It’s safe to say that 2014 is a year Idina Menzel will never forget. The actress and singer chatted with ET about balancing her professional triumphs with her personal challenges over the past year. While Idina rode into 2014 on the huge success of “Let It Go” from […]
This spring, Tony winner Idina Menzel returned to the Broadway stage for the first time in nearly 10 years as the star of If/Then, a thoughtful musical about a woman starting over at the age of 40. It was a fitting role, given Menzel’s other marquee performance—a leading […]
Broadway stars are not typically known for their modesty: it takes a certain amount of self-belief to stand on stage, eight times a week, and hold an audience. And Idina Menzel has been doing that for two decades, ever since she got her break in the original production […]
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, currently starring in If/Then at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, stopped by WNYC Radio’s “Soundcheck” July 24 to record two songs from the new musical; she was also interviewed by host John Schaefer. Menzel, who was joined by composer Tom Kitt, performed “You Learn […]
Hearing From the Women Who Made the Year’s Musicals Sing “You’re not going to get us to pull each other’s hair,” Kelli O’Hara said as she and her four fellow Tony Award nominees for best actress in a musical — one of this year’s most competitive races — […]
Idina Menzel is trying to enjoy her moment. “I’m always afraid to hope for something because I don’t want to be disappointed,” she says in her dressing room at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, home of her current Broadway musical “If/Then.” “And my mom said something once: ‘Instead of […]
If it seems like no song has made a greater impact in 2014 than “Let It Go,” the signature track from Disney’s “Frozen,” that’s no accident. Performed during the film by Idina Menzel, “Let It Go” has become the Internet’s favorite song: a recent Google search for “‘Let […]
Idina Menzel has already talked about how she’s forgiven John Travolta for mispronouncing her name at the Oscars. But that doesn’t mean the moment didn’t throw the Broadway veteran — it did. For a full eight seconds. “I had done this whole preparation to make sure that I […]
From Broadway to ‘Frozen’ and a ‘Gorgeous’ Note From John Travolta The “Frozen” star has a top 10 hit, ‘Fanzels’ who follow her every move, a new Broadway smash and a name (even when mangled) that has gone household “Hey, it’s me.” The whistles and screams that greet […]
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs called it quits on their 10-year marriage last December, and now the Broadway star is opening up about navigating the dating world as a single mom. “It all sucks,” Menzel told “Valentine in the Morning” on his radio show Monday. “I don’t want […]
Tony Award-winning actresses Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who created the respective roles of Elphaba and Glinda — the not-so Wicked Witches of Oz — take a trip down memory lane and individually chat with Playbill about the long-running, hit musical that stormed Broadway ten years ago. “It […]
She’s got the biggest voice on Broadway – and now leading musical actress and Glee star IDINA MENZEL is flexing her vocal cords in the Disney Christmas blockbuster. Lina Das is spellbound When it comes to fanbases, Idina Menzel certainly possesses one of the most proactive in the […]
Idina Menzel can belt it out. This is no secret. Menzel is probably best known for her singing and acting in roles on Broadway in “Rent” and “Wicked,” winning a Tony Award for the latter. She’s also appeared in films and on television shows, so you’d think she’d […]
Emotionally capturing both the poise and vulnerability of a seemingly privileged, majestic princess whose every desire is within her reach can be a difficult challenge for an actor. But Idina Menzel, who began publicly singing as a teenager in part to prove to herself that she could rise […]
There are a few things you probably shouldn’t do right before you call Idina Menzel. You probably shouldn’t shuffle through the WICKED soundtrack on your iPod. You probably shouldn’t head to YouTube and watch that clip of her winning her first Tony Award for that very same musical. […]