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Idina Menzel

January 09, 2023

Idina Kim Menzel (/ɪˈdiːnə mɛnˈzɛl/ ih-DEE-nə men-ZEL; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971)[2][3] is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on the Broadway stage and having achieved mainstream success across stage, film and music, Menzel has garnered the honorific title "Queen of Broadway" for her achievements.[4][5] Her accolades include an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for three Drama League Awards and four Drama Desk Awards. In 2019, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to live theatre.

Idina Menzel
Menzel performing at the U.S. Capitol in 2008
Born
Idina Kim Mentzel

(1971-05-30) May 30, 1971 (age 51)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materNYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1995–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2003; div. 2014)​

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(m. 2017)​
Children1
AwardsFull list
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
Labels
Websiteidinamenzel.com

Menzel rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996, making her Broadway debut playing Maureen Johnson in the rock musical Rent, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. After appearing in several smaller-scale stage and Off-Broadway productions, in 2003 Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The popularity of the musical, Menzel's character and song "Defying Gravity" earned her a devoted following among theater fans. After leaving the show in 2005, she reprised the role in the musical's original West End production until the end of 2006, becoming the highest-paid actress in West End theatre history. In 2014, Menzel returned to Broadway as Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If/Then, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination.

Menzel began transitioning to film and television roles in the early 2000s. After reprising her role as Maureen in Rent's 2005 film adaptation, she was cast as Nancy Tremaine in Disney's musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007) and reprised her role in its sequel Disenchanted (2022). She had a recurring role as Shelby Corcoran on the musical television series Glee (2010–2013). Since 2013, Menzel has voiced Elsa in Disney's computer-animated Frozen franchise. "Let It Go", a song she recorded for the first film, became widely popular upon release, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song and reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first Tony Award-winning actor to have a top-10 song on the chart. Menzel also starred in the crime drama film Uncut Gems (2019) and in the jukebox musical film Cinderella (2021).

As a recording artist, Menzel has released six studio albums: Still I Can't Be Still (1998), Here (2004), I Stand (2008), Holiday Wishes (2014), idina. (2016), and Christmas: A Season of Love (2019).

Early life and education

Idina Kim Mentzel was born on May 30, 1971, in Manhattan.[n 1] She grew up in New Jersey until about age three, when her family moved to Syosset, New York, on Long Island.[8][9] Her parents are Stuart Mentzel, a pajama salesman, and Helene Goldberg, a therapist.[10] She has a younger sister named Cara. Menzel is Jewish,[11][12][13] and her grandparents emigrated from Ukrainian Haisyn.[14][15] Menzel attended J. Irving Baylis Elementary School in Plainview, New York, and then Syosset's H. B. Thompson Middle School and Syosset High School.[8][16]

When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar/bat mitzvah singer, a job that she continued throughout her time at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama[17][18] in 1992.[19]

Idina changed the spelling of her surname to "Menzel" to better reflect the pronunciation that the Mentzel family had adopted in the United States.[20] She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in Rent.[10]

In 2017, during an interview with Irish New York–based songwriter Jimmy Walsh, he revealed that, in 1992, Menzel recorded a demo for him of the song "In Your Eyes", which went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 for Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh. Menzel was paid $75 for the recording.[21]

Career

Theater career

Rent to The Wild Party (1996–2000)

In 1995, Menzel auditioned for Rent, which became her first professional theatre job and her Broadway debut. Rent opened Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on January 26, 1996, but it moved to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre due to its popularity. For her performance as Maureen Johnson in the original cast of the musical, Menzel received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical losing to Ann Duquesnay for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. Her final performance in the musical was on July 1, 1997. Despite her breakout performance in Rent, Menzel did not experience the immediate success she was expecting, claiming she subsequently faded into "obscurity" for the following eight years.[22]

Following the success of Rent, Menzel released her first solo album entitled Still I Can't Be Still on Hollywood Records. Menzel also originated the role of Dorothy in Summer of '42 at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, starred as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores! production of Hair and appeared on Broadway as Amneris in Aida. Menzel earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kate in the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2000 Off-Broadway production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. Her other Off-Broadway credits include the pre-Broadway run of Rent and The Vagina Monologues.[23]

Wicked, If/Then, Skintight, to WILD (2003–2021)

In 2003, Menzel starred alongside Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in Wicked, a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Shortly after a San Francisco try-out, Wicked began previews on October 8, 2003, with an official opening night on October 30. Menzel's performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West, garnered critical acclaim, for which she won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.[24] Menzel's character also earned her a devoted fanbase, particularly among young girls who empathized with her misunderstood character,[24][25] as well as a gay following.[26] She can be heard on the show's Original Broadway Cast (OBC) recording. During her penultimate performance on January 8, 2005, she fell through a trap door during the melting scene and cracked a lower rib. This injury prevented her from performing in her final show on January 9. Menzel did, however, make a special appearance, in a red tracksuit, at that performance, performed her last song, and received a five-minute standing ovation.[27] Menzel was replaced by Elphaba standby Shoshana Bean.[28] In 2010, Broadway.com readers voted Menzel their favourite Elphaba performer out of the then-eleven actresses who had played the character on Broadway.[29]

