If there was any question about singer Idina Menzel’s talent after a rough performance on last year’s “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” or her hesitant singing of the National Anthem at the Super Bowl, she blew it away on the opening song of her concert Tuesday at Sands Bethlehem […]
Broadway star’s concert in San Diego Saturday starts off weak but ends on a strong note A few songs into Idina Menzel’s concert Saturday, a few high notes had been launched to the high heavens, but something was lacking. The usually engaging Menzel — star of “Wicked,” “Rent” […]
No one tried to plug their cell phones into an outlet on the stage last night at Idina Menzel’s World Tour concert. Maybe that’s because it wasn’t a Broadway house, but a concert venue in New Jersey’s suburbs. But, some might think it was Broadway based on the […]
Idina Menzel doesn’t waste any time. Upon taking to the stage at the Saenger Theatre Thursday night (July 30), she launched into the song that made her a Broadway superstar. Opening her New Orleans debut with “Defying Gravity” from “Wicked,” Menzel soared into a high-flying concert. Despite starting […]
Idina Menzel came home for the evening, joined by several thousand friends at the beach. The international star from Syosset, riding the “Frozen” wave of her smash hit “Let It Go,” shared feelings about her Nikon at Jones Beach Theater debut Friday night, following her “Defying Gravity” opening […]
Late in her sold-out Orlando concert, singer-actress Idina Menzel confessed she had been feeling “a little low” before the show began. “Thank you for reviving me and reinvigorating me,” she told the audience at the Walt Disney Theater in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. That’s […]
This diva needs her stage — and Idina Menzel electrified the one at PNC Bank Arts Center on Sunday night. In fact, maybe it’s a good thing PNC isn’t an indoor venue, because she surely would have rattled the walls and blown the roof off, too. From the […]
Welcome to the Idina Menzel World Tour and therapy session, guaranteed to push your emotional buttons and allow the diva on stage to get in tune with all of hers. The “original green girl” of “Wicked” was a little bit naughty, a little bit nice and a little […]
Idina Menzel Wednesday, August 12 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City Divas of the world, pay attention: Idina Menzel is who you should be directing your prayers to. Last night at Starlight, she proved to the audience of around 3,600 that you don’t need a half-dozen costume changes and fancy […]
Idina Menzel may forever be known as the “Frozen” lady. Her big, belting voice gave life to tortured Queen Elsa in the Disney blockbuster. When it finally came time to sing “Let it Go” on Friday at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, she was joined by a chorus […]
As Broadway divas go, Idina Menzel is something of a curiosity. She has nowhere near as much credentials and Tony nominations under her belt as living theater royalty like Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters and Audra McDonald. And no immaculate, crystalline instrument, either, that can hold a candle to […]
If Idina Menzel had the beginnings of a cold, you could not discern that from even the very first note of what was a magical gig for the city, and the first time the Broadway star has performed in Glasgow. Although self-confessedly medicated and drinking honey and lemon […]
Manila, Philippines–After kicking off her world tour in Seoul just a over a week ago, followed by a total of four shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Idina Menzel held Sunday her one-night-only performance in Manila capping the Asian stretch of her 53-city concert performances. New converts and […]
Take her or leave her, living Broadway legend Idina Menzel gave a sold-out crowd of roughly 6,000 fans a show to remember Monday – when she performed at Radio City Music Hall for the first time in a one-night-only concert. Idina Menzel: An Unofficial Countdown to ”Let It […]
New York City has never looked cleaner than it does in “If/Then,” the gleaming drawing board of a musical that opened on Sunday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater, starring the shiny-voiced Idina Menzel. Actually, to find any urban environment that is this spick and span, you’d need […]