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 […]
The last time she played Pittsburgh, Idina Menzel covered Radiohead, belted out Broadway tunes and got into the crowd for a sing-along with “Frozen”-loving little girls. Expect more surprises and eclectic song picks Tuesday, when the Tony- and Grammy-winning Menzel returns to Pittsburgh, this time playing larger Heinz […]
Idina Menzel is a household name (outside of the Travoltas that is), and is beloved by young and old alike. After making her Broadway debut in “Rent,” she won a Tony Award for her performance as Elphaba in “Wicked,” a show that gave us “Defying Gravity”; and she’s the […]
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 […]
Idina Menzel likes to “go with the flow” when she travels, and while the Tuscany region of Italy is one of her favorite places on Earth, she is looking forward to chartering a sailboat and exploring the Greek islands in the foreseeable future. Menzel, 46, an accomplished Broadway […]
As a little girl with a big dream, Idina Menzel thrived through the years with her impeccable vocals and flawless stage presence. Menzel was just 25 when she was cast in her first professional stage role—a spot with the original 1996 Broadway production of Rent. The beginning of […]
In the span of a decade, Idina Menzel soared from vaunted Broadway player to international superstar. Her Tony-winning turn as the misunderstood Elphaba in “Wicked” in 2003 transformed her into a hero to scores of teenage girls. She continued her active theater career, including her 2013 Tony-nominated performance […]
Idina Menzel is back on tour with her first studio effort in nearly a decade If luck is the crossroads where opportunity meets preparation, then it’s clear that Idina Menzel has been going through life with the spiritual equivalent of a four-leaf clover hanging over her head. Menzel […]
It’s past 10pm in Los Angeles and we’re sitting in a TV studio waiting for Idina Menzel to record a live segment for Good Morning Britain, during which Event’s Piers Morgan proceeds to serenade her with a tuneless rendition of Let It Go. The theme song from the […]
For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked numerous pop culture luminaries to write ‘love letters’ to the LGBTQ community. Below, singer and actress Idina Menzel — who originated the Broadway roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked — shares hers. Happy Pride Month! To my LGBTQ friends […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]