Following Wicked, Menzel appeared Off-Broadway in the Public Theater's production of See What I Wanna See, a Michael John LaChiusa-penned musical whose run ended in December 2005, for which she received Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations. She reprised her Tony Award-winning role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked when it opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 27, 2006.[30] She starred alongside Helen Dallimore as Glinda and Adam Garcia as Fiyero. During her run, she was the highest-paid female performer in the West End at $30,000 per week.[31] Menzel finished her West End run on December 30, 2006. She was succeeded by Elphaba standby Kerry Ellis.[32]

Menzel played the role of Florence in the 21st-anniversary concert of the musical Chess at London's Royal Albert Hall, from May 12 to 13, 2008, alongside Kerry Ellis, Adam Pascal, and Josh Groban. In 2008, she headlined the Powerhouse Theatre's reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical Nero from July 11 to 13, performing the role of Nero's mistress, Poppea.[33] She was joined by Glee costar Lea Michele as Claudia Octavia, Jeffrey Carleson as Nero, and Michael Arden as Octavia's brother, Brittanicus.

By February 28, 2013, Menzel was cast to star as Elizabeth in the new Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey Broadway musical If/Then. Directed by Michael Greif (whom Menzel previously worked within the original production of Rent), it had its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., starting with previews on November 5, 2013, until November 24, 2013. Following the out-of-town tryout, the show moved to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway and began previews on March 4, 2014. It officially opened on March 30, 2014.[34][35] For her performance, Menzel received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical and performed Always Starting Over, but lost to Jessie Mueller for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.[36] If/Then closed on Broadway on March 22, 2015, after 29 previews and 401 regular performances.

Menzel reprised the role of Elizabeth (along with original Broadway cast members Lachanze, James Snyder, and Anthony Rapp) on the first seven stops of the show's national tour from October 2015 to January 2016.[37] She departed the show (along with LaChanze and Snyder) on the last day of the Costa Mesa, California engagement, on January 24, 2016. Her replacement was Jackie Burns (who previously served as Menzel's standby in the Broadway production) starting January 27, 2016, in Dallas, Texas.

Later, in 2018, Menzel was cast as Jodi in Roundabout Theatre Company's World Premiere production of Joshua Harmon's new play Skintight. The show premiered Off Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. It began previews on May 31, 2018, opened on June 21, 2018, and ran for strictly limited engagement till August 26, 2018. The play earned Menzel rave reviews and marking it her first major New York Theater non-musical role. A year later, she reprised her performance in Skintight marking its debut on the West Coast. The production played the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California running from September 3 – October 6, 2019.

While appearing in Skintight, Menzel read for the role of Mary Jane in a workshop for the Broadway rock musical Jagged Little Pill.

In late 2019, Menzel revealed on Twitter that she was working on "a mystery project" with Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell and Eve Ensler (later known as V).[38] In mid-2021, it was announced that this project is Wild: A Musical Becoming, set to perform at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA from December 3, 2021, to January 21, 2022 (she was only scheduled to perform through December 23). It was later announced that she would star as Bea, with contributions to the lyrics.[39] On December 17, due to COVID, it was announced that the show on that day was cancelled; [40] it was later announced that the performance on the following two days and eventually all the following productions are cancelled,[41] making December 16 her last performance.

Music career

Menzel initially struggled to crossover into a solo music career beyond stage musicals, claiming the industry did not take her seriously as a pop or rock singer due to her Broadway origins.[42] Menzel performed at the 1998 Lilith Fair summer concert festival and continues to write and perform original music. She has toured extensively and frequently performs in various venues throughout New York City. She produced and released her debut album, Still I Can't Be Still, for Hollywood Records in 1998. One single from the album, "Minuet," made the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Tracks chart at number 48 in October 1998.[43] Following the album release, she embarked on a promotional tour, but after selling fewer than 10,000 copies in the US and missing the Billboard 200, Menzel's label put the album out of print, and she was dropped from the label. However, the album was re-released once she began to rise to greater fame with her Tony-winning performance in Wicked.

Her second album, Here, was released independently by Zel Records in 2004. Menzel contributed to the soundtrack of Desperate Housewives in 2005. She also appears on Ray Charles's album Genius and Friends, which was also released in 2005, on the track "I Will Be There." In 2007, she appeared on the Beowulf soundtrack singing the end credits song, "A Hero Comes Home." Also, in 2007, Menzel's powerful singing voice led her to be asked to accompany the baritone British X Factor runner-up, Rhydian Roberts, on his debut album, duetting on the song "What If".

Her third solo album, I Stand, was released on January 29, 2008. It includes many new songs, including the lead single, "Brave", the title track "I Stand," and a song released on EP, "Gorgeous." The album debuted at number 58 on the Billboard 200, making it the first solo album by Menzel to make the charts. There are five versions of this album: the original version, the special limited edition, the iTunes version, the Barnes & Noble edition, and the Borders edition. Menzel wrote 9 of the 10 songs on her album, with the song "Forever" writing only by herself.[44]

On April 1, 2008, Menzel kicked off her 2008–2009 I Stand tour in support of her new album performing four sold-out legs. The concert at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City was filmed for the PBS television series Soundstage. Menzel was joined by special guests, superstar Josh Groban and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane.

