center and see a Broadway show. So, it’s a special time in my life. It’s got a lot of memories.”
Such exciting news today, I can’t believe I forgot to post about this! This morning Idina announced she’s going on a World Tour! We had previously heard about this during the Country Christmas taping, but now we have confirmation with some dates. So far only dates for the US and Canada were announced. Fellow international friends, let’s exercise our patience as other countries and dates should be announced soon.
So, who’s going? Or if you’re not from the US or Canada, where would you like Idina to perform?
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Date |
City |
Venue |
Tue July 07 |
Richmond, VA |
Altria Theater |
Wed July 08 |
Baltimore, MD |
The Hippodrome Theatre |
Fri July 10 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Borgata Resort Casino & Spa |
Sat July 11 |
Uncasville, CT |
Mohegan Sun Arena |
Sun July 12 |
Holmdel, NJ |
PNC Bank Arts Center |
Tue July 14 |
Bethlehem, PA |
Sands Bethlehem Events Center |
Thu July 16 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Mann Center for the Performing Arts |
Fri July 17 |
Wantagh, NY |
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater |
Sat July 18 |
Washington, DC |
Jiffy Lube Live |
Wed July 22 |
Raleigh, NC |
Red Hat Amphitheater |
Fri July 24 |
Atlanta, GA |
Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater |
Sat July 25 |
Orlando, FL |
Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts |
Sun July 26 |
Boca Raton, FL |
Mizner Park Amphitheater |
Tue July 28 |
Clearwater, FL |
Ruth Eckerd Hall |
Thu July 30 |
New Orleans, LA |
Saenger Theatre |
Fri July 31 |
Houston, TX |
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion |
Sat Aug. 01 |
Austin, TX |
Bass Concert Hall |
Wed Aug. 05 |
Seattle, WA |
Paramount Theatre |
Fri Aug. 07 |
Concord, CA |
Concord Pavilion |
Sat Aug. 08 |
San Diego, CA |
Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre |
Sun Aug. 09 |
Phoenix, AZ |
Comerica Theatre |
Tue Aug. 11 |
Morrison, CO |
Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
Wed Aug. 12 |
Kansas City, MO |
Starlight Theatre |
Thu Aug. 13 |
Minneapolis, MN |
Northrop Auditorium |
Sat Aug. 15 |
Nashville, TN |
Venue TBA |
Sun Aug. 16 |
Chicago, IL |
Jay Pritzker Pavilion |
Tue Aug. 18 |
Cincinnati, OH |
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center |
Wed Aug. 19 |
Columbus, OH |
Palace Theatre |
Fri Aug. 21 |
Cuyahoga Falls, OH |
Blossom Music Center |
Sat Aug. 22 |
Detroit, MI |
Fox Theatre |
Sun Aug. 23 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Murat Theatre at Old National Centre |
Tue Aug. 25 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Benedum Center |
Wed Aug. 26 |
Norfolk, VA |
Chrysler Hall |
Fri Aug. 28 |
Boston, MA |
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion |
Sat Aug. 29 |
Lenox, MA |
Tanglewood |
Sun Aug. 30 |
Canadaigua, NY |
CMAC |
Tue Sept. 01 |
Montreal, QC |
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place Des Arts |
Wed Sept. 02 |
Toronto, ON |
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts |
Sat Oct. 03 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Hollywood Bowl |
And a “fun” bit… ;)
Idina Menzel fans crash website after tour news
Singer Idina Menzel ‘broke’ the Internet on Monday (24Nov14) after announcing dates for an extensive 2015 North American tour. The Frozen star lined up gigs which begin in July (15) and end up with a Hollywood Bowl showdown in October (15), and fans rushed to pick up the first tickets, crashing her website. Menzel took to Twitter.com to reveal the site was back up, posting, “You guys are amazing! Site crashed. Sorry about that but secretly happy you are excited about the tour new (sic)!”
Earlier today Idina performed at Bloomingdale’s Holiday Window Unveiling. If you missed the livestream you can still watch it here. There was an album signing before the performance.
Pictures of the performance are now in the gallery, and I’ve also added a few pics of the iHeart Radio concert that took place last Friday. Did you miss the livestream? Check our Tumblr! And make sure to follow us as I will be posting some new things there soon.
If you were able to attend any of the concerts/signing (or will go to any of the upcoming ones!) and have pictures you would like to share, please send them to flor[at]idina-here.com and let me know how you would like to be credited. Accepting stage door pics as well. As always, all fan contributions to the site are greatly appreciated.
If the themes of Idina Menzel’s songs resonate so well with her female audience members, it may be because she’s been there herself.
The 43-year-old star with the shake-the-rafters-voice, the emerald eyes and the cascade of chestnut hair has pulled off a trifecta of relatable songs that any actress would envy.
First, there was Elphaba, the odd-green-girl-out from Wicked, who declared her independence with the clarion call of Stephen Schwartz’s “Defying Gravity,” a number so potent that — as Ana Gasteyer once said — “every woman I know has wept over it while on the Stairmaster.”
Then, for a slightly younger demographic, she delivered the goods in Disney’s Frozen, launching Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez’s Oscar-winning hit “Let It Go” like it was a melodic guided missile.
And now, back on Broadway, she’s bringing all the generations together with a powerhouse number called “Always Starting Over” by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, which brings the house down every night in the powerful new musical, If/Then, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
So how does she feel about hitting the bullseye so many times in a row?
“I don’t know, I really don’t know,” she laughs from her dressing room, between a matinee and an evening performance. “I’ve thought about it myself. It’s not that I’ve been so successful that I can just sit at home and wait for the perfect project with the perfect song to come along. Sometimes, it’s all about taking a job and paying the bills.
“But I do believe that you’re given things in your life that you need, things you can explore that are going to teach you something about yourself. Every role or character or song can come at a time in your life when it relates to what you’re going through and you learn how to use it.”
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