Persistence paid off in a big way for students at Aurora-area Catholic grade schools in the Rockford Diocese, thanks to the efforts of Holy Angels School librarian Diane Rodriguez. Rodriguez was instrumental in bringing Tony award-winning Broadway star Idina Menzel and her sister, acclaimed writer and teacher Cara […]
Even before I stepped into Holy Angels School in Aurora, I could almost feel the excitement. Definitely I could hear it, much of the enthusiasm coming from a van full of preschoolers who were returning to Holy Angels to join the other 400-plus students about to meet the […]
To celebrate Tuesday’s publication of Proud Mouse from Disney Legend Idina Menzel (Frozen) and her sister, Cara Mentzel, an acclaimed writer and teacher, we sat down with the siblings for an exclusive chat about the sequel to their children’s picture book Loud Mouse. The new book, with illustrations […]
Sisters Idina Menzel and Cara Mentzel, who grew up in Syosset, have written a second children’s picture book, “Proud Mouse.” It features them as colorful mice in elementary school and hearkens back to Cara’s quest to embrace her own talents when her older sibling had such an enormous one. The release […]
The actor and singer, aged 52, on what she learned by singing at weddings, her childhood dream coming true and battling vanity I think I was born singing. I was always singing around the house as a child. I felt I had something special to share, though I […]
Disco queen — or ‘Drama Queen’ — is seemingly the role the Tony-winner was born to play, as she celebrates being a “mess” and her “biggest, loudest, boldest self.” Broadway and Disney legend Idina Menzel is sitting onstage at Los Angeles’s Grammy Museum, chatting with Yahoo Entertainment music […]
The actress and musician on the culture that made her First paid gig For a wedding when I was 15. I drove illegally to the catering hall in my parents’ 1985 silver Cordoba. The band leader gave me a chance and I remember singing the theme song […]
The Tony winner, best known for her roles in ‘Wicked’ and ‘Frozen,’ is entering a new music era with an unconventional social media rollout Peering through a wrought-iron gate in her backyard, Idina Menzel bobs her head to the beat as she lip-syncs, “Got a beast inside, and […]
The rigors of the road and the pressures of performance are made abundantly clear in “Which Way to the Stage?’’, a new documentary about Idina Menzel that’s streaming on Disney+. Directed by Anne McCabe, “Which Way to the Stage?’’ follows Menzel on a national tour that culminates with […]
Three generations of audiences have come of age to Idina Menzel’s voice. She originated the role of Maureen in “Rent,” Elphaba in “Wicked” — both Broadway musicals — and Elsa in the animated film “Frozen.” Her other film roles include everything from “Uncut Gems” to “Enchanted” and its […]
Idina Menzel has been gracing the stage and screen for over three decades now, and through her successes and trials, she maintains a complexity that doesn’t relegate her to just an actor. The new documentary, she also produced, “Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage” is a rather […]
Every one of us has a dream, and even at my “ripe” old age, the actor in me still fantasizes about being on a Broadway stage. I can’t believe I’m going to admit this in public, but when I hear “Memory” from Cats while I’m running, I belt […]
When Idina Menzel agreed to let a camera crew follow her across the U.S. for a new documentary, she hoped to chronicle the fulfillment of her lifelong dream of taking the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Due out on Disney+ Friday, “Idina Menzel: Which Way to […]
Idina Menzel is pulling back the curtain on her journey with in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Ahead of her documentary Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?, Menzel spoke with PEOPLE about undergoing IVF on tour, and why having another child ultimately “wasn’t meant to be.” The Tony winner has […]
Anyone who doesn’t see Idina Menzel as among our most noteworthy modern voices may be changed for good by this ride through her 2018 nationwide tour. In Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?, premiering December 9 on Disney+, the Glee co-star and Wicked Tony winner — and […]