On November 11, 2008, Menzel released "Hope," written by Paul Hampton, benefiting Stand Up to Cancer. On November 27, 2008, she performed "I Stand" on the M&M's Chocolate float as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[45][46]

On July 19, 2010, Menzel performed "Defying Gravity" and "What I Did For Love" in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House. The concert aired on PBS on October 20, 2010.[47]

In April 2010, Menzel returned to the concert stage embarking on her "Barefoot at the Symphony Tour" in which she was accompanied by major symphony orchestras. Her performances included collaborations with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the North Carolina Symphony, and featured symphonic arrangements by New York composer and producer Rob Mounsey. In October 2011, Menzel returned to London to perform a one-night-only concert in the United Kingdom at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch conducting. Menzel's concert stop in Toronto was filmed at The Royal Conservatory of Music on November 17 and 18, 2011, for her second PBS special. She was accompanied by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch conducting and special guest Taye Diggs, Menzel's then-husband. Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony was released as a live CD and DVD and aired on PBS in March 2012, with Musical Director Rob Mounsey producing.[48]

Menzel announced she would continue live performances in 2012. The first date she announced was July 8, 2012, at Ravinia Festival near Chicago, Illinois.[49] She made her Carnegie Hall solo debut (originally on October 29, 2012).[50] However, due to Hurricane Sandy's impact on New York City, it was postponed until January 13, 2013.[51]

Menzel toured Australia in June 2013 with shows in South Australia, Melbourne, Brisbane, and two at the Sydney Opera House.

On June 17, 2014, during a concert at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, Menzel confirmed that she was working on a Christmas album that would contain original material to be released later that same year. In that concert, she performed one of the original tunes from the album, "December Prayer".[52] The album, Holiday Wishes, was released on October 14, 2014.[53] The album has so far peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, becoming her highest-charting album as a solo lead artist. Holiday Wishes also marked the first that a woman had three different albums (along with the cast recording to Frozen and If/Then) peak within the top 20 within ten months of the release date. Holiday Wishes also become the second-ever Christmas album to chart before Halloween during the SoundScan Era after Garth Brooks's 1992 album Beyond the Season.[54] On November 26, 2014, Menzel announced through her Facebook page that she would be touring during the summer of 2015, making it her first global tour and first time playing shows in Europe and Asia.[55]

Menzel was honored with the Breakthrough Artist award at the 2014 Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony.[56]

Menzel sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" a cappella at Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015.[57][58] Menzel's rendition earned mixed reviews from critics, who praised the quality of her voice but questioned some of her stylistic choices, namely tempo and volume.[59][58][60] In a complementary review, Markos Papadatos of The Digital Journal felt Menzel redeemed her reputation as a strong vocalist after pundits had criticized her live performance of "Let it Go" at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve the previous year.[61]

On August 5, 2016, Menzel announced she would release her eponymous fifth album, on September 23. Of the release, Menzel stated: "I poured my heart out and used my music as a place to kind of figure some things out. It's a really personal album."[62] Marking it as her first original Pop studio album in 8 years since I Stand, the album debuted at # 29 on the US Billboard 200. With the success of the album, Menzel embarked on a World Tour in 2017 that traveled to Asia, Europe, and North America.[63] Menzel's concert stop in Las Vegas was recorded for her second live album entitled idina Live and released on October 12, 2018.[64]

On March 12, 2018, it was announced that Menzel would join Josh Groban for his Bridges Tour. For this tour, she served as Groban's Opening act before joining him later during his set for 2 duets of Lullaby and Falling Slowly. Menzel only performed with Groban on the first leg of North America in various cities, including Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and a sold-out performance at New York's famed Madison Square Garden.[65] The New York City show (entitled Bridges Live From Madison Square Garden) was also filmed and released in Movie Theaters & later a Live CD & DVD release with an airing on PBS.[66]

On May 11, 2019, it was revealed that she had signed to Scooter Braun and SB Projects for music management.[1] On October 18, 2019, Menzel released her second holiday album entitled Christmas: A Season of Love from School Boy and Decca Records on October 18, 2019.[67] It debut at # 2 on Billboard's US Top Holiday Albums. In support of it, Menzel embarked on a three-city concert tour in the east coast including a sold-out return to New York's Carnegie Hall.

On October 11, 2022, Menzel announced on her Instagram page that she would be releasing a concert special on Disney+ on December 9 titled Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?. The special will consist of concert footage from Madison Square Garden in New York. The title is a nod to Menzel's first line as Maureen in Rent.[68]

Film and television career

After minor roles in Kissing Jessica Stein and Just a Kiss, Menzel had supporting roles in The Tollbooth and Water in 2004. Her first major role in a major film was in 2005 when she reprised her role as Maureen Johnson in the film adaptation of Rent. She was nominated for several critics circle awards for the part.

