{"id":530,"date":"2015-10-23T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/?p=530"},"modified":"2015-10-23T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T14:20:23","slug":"idina-menzel-proves-shes-more-than-%e2%80%a8a-disney-queen-with-range-and-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/idina-menzel-proves-shes-more-than-%e2%80%a8a-disney-queen-with-range-and-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Idina Menzel proves she\u2019s more than \u2028a Disney queen with range and style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/launch.newsinc.com\/?type=VideoPlayer\/Single&#038;widgetId=1&#038;trackingGroup=69016&#038;siteSection=bostonherald&#038;videoId=29284507\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" noresize marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Idina Menzel is a working mother with a unique work life.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 10 weeks, the Broadway star and voice of Elsa in \u201cFrozen\u201d toured nine countries and performed 46 concerts. Through the entire trek, Menzel\u2019s 5-year-old son Walker Nathaniel Diggs has been with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been hard but rewarding,\u201d Menzel said just shy of midnight on Wednesday \u2014 her only window for interviews comes post-show (and post-kiddie bedtime).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started out in Korea and then did Japan and the Philippines,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been wonderful to show him the world. But I made my setlist really demanding. I don\u2019t leave myself much room to nap or for getting a cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrozen\u201d and the global phenomenon of \u201cLet It Go\u201d made Menzel a household name \u2014 unless you\u2019re John Travolta, who famously called her Adele Dazeem at the 2014 Oscars. But the 44-year-old has been singing, acting and originating parts for 20 years. She scored a Tony nomination in 1996 for her work in \u201cRent\u201d; eight years later, she took home the statue for playing Elphaba in \u201cWicked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her musical theater roots show up in her setlist \u2014 expect numbers from \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cRent\u201d and Broadway\u2019s golden age. But she has spiked her show with a few unexpected turns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do Ethel Merman and I do Radiohead,\u201d she said. \u201cAs a teenager, I was a singer in a wedding band, so we had to have a repertoire of hundreds of songs. Soul, rock, pop, alternative music, we had to do it all. I may be a Disney princess or queen, but I\u2019m not going to deny any side of my musical self.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her 20s, the singer tried to make the transition from theater to rock \u2019n\u2019 roll. She released an album that chased Alanis Morissette\u2019s style, with a dash more funk and soul. 1998\u2019s \u201cStill I Can\u2019t Be Still\u201d flopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding the perfect balance between the rock world and the theater world was tough,\u201d she said. \u201cFor rock producers, working with a Broadway singer was taboo. I struggled for a while, but Broadway always welcomed me back with open arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Menzel won\u2019t go back to concentrating on her harder \u201990s sound. But she loves that she can slip edgier material into her set.<\/p>\n<p>After her epic summer on the road, Menzel deserves a breather. She\u2019s not going to get much of one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a couple weeks off, and then I\u2019m helping my most recent Broadway show, \u201cIf\/Then,\u201d get started on a national tour,\u201d she said. \u201cOh, I\u2019m also working on a TV pilot. But I promise I\u2019ll take a little break after that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idina Menzel is a working mother with a unique work life. In the past 10 weeks, the Broadway star and voice of Elsa in \u201cFrozen\u201d toured nine countries and performed 46 concerts. 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