{"id":655,"date":"2018-07-04T17:19:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/?p=655"},"modified":"2018-07-04T17:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:55:28","slug":"idina-menzels-tour-stop-is-a-must-see-for-disney-and-broadway-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/idina-menzels-tour-stop-is-a-must-see-for-disney-and-broadway-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Idina Menzel\u2019s Tour Stop Is a Must-see for Disney and Broadway Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

While many can belt out the Broadway soundtracks of hits from Rent and Wicked, and no doubt everyone not living under a rock knows the melody to \u201cLet It Go\u201d from Disney\u2019s Frozen<\/em>, some might not be too familiar with the voice that ties all three together: Idina Menzel.<\/p>\n

The Broadway veteran was long beloved for her powerhouse vocals and dramatic commitment during her portrayal of Maureen in Rent<\/em>. But it was those latter two projects (as well as roles in Fox\u2019s Glee<\/em> and Disney\u2019s Enchanted<\/em>) that solidified Menzel as a star for any fan of entertainment\u2014be it the stage, screen or otherwise\u2014to watch.<\/p>\n

Prior to her September 2 show at the Pearl Concert Theater, the Tony Award\u2013winning chanteuse spoke to Vegas Seven<\/em> about her latest solo tour and how she chooses such fantastic parts.<\/p>\n

Do you like playing Las Vegas?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a little dry for a singer. That\u2019s why Celine Dion put in all those humidifiers in that stage, because all of a sudden your body\u2019s in the desert and it goes a little crazy. I\u2019ve found that I have to try to overcompensate so my voice feels good.<\/p>\n

[Vegas has a] great energy and the audience is amazing. \u2026 It\u2019s my son\u2019s birthday on [the night of] that show, so we might take him somewhere fun during the daytime.<\/p>\n

Will your show be balanced between your recent studio album and the stage songs you\u2019ve recorded?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s gonna be some stuff from the new album and some songs people would expect to hear. \u2026 There are some interesting arrangements that I\u2019ve created with my music director and the band. \u2026 We\u2019ve tried to give them a fresh take without stealing the integrity of the original.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re best known for your work in Rent<\/em>, Wicked<\/em> and Frozen<\/em>, which all carry a theme of acceptance. Is it important for you to choose projects that feature such positive messages?<\/h2>\n

I feel like they choose me almost more than I choose them. I\u2019ve given it a lot of thought. \u2026 Am I putting something out there in the world that attracts these kinds of roles to me? Is it because I need to learn these lessons as well? \u2026 I\u2019m proud of that pattern. I love that there\u2019s a commonality in the roles and message.<\/p>\n

Your son was around 4 years old when <\/b>Frozen<\/i><\/b> came out and his mom was the new Disney princess. Could he recognize your voice when you watched the movie?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Yeah, he recognizes it. He still has a hard time with it all, because as much as he knows it\u2019s a beautiful movie, and even likes it when he watches it once in a blue moon, to him it\u2019s taken mommy from him. It\u2019s allowed a bunch of strangers to know who his mommy is \u2026 so it actually goes a lot deeper than just the Disney princess thing. And that\u2019s okay. I\u2019m glad he can verbalize that.<\/p>\n

With the tour concluding, what other projects are you working on right now? Are you taking some time off or do you have anything else in the works?<\/b><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m definitely gonna take some time off. I miss my house, I miss my boyfriend and being home with my son. Even though I take him on the road with me, I just miss being mom at home. I\u2019m gonna get him back in school and be mom for a little while\u2014well, always, but, you know.<\/p>\n

My sister has a book coming out. [It\u2019s] a memoir about the two of us growing up together and was sort of my idea. It\u2019s beautifully written and it was sort of my alternative to writing a book myself. I said, \u201cYou write it and you can write it about two sisters and echo that dynamic.\u201d So, we\u2019re gonna go out and publicize that because I\u2019m really excited for her. There are a couple other things but nothing to speak of, really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While many can belt out the Broadway soundtracks of hits from Rent and Wicked, and no doubt everyone not living under a rock knows the melody to \u201cLet It Go\u201d from Disney\u2019s Frozen, some might not be too familiar with the voice that ties all three together: Idina […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-45"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Srnq-az","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}