In 2007, Menzel appeared in the musical romantic comedy film Enchanted as Nancy Tremaine, the fiancée of Patrick Dempsey's character Robert and Giselle's (Amy Adams) romantic rival.[69] Despite being a musical, Menzel famously does not sing in the film;[70] a duet songwriters Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz had written for her character was ultimately not used.[71] Menzel was offered the role without auditioning and was flattered that Disney cast her based solely on her acting abilities.[71][72] Menzel explained that having her character sing would have made little sense narrative-wise, due to Nancy belonging to the reality-based New York world as opposed to the film's more fantastical characters.[71] She opted to portray Nancy with vulnerability as opposed to "a typical mean girlfriend that everyone's going to hate."[72] Enchanted was a critical and commercial success,[73] but The Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt accused the film of wasting Menzel's talent,[74] while Jim Lane of the Sacramento News & Review felt the actress was underused.[75] However, Screen Rant's Mel Hall found Menzel's performance compelling.[76] Menzel reprised her role in the sequel Disenchanted released in 2022,[77] in which her character sang for the first time.[78][79]

Menzel had a recurring guest star role in the television series Glee playing Shelby Corcoran, the coach of the rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. When the series first premiered, Glee fans (known collectively as 'Gleeks') had noted a strong physical resemblance between Menzel and Lea Michele, who portrays the character of Rachel Berry. According to her then-husband, actor Taye Diggs, Menzel had expressed interest in possibly guest-starring as the biological mother of Rachel.[80] The character was introduced in the episode "Hell-O". Lea Michele and Idina Menzel sing together "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables and "Poker Face" originally by Lady Gaga. Menzel returned to Glee in season 3 episode "I Am Unicorn", her role this time as a teacher causing trouble for Rachel, Quinn, Puck, and former flame Will Schuster.[81]

In 2013, Menzel voiced Elsa, a young queen struggling with her magical ability to control ice and snow, in Disney's 3D computer-animated musical film Frozen.[82] After she failed to secure the lead role in Disney's Tangled (2010), the studio rediscovered Menzel's Tangled audition while casting Frozen,[83] which Tangled's casting director had secretly recorded on her phone.[84] Loosely based on the titular villain in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen", Menzel's character was re-written into a misunderstood heroine for Disney's adaptation, prompted by songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez's creation of her anthem "Let It Go".[85] They wrote "Let it Go" with Menzel in mind due to its demanding vocal range.[86] Released to critical acclaim, Frozen became the highest-grossing animated film at the time of its release,[87] earning $1.27 billion worldwide.[88] Film critics praised Menzel's performance, particularly her rendition of "Let It Go", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song became a global pop culture phenomenon,[89] with several fans uploading covers and parodies to the internet.[42][88] "Let It Go" was also a successful radio single; peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, the song's placement made Menzel the first Tony Award-winning actor to earn a top-10 song on the chart.[90][91][92] "Let it Go" ultimately became one of the best-selling songs of 2014, selling 10.9 million copies and out-performing Demi Lovato's pop version.[93][94][42] Although Disney Music Group president Ken Bunt claims they had always intended to release Menzel's rendition as a single after Lovato's, the success of Menzel's version on pop radio was considered surprising due to its non-commercial sound.[95] Menzel has since reprised her role of Elsa in most of her appearances including video games such as the Disney Infinity series and Kingdom Hearts III,[96] the 2015 short film Frozen Fever, the 2017 featurette short film Olaf's Frozen Adventure, the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet, and for the 2019 sequel Frozen II.[97][98][99][100]

Menzel sang "Let it Go" live at the 86th Academy Awards in March 2014, where the song had been nominated for (and eventually won) the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Before her performance, actor John Travolta mispronounced her name as "Adele Dazeem" while introducing her to the stage, and the mispronunciation subsequently became a viral Internet meme.[101] Menzel was not upset about the mispronunciation.[102] In response to the misnaming, she reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem, noting her past work in Nert (Rent), Wicked-ly (Wicked) and Farfignugen (a play on the word Fahrvergnügen, referring to Frozen).[103][104] Three days after the ceremony, Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name.[103] At the 87th Academy Awards, Menzel presented the award for Best Original Song alongside Travolta where she jokingly introduced him as "Glom Gazingo". Travolta then finally pronounced her name correctly when he appeared on stage.[105]

Menzel starred as C.C. Bloom in the Lifetime TV movie remake of the film Beaches,[106] which aired on January 21, 2017.[107]

She was announced to star on the Ellen DeGeneres-produced sitcom Happy Time,[108] but, as of October 15, 2019, this project appears to have been shelved.

She starred alongside Adam Sandler playing his wife Dinah Ratner in the 2019 crime film Uncut Gems.

In 2021, Menzel co-starred alongside Camila Cabello, Billy Porter and James Corden in Kay Cannon's jukebox musical adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale, playing Cinderella's stepmother Vivian.[109] Despite admiring actresses who played the role prior, Menzel strove to eschew "the archetypal kind of idea of the straight-ahead evil nemesis" in favor of exploring the trauma behind the character's cruel nature.[110] Menzel also wrote and recorded an original song for her character entitled "Dream Girl".[111] Cinderella received mixed reviews upon release,[112] but Menzel's performance was praised. Commending her chemistry with Cabello, IndieWire's Kristen Lopez said she plays the character "deliciously",[113] while Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times described Menzel as "her usual spectacular self" and "arguably the most nuanced and empathetic 'evil' stepmother in 'Cinderella' history".[114] Michael Calleri of the Niagara Gazette said Menzel delivers the film's best performance, writing she has enough talent "to give [her character's] banality a boost."[115] She will also star in American Murderer directed by Matthew Gentile[116] and You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah directed by Sammi Cohen, with co-stars Adam Sandler and Sarah Sherman.[117]

During the ongoing time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Menzel created and launched a brand new YouTube web series for children entitled Idina's Treehouse. The series featured Menzel from her treehouse out in her Los Angeles home that originally was built for her son Walker Nathaniel Diggs. It features a full set of songs, stories, and appearances from Menzel's family and friends.[118]

Artistry

Voice and influences

 
Menzel identifies singer Barbra Streisand (pictured) as one of her main musical influences, to whom she has often been compared vocally.[119][120][121]

Menzel possesses a mezzo-soprano vocal range that spans approximately three octaves.[93][86][122][123][124] For the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sharon Eberson wrote that Menzel's voice "could be categorized as coquettish to flat-out belter and everything in between—and with a stage presence to match—she usually is labeled a mezzo-soprano. But why pigeonhole someone so intriguingly offbeat?"[125] Eberson observed that she "interprets songs as much as an actress as a singer," believing, "therein lies her connection to the music and her fans."[125] Describing Menzel as a loud soprano similar to Broadway actress Ethel Merman, Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote "The sound she creates when she belts ... is a primal cry embedded in her being that insists that we listen and pay attention."[125] Holden observed that her voice can alternate between "babyish and demanding, or it can sound grand and imperial" depending on the song choice.[126] According to Andrew Gans of Playbill, Menzel has "one of the most unique voices of her generation, a pliable alto that can be sweet and girlish in its middle register and then easily soar to pop-influenced top notes way above high C."[25] Frozen songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez described Menzel's voice as "a warm hug" with "this warmth and this vulnerability down low. And then, as you bring her higher and higher, she gets stronger and stronger, and more powerful. She just reaches into your soul when she’s singing these big, giant songs."[85]

Menzel is known for her signature high belting style; The Kennedy Center website cites Menzel as a prime example of a "Broadway Belter" who uses the technique to her advantage.[127] Theater critic Charles Isherwood said the singer "has a voice that is very much her own," describing it as "totally distinctive" with "a great belt and a great range."[128] Describing Menzel's voice as "husky ... which sometimes veers toward shrieking until she effortlessly reins herself in or, amazingly, kicks it up another notch," Melissa Ruggieri of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution believes she possesses "a superior instrument" both live and in-studio.[129] Explaining her own technique, Menzel said she avoids moving her shoulders while singing and prefers "to take a smaller breath for a bigger, longer note because there's less air that will come pummeling out."[130] She also maintains her voice by constantly steaming and practicing vocal warm ups,[128] describing her routine as "very ritualistic" and "disciplined".[131] Despite her live vocals earning consistent acclaim,[119][132] some critics have criticized Menzel's belting for sounding "screechy".[133] Schuyler Velasco of The Christian Science Monitor observed that the singer "made a career out of belting notes that would fry the vocal chords of mere mortals", but felt the emotion of her performances sometimes suffers at the hands of her vocal proficiency.[60] Velasco cited her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XLIX as an example of Menzel sacrificing excitement and inspiration for technique, yet delivering an adequate performance nonetheless.[60] Menzel addressed such criticisms during a 2014 concert, explaining that she wishes to sing loud, proud and "from the heart" like her idols Merman and Aretha Franklin.[133] Tim Smith of The Baltimore Sun wrote that Menzel's "high-wattage vocal cords and intense phrasing ... [make] a mark whenever she sings."[128] Menzel admits that she finds some of her most famous songs challenging, namely songs from the Frozen films, which "push her to vocal extremes" and require constant warming up and sometimes lowering the key for live performances.[85] The term "powerhouse" has often been used in the media to describe Menzel's vocal ability.[134][135][136][137][138]

Menzel's vocal style has drawn comparisons to singer Barbra Streisand, whose song "Don't Rain on My Parade" she often covers, including in tribute to her at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors.[119][139] Menzel said she had long aspired to have a career as successful as Streisand to whose Jewish upbringing Menzel has also been compared, with fans deeming her "the next big Jewish icon in music".[119] Menzel was particularly inspired by Streisand's performance in the film A Star is Born (1976),[140] and cites singers Franklin, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Chaka Khan and Sarah Vaughan among her vocal idols.[22][141][142] Despite emulating her inspirations, Menzel claims she maintains the importance of "finding [her] own voice."[22] Some critics have dubbed Menzel "the Streisand of her generation".[120][121][143] Similar comparisons have been drawn between Menzel and singer Bette Midler.[119]

