Age is just a number, right? And beauty, as we all know, is only skin-deep. The truth of these consoling clichés is severely tested in “Skintight,” Joshua Harmon’s comedy of acute chronological consciousness, which opened on Thursday in a sharply directed production by Daniel Aukin at the Geffen […]
Skintight, now making its West Coast premiere at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse, is an acerbic, neurotic, heart-achingly funny meditation on family, love, and beauty – and how we quantify, catalog, and value each of those things. Idina Menzel, straight from the off-Broadway production, headlines as Jodi Isaac, a […]
Five-hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes and $1.37 million: such were the themes for Theater Under the Stars’s 50th anniversary season gala last Saturday night, a record-breaking fundraiser for the local performing arts community. The belle of the ball was Idina Menzel, the multi-hyphenate talent best known either as Maureen […]
When Josh Groban spoke to us last week about preparing for his tour opener, he noted the challenge of finding ways to fill an arena space with energy. Mission accomplished. Thursday night, Groban and tour mate Idina Menzel launched their monthlong jaunt from Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth […]
Hot off her heels from Japan, Idina Menzel dazzled an excited crowd Wednesday night at the Sands Event Center. Out on the road for her 50 cities 2017 World tour, Menzel kicked off her state side concerts right here in Bethlehem. “I think it was a good move […]
On April 7, Tony winner Idina Menzel headlined the newly-renovated Nassau Coliseum, where she sang for a hometown crowd.”Hey everybody,” she said, greeting the Long Island crowd. She clarified that she stalled from starting the show on time due to the fact that it was the third show […]
From the moment she stepped on stage, Idina Menzel had captured the unwavering attention of her adoring fans Friday night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The 45-year-old singer-songwriter, actress and Tony award-winning Broadway star offered a stunning set to kick off the 2017 Greek Theatre concert […]
So, if you know anything about Idina Menzel, it’s probably that she’s been on Broadway, been in numerous movies and television shows, has six albums, and does a concert tour. What you might not have expected is that she can really rock, and she proved it Wednesday night in […]
The lights go down and Idina appears onstage with two drumsticks crossed above her head, starting the intro to Queen of Swords. It feels like the entire audience is on first name terms with Idina as soon as she starts to speak, shading her eyes to look out […]
Tony-Award winning singer and actress Idina Menzel kicked off the first night of the North American leg of her world tour on Friday at the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino before a full house. Menzel is best known for her portrayal of Maureen Johnson in the Broadway […]
Idina Menzel of “Frozen,” “Wicked” and “Rent” fame, owns the fact that she’s a diva. At her concert Wednesday night at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheatre, Menzel’s impressive and powerful vocals were front and center, and her raw and self-deprecating personality shone through. After mistaking the Raleigh Convention Center’s […]
With the microphone clutched firmly behind her back and the theater so silent a pin drop could be heard, Idina Menzel belted out the lyrics to “For Good” from “Wicked” high into the rafters as fans watched in awe. Theater-goers have known for years what a talented gem […]
So here’s the type of consummate pro Broadway star Idina Menzel is. It’s the middle of her concert, on a sweltering mid-summer night at the Charlotte Metro Credit Union Ampitheatre on Friday. She’s sitting on the front of the stage setting up the stirring anthem “No Day But […]
Joshua Harmon is the master of the rant. He earned that accolade with his last play, “Admissions,” in which a white prep-school student delivers a lengthy screed on the injustice of his being rejected by Yale after his less worthy biracial friend has been accepted at the Ivy […]
Idina Menzel struck a victorious pose as she launched into “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” the opening number of her winning concert at Starlight Theatre on Wednesday. After enduring a rain delay of 30 minutes, the members the audience of more than 3,000 were warned by Menzel to […]