Category: Interviews

PROUD MOUSE is out now!!

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Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel’s new children’s book, PROUD MOUSE, is out now! The book is a companion piece to their first children’s book, LOUD MOUSE. The duo stopped by Good Morning America yesterday morning to chat about the book, which focuses on Cara’s character, Cara Lee.

Cara Lee is a proud mouse. She is proud of her big sister Dee. She is proud of her specially decorated journal. And now she’s proud to become what she’s always wanted to be: a student. But her first day of school is different than she imagined. Everyone keeps comparing her to Dee. But who is Cara Lee? When you have a big sister with such a LOUD talent, how can you find room to shine in your own way?

Complete with gorgeous illustrations and filled with humor and heart, Proud Mouse is a clever tale about celebrating the things that make you YOU and having the confidence to stand loud and proud.

Autographed copies are for sale on TalkShopLive or you can buy it wherever books are sold! Idina asked fans to please support them and pick up a copy this week. They’ve also got their book tour this week, so you can meet them, get an autographed book, and/or see them read/sing it! Each event is slightly different but you can get tickets (typically the cost of the book) at the link:

September 13 – Little Shop of Stories Decatur, GA

September 15 – Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville, IL

September 16 – Barnes & Noble Frisco, TX

September 17 – Barnes & Noble, The Grove Los Angeles, CA

They presented the book at Strand Book Store in NYC on Sunday and I was lucky enough to be there! I posted the video on my Youtube channel:

 

Drama Queen Promo Recap!

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*UPDATED* I bolded new interviews!

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Idina Menzel has been very busy promoting her new album, Drama Queen! Here are links to the various interviews so far:

Podcasts: Something To Talk About, You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian, Exceptional Women, Head Above The Clouds

Video: Access Daily, Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino, Elvis Duran Show, USA Today, I Heart Radio Broadway, Keep It, E News, The Project, Sunrise on 7, ABC Australia, Evening Standard UK, Zach Sang Show, Kyle Meredith with Idina Menzel

Radio: Tracks of My Years on BBC, Mix 105.1 Utah, Real Radio 104.1 Orlando, Pandora Heartbeat Takeover, 96.3 KKLZ Las Vegas, Q102, NPR’s The 1A, Brooke & Bic B107.3

Print/Online: Reddit AMA on PopHeads, The Times UK, The Washington Post, USA Today, PEOPLE, Parade, Women in Pop, Grammy.com, Record Collector, The Guardian, Yahoo

Idina and Cara also went on TalkShopLive to discuss Proud Mouse. If you pre-order there, you can get a signed copy! They also read Loud Mouse virtually for The San Diego Union-Tribune’s 7th Annual Festival of Books.

I’ve also added a bunch of photos to the gallery! Click each photo below to see more from each event:

Drama Queen & Proud Mouse In-Person Events Announced!

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It’s hard to believe that the release dates for DRAMA QUEEN and PROUD MOUSE are right around the corner! if you need a reminder, DRAMA QUEEN will be released on August 18 and PROUD MOUSE will be released on September 12! Idina Menzel has announced a few in-person events to promote each. All events are ticketed, so be sure to follow the link for more details. I’ll update here if/when more are added.

DRAMA QUEEN:

August 17 – ‘Drama Queen’ Release Event at 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn, NY

August 18 – Album signing at  Barnes & Noble – Fifth Ave in NYC

August 22 – A Conversation w/ Idina Menzel at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, CA

PROUD MOUSE events with Cara Mentzel:

September 10 – The Strand New York, NY

September 12 – Books and Greetings Northvale, NJ

September 13 – Little Shop of Stories Decatur, GA

September 15 – Anderson’s Bookshop Naperville, IL

September 16 – Barnes & Noble Frisco, TX

September 17 – Barnes & Noble, The Grove Los Angeles, CA

If you can’t attend in person, some of the stores will ship you a signed copy.

Several new interviews have been released recently and Idina also made an appearance on QVC to promote Encore. I’ve added all of those on Youtube. There’s also a new one that was just released on Apple Music. You can listen to that here.

Idina in London!

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Idina Menzel wrapped up her Pride concert “tour” by making her way to London to perform at Pride in London and Heaven nightclub! If you’ve listened to or read any of her interviews over the last few weeks, you already know Heaven was one of the inspirations for her upcoming album! She didn’t attempt to stage dive (lol!) but it looked like she had a blast anyway.

During her Pride in London set, she was joined by Jake Shears, who co-wrote Dramatic with her and Jim Eliot. You can see videos from both events on my Pride Concert Youtube playlist.

Idina also did a ton of press! I added a bunch of videos to the DRAMA QUEEN playlist on Youtube and here are links to her print interviews:

Watermark Magazine // Huffington Post UK // Express UK // Ireland Live // Pink News // Metro UK // Attitude // ABC Australia

I also added photos of her outside Heart Radio Studios in London on Friday to the gallery:

And finally, photos of her at Wimbledon earlier today:

Idina Menzel Pride & Event Recap!

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Last Sunday, I got to see Idina Menzel perform at Capital Pride in Washington DC! General admission concert pits – especially outdoors – are absolutely not my thing but it’s Idina and I knew she’d be performing new music, so of course I had to take a little road trip and see her! I loved seeing her perform her new music with choreography and dancers (!) and it really looked like she was having a blast on stage. The crowd was so incredibly loud and supportive and there’s really nothing like the feeling of tens of thousands of people singing along to her biggest hits. I really had an amazing time and I’m so glad I made the trip! You can see some of my videos on Instagram.

Set List: Dramatic, Beast, Paradise, My Love For Life, Defying Gravity, Let It Go, No Day But Today, MOVE

Idina then made her way to NYC to perform on Live with Kelly and Mark (watch her ‘Dramatic’ performance here and her interview here), do some Zoom interviews to promote her concerts (playlist here), and attend a Tribeca Storyteller’s Session With Billy Porter. Deadline summarized that event, so you can read more here. Photos from that event are also in the gallery:

Finally, Idina performed at a Pride event in Providence, RI where she introduced another DRAMA QUEEN track called ‘Royalty’! Here are some gorgeous photos from that show:

Next up: Pride events in St. Petersburg, FL, St. Louis, MO and London, England (Pride in London, and G-A-Y)!

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