Musical style

Professionally trained as a classical singer from age eight, Menzel decided to pursue different genres such as R&B and jazz once she began high school.[144] Upon becoming a wedding singer, Menzel was eventually exposed to a wide variety of musical genres, ranging from jazz to rock and Motown,[144] and would often experiment with new arrangements of traditional songs.[131] She credits her wedding singer background with training her to improvise new vocal arrangements, which in turn helps her ad-lib alternative versions of songs when she is feeling unwell or her voice is tired.[131] Her set lists tend to incorporate an eclectic combination of original material and covers of popular pop, rock, musical theatre and film songs,[145] selecting an assortment of songs she expects fans want to hear and feels inspired to attempt new interpretations of.[146] Jay Handelman of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune opined that Menzel's song choices "reinforce her own offbeat personality."[145] According to Menzel, her song selections usually indicate a milestone, choosing to convey a stories and memories about her life using music.[135] Menzel often opts to perform barefoot in concert, which has become a trademark of her live performances.[133] She also enjoys conversing with audience members in-between musical performances.[121] In addition to her vocal prowess, Menzel has been noted for her charming and witty banter;[121][147] Smith described her as "a pro at delivering stage banter and as quick on the draw with one-liners as seasoned stand-up comedians."[128] On her stage presence, The Denver Post critic Ray Mark Rinaldi wrote that Menzel delivers "the kind of self-assurance that can only come from beating out Kristin Chenoweth for a Tony. She comes out on stage, dressed like she doesn’t care, acting a little dizzy, but knowing all along she’s gonna hit the right notes."[148]

Menzel has become closely associated with songs about self-empowerment,[146][149] specifically her Signature Songs "Defying Gravity" and "Let it Go".[150] Discussing Disney author Amy M. Davis believes Menzel's voice "has become associated with rebellion for Broadway fans."[150] However, the artist claims such themes have made her feel fraudulent at times because she herself does not always feel empowered.[22] Subsequently, she began incorporating more emotional material into her sets, such as Radiohead's "Creep".[22][146] Although Menzel co-writes most of her own material as a singer-songwriter,[111][151][152][153] she considers herself a collaborator rather than a songwriter, explaining that she prefers working with professional songwriters or producers: "They start playing some music, and I like to sing… I can sing melodies, I come up with titles and lyrical ideas, but I’m really not good at making decisions."[131] She has frequently collaborated with songwriter and producer Glen Ballard, and tends to draw upon lyrics from her personal diary and melodies from a tape recorder.[141] Menzel claims she has never completed writing a song entirely on her own, finding the process to be too stressful: "I never had a good song that I wrote, so to ... act like I’m this great songwriter, I would be just a fraud. But, I’m good at bringing myself to it—being a good collaborator in the room.”[131] She cites Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox among her musical influences, describing them as "singer-songwriters who had these amazing voices but also were incredible storytellers and lyricists", while expressing admiration for musicians Bono, Sting and Seal.[141] The Ithacan's Preston Arment observed that "what Menzel may lack in songwriting ability, she makes up for with stunning vocals that remind us why listeners will never stop loving her."[154] AllMusic biographer Marcy Donelson described Menzel's studio albums as a combination of Adult Alternative, vocal, and contemporary pop music.[155] Menzel's fifth studio album, which she considers to be her most personal to-date, contains a combination of ballads and upbeat tracks that explore themes about home, personal loss, empowerment,[154] relationships and starting over, much of which was inspired by her divorce from Taye Diggs.[152][137] Bailey Flynn of The Heights believes the album demonstrates several trademarks for which Menzel has become known: "power ballads that give her huge vocal range and mind-blowing control all the chance they need to show off."[137]

Menzel described performing her own songs live as "scarier" than singing covers or songs from established shows because "You're a little bit more transparent. There's no costume or character I'm hiding behind ... yet sometimes it's more rewarding because of that", describing the feeling of hearing fans sing songs she has written herself as "incredible".[141]

Legacy and public image

Menzel is considered to be among the greatest Broadway performers of her generation,[132][156][157] possessing one of the most recognized and sought-after singing voices in the industry.[76][158] Her success on Broadway has earned her the honorific nickname "Queen of Broadway" from several media publications.[159][160][161][162][163][164] In 2019, Oliver Jones of The New York Observer called her "one of the defining Broadway voices of our time".[165] Jenny Singer of Glamour declared Menzel one of history's greatest musical theater vocalists,[166] while Melina Gills of Tribeca Film described her as "an icon and one of the most celebrated presences on the singing stage".[22] The Toronto Sun's Jim Slotek dubbed her "this generation's Broadway icon".[167] In a 2020 retrospective, Cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith crowned Menzel the best vocalist of 2013, writing that "Let it Go" only cemented her legacy as "one of Broadway’s greatest stars of all time".[156] The previous year, BroadwayWorld recognized Menzel as one of the decade's 10 most defining Broadway stars.[168] Time Out ranked Menzel Broadway's 19th greatest female performer of all-time, recognizing that she established a "stratospheric reputation" based almost entirely on the popularity of only two roles: Rent and Wicked.[169] Examining the endurance of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, Vulture.com's Jackson McHenry attributes the song's popularity to Menzel's powerhouse vocals, believing few singers can service the ballad as successfully as Menzel.[170]

