The Premiere Idina Menzel Resource
Idina Menzel joined Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andrew Rannells, Ben Platt, Chris Jackson, Cynthia Erivo, and Karen Olivo in a zoom rendition of “New York, New York” during Monday’s “Rise Up New York!” Telethon. The event raised money for Robin Hood, New York’s largest poverty-fighting organization. Watch the performance at BroadwayWorld!
Idina Menzel and Ben Platt teamed up to perform a Disney classic during ABC’s “Disney Family Singalong: Volume II” Sunday night! They performed “A Whole New World” from Aladdin. Before their performance, Idina shared that she used to perform the song at bar mitzvahs and weddings.
Idina Menzel was recently nominated for a Gratitude Award! The Broadway League’s Gratitude Awards is a large-scale kindness project designed to share the gift of gratitude from within the theater community, with NYC, and to all. Megan Hilty nominated Idina with this sweet message:
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Idina continued the gratitude chain by nominating her longtime dresser, Joby Horrigan.
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The awards were broadcast on Thursday, April 30. Idina and the others participated virtually in the ceremony which was also a digital fundraiser benefitting The Ghost Light Campaign and the Directors Emergency Relief Fund. You can donate here. You can watch her part here:
Idina Menzel participated in a virtual Passover seder last night! The event, called Saturday Night Seder, is free to watch and has raised over $375,000 for the CDC Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. (Donate here.)
Idina sang a gorgeous rendition of “The Four Questions” in Hebrew. You can watch her performance above. She was also mentioned at the beginning in a cute bit, and she shared her wish for next year at the end of the show.
Idina Menzel joined The Rosie O’Donnell Show benefit for The Actors Fund on Sunday night. Idina spoke with Rosie about her attempts at cooking, home schooling and more while self isolating. She referenced this absolutely hilarious video of a mom ranting about trying to home school her 4 children. The night was a huge success – they raised over $500,000 for The Actors Fund. You can still donate here.
