A whole new generation of viewers will get to experience Beaches via Lifetime’s upcoming original film, but following in the footsteps of legendary actresses Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey was a daunting task for Idina Menzel and Nia Long. Menzel will take over Midler’s role of CC, an […]
Idina Menzel has performed live at the Oscars, starred in the highest-grossing animated film of all time (Disney’s Frozen), and sung for the President of the United States. And yet—even with all that on her resume—starring in Lifetime TV’s remake of Beaches left her absolutely petrified. “I love […]
Whenever Idina Menzel takes any stage on Long Island, she gets hit with a complicated mix of feelings and memories. “It’s emotional for me,” says the Tony-winning Syosset native, who has starred both on Broadway and in the dreams of a generation of kids as the voice of […]
It’s rare to find a performer as prolific and humble as Idina Menzel. The Tony Award-winning icon has made a name for herself both on stage and on screen thanks to starring roles in Rent, Wicked, and most recently Disney’s smash animated feature Frozen. Propelled to a household […]
About every 10 years, an Idina Menzel project makes history. She exploded onto the theater scene in 1994’s Broadway smash hit “Rent” as the vivacious performing artist Maureen. “Rent” went on to win a Pulitzer Prize and remains one of the longest-running Broadway shows in history. In 2003, […]
“When I see a sea of young girls in blue dresses looking up to me, I feel like a phony sometimes.” The Idina Menzel on her new self-titled album is not the theatrical powerhouse vocalist that Broadway and Disney fans have grown to love over the past 20 […]
Idina Menzel is opening up about her divorce from Taye Diggs, and revealing how the painful split helped inspire her new album. Menzel, 45, who recently announced her engagement to actor Aaron Lohr, sat down with PEOPLE Now, and got candid about the influence her breakup had on […]
If you haven’t heard of Idina Menzel, surely you have heard her. The powerhouse singer and actress has starred in Disney’s “Frozen” (she was the voice of Queen Elsa and sang “Let It Go”) and has been in the original Broadway casts of “Rent”” and “Wicked.” Menzel also […]
Idina Menzel is known to some as the green-skinned Elphaba from Wicked. Other fans go farther back and think of her as Maureen from Rent, while her youngest fans recognize her as the voice of magical Elsa in the Disney movie Frozen. When we caught up with the […]
Idina Menzel has the billion-dollar voice – that is billion with a “B.” It is in no small part because of that voice singing the hit song “Let It Go” that Disney’s Oscar-winning animated musical Frozen became the highest-grossing animated film of all time with a $1.2 billion […]
Over the past few years or so, Menzel’s name has been on kinds of marquees – music venues, performance theaters and even film and TV productions. On August 13, it’ll be at the Riverside Theater, as she performs in Milwaukee. For most people, she’s known for her role […]
There’s the Idina Menzel who will look out on a crowd, spot a little girl carrying an “I love you Idina” sign, and invite the kid on stage to get her poster autographed. Then there’s the Idina Menzel who will look out on a crowd, spot an adult […]
Theater fans, buckle your seat belts, because Broadway royalty Adele Dazeem Idina Menzel is about to grace us with her gilded vocal cords July 26 at Smart Financial Centre. The songbird will entertain us with a night of classic pop covers, musical theater favorites, and a handful of songs from […]
After releasing her fifth solo studio album idina. last fall, fans knew – or hoped, at any rate – it was just a matter of time before the tour announcement would be made. When it was then announced that Raleigh was receiving a date toward the middle of […]
In Idina Menzel’s own words, it’s all about making music with her guys. The star of Broadway’s “Wicked” and voice behind the smash it, “Let It Go” from “Frozen” will perform at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Friday at 8 p.m., promising an exhilarating night of music ranging from the stage […]