Menzel's successful crossover from stage actress to television, film and music star have been discussed at length,[171] with Redbook dubbing her "One of [Broadway's] biggest crossover success stories."[172] Menzel's biography on Starz describes her as "a stage to screen success story" and "the type of star they really don't make anymore".[123] Original Broadway cast recordings of Rent and If/Then, both albums prominently featuring Menzel as a soloist, debuted within the top-20 of the Billboard 200.[90] In a 2014 article, Billboard wrote that Menzel's crossover success "bodes well for Broadway's would-be stars", while the popularity of "Let it Go" "kicked open the door for future composers of stage and screen."[173] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch credits "Let it Go" (and Travolta's mispronunciation of her name at the Academy Awards) with re-establishing Menzel as a household name among fans across the theater, television and film communities, arguably more-so than her stage credits did,[147] while Hollywood.com's said the film "cemented Idina’s transition from Broadway superstar to overall superstar".[171] When Menzel returned to Broadway in 2014 after the success of Frozen, Suzy Evans of Billboard observed that audience response was more akin to that of a "rock star" than a stage actor.[174] Menzel's fanbase has nicknamed themselves "Fanzels".[174] In addition to her perceived authenticity, Isherwood attributes the artist's large following to the successes of Rent and Wicked: "two era-defying, hugely successful Broadway musicals".[128] Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian credits both shows with solidifying her reputation as one of the industry's "most dynamic musical theatre stars".[175] According to The Salt Lake Tribune contributor Sheena McFarland, the artist has remained influential for over two decades, since her first appearance on Broadway.[135] She has been described as "Broadway royalty", due to a combination of her successful stage career and voicing royalty in Disney media.[161][176]

As an actress, Menzel has earned a reputation for playing misunderstood characters both on stage and in film,[111] believing she gravitates towards more complex female roles.[110][177] She acknowledged a combination of power and vulnerability as common theme among characters she has played.[178] According to the Irish Independent, Menzel has become "a go-to actress for producers looking for a feisty female lead" based on her successes as Maureen, Elphaba and Elsa,[179] while The Globe and Mail's Courtney Shea believes she "forged her career playing strong and sensational females".[178] Menzel believes Broadway has always offered compelling roles for women of all ages, while Hollywood is much more susceptible to ageism and sexism.[179] Menzel is largely viewed as a role model towards young women, particularly due to her role as Elsa which has earned her a large following among predominantly female Frozen fans.[180] Although she takes her responsibility as a role model seriously,[180] she has stated that she does not always feel like a role model in her personal life and feels uncomfortable bearing the responsibility at times.[179][181] Diana Bunici of Evoke.ie dubbed Menzel "the voice of the new generation".[134] In 2014, Menzel was awarded "Breakthrough Artist" by Billboard.[142] "In November 2019, Menzel and actress Kristen Bell, who plays her sister in Frozen, received neighboring stars—Menzel's was the 2682nd and Bell's was the 2681st—on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[182][183] Menzel was inducted into the live theatre category.[184] Menzel is also among the wealthiest Broadway performers, due in part to her television, film and music careers.[185] In 2022, Menzel was announced as a recipient of a Disney Legends Award for her outstanding contributions to the Walt Disney Company.[186]

In 2022, Menzel co-wrote a children's book with her sister, Cara Mentzel, called Loud Mouse with illustrations by Jaclyn Sinquett. The book is semi-autobiographical about a mouse named Dee who loves to sing loudly. The book was published by Disney-Hyperion on September 27, 2022.[187] In promotion of the book, Menzel released "The Loud Mouse Song", which she co-wrote with Laura Veltz, on September 23, 2022.[188]

Personal life

Menzel married Taye Diggs on January 11, 2003. They met in 1995 during the original production of Rent, in which Diggs portrayed Benjamin Coffin III, the landlord.[189] On September 2, 2009, she gave birth to their son.[190] In late 2013, it was reported that Menzel and Diggs had separated after 10 years of marriage.[191]

Menzel began dating actor Aaron Lohr, and in August 2015, they bought a home together in Encino, Los Angeles.[192] On September 23, 2016, Menzel announced that she and Lohr were engaged.[193][194] They were married over the weekend of September 22, 2017.[195]

Menzel identifies as a feminist, saying, "I love that I play all of these strong women. But they're not just strong—they're women who have a really deep vulnerability and need to go through a journey in order to harness their power."[196]

Philanthropy

Menzel was an honorary chair of the Imperial Court of New York's Annual Charity Coronation Ball, Night of A Thousand Gowns, on March 21, 2009, sharing the title with Elton John, Patti LuPone, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Rivers, and Robin Strasser.[197]

On May 17, 2009, Menzel performed at a special benefit concert in Atlanta, Georgia, to raise money for the Pace Academy Diversity Program in coordination with the Ron Clark Academy.[198] The event resulted in the funding of two scholarships for Ron Clark Academy students to attend Pace Academy. The event was organized and hosted by Philip McAdoo, a former Rent cast member and current Diversity Program Director at Pace Academy.[199][200]

In 2010, Menzel founded the A BroaderWay Foundation with then-husband Taye Diggs as a means of supporting young people in the arts. A BroaderWay sponsors camp programs, theater workshops, and innovative educational programming, and offers scholarships and opportunities to experience professional performances. In Summer 2011, Camp BroaderWay welcomed girls from under-served metro New York communities to a 10-day performing arts camp, run by Menzel and a team of acclaimed professional Broadway artists including Taye Diggs. During this camp, the girls collaborated with Broadway artists to write an original musical that was performed at a theatre in New York. The camp was held at Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox, Massachusetts.[201]

Menzel has long-championed LGBT rights by partnering with organizations like The Trevor Project,[202] the Give A Damn Campaign (filming a public service announcement[203] and designing a T-shirt[204]) and the NOH8 Campaign, posing for one of their trademark duct-taped silence photos.[205]

In April 2014, Menzel presented at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition with Bryan Cranston, Fran Drescher, and Denzel Washington, after raising donations at her Broadway show If/Then.[206]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Bridesmaid
2002 Just a Kiss Linda
2004 Water Jessy Turner
The Tollbooth Raquel Cohen-Flaxman
2005 Rent Maureen Johnson
2006 Ask the Dust Vera Rivkin
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Herself Recorded "Lullaby of Broadway" for the end credits
Enchanted Nancy Tremaine
Beowulf Herself Recorded "A Hero Comes Home" for the end credits
2013 Frozen Elsa (voice)
2015 Frozen Fever Short film
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Beaches Cecilia Carol “C.C.” Bloom Recorded ”Wing Beneath my Wings”
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Elsa (voice)
2019 Uncut Gems Dinah Ratner
Frozen II Elsa (voice)
2021 Cinderella Vivian
2022 American Murderer Melanie
Disenchanted Nancy Tremaine
2023 Trolls 3 TBA (voice)
TBA Latchkey Kids TBA Filming
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Hercules: The Animated Series Circe (voice) 1 episode
2004 Rescue Me Carol
Broadway on Broadway Herself Television film
2005 Kevin Hill Francine Prescott 2 episodes
2009 Soundstage Herself Season 7, episode 2
Private Practice Lisa King 2 episodes
Great Performances: Chess in Concert Florence Vassy 1 episode
2010–2013 Glee Shelby Corcoran 12 episodes
2010 A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House Herself PBS Special
Wonder Pets The Queen of Hearts (voice) Episode: "Adventures in Wonderland"
Sesame Street Herself 1 episode
2011 The Glee Project Episode: "Theatricality"
Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony PBS Special
2013 The Broadway.com Show 3 episodes
2015 Arthur Dr. Paula (voice) Episode: "Shelter from the Storm"
2016 Lego Frozen Northern Lights Elsa (voice)
2017 Beaches Cecilia Carol "C. C." Bloom Television film
Julie's Greenroom Herself Episode: "The Show Must Go On"
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Guest Announcer Series 14, episode 7
2018 A Very Wicked Halloween Herself / Elphaba
Celebrity Undercover Boss Undercover as Helen Gold Stars in episode 2
Mickey's 90th Spectacular Herself Television special
2019 Rent: Live [207]
2020 The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II Television special
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 Disney+ Docuseries
2021 Musicals: The Greatest Show Television special
2022 Harmonious Live! Herself / Host Disney+ livestream
Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage? Herself Disney+ documentary

Video games

Other

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Super Bowl XLIX Herself National Anthem
2015–2016 Sirius Satellite Radio Guest DJ Radio show;
20 episodes
2020 GEICO Tax Attorney Commercial Herself Singing to GEICO customer
Idina's Treehouse[211] Host YouTube

Discography

Main article: Idina Menzel discography

Theatre and concerts

Theatre

Year Production Role Venue Dates Notes
1994 Rent Maureen Johnson New York Theatre Workshop October 27 – November 6, 1994
1996 Nederlander Theatre April 29, 1996 – July 1, 1997
2000 The Wild Party Kate Manhattan Theatre Club February 24 – April 9, 2000
Summer of '42 Dorothy Norma Terris Theatre August 10 – September 3, 2000
2001 Hair Sheila New York City Center May 3–7, 2001
Aida Amneris Palace Theatre September 13, 2001 – January 27, 2002
2002 The Vagina Monologues Performer Westside Theatre March 5 – April 14, 2002
Funny Girl (concert) Fanny Brice New Amsterdam Theatre September 23, 2002 (Performed "Cornet Man")
2003 Wicked Elphaba George Gershwin Theatre October 8, 2003 – January 8, 2005
2005 See What I Wanna See Kesa /
The Wife (Lily) /
The Actress (Deanna) 		The Public Theatre October 30 – December 4, 2005
2006 Wicked Elphaba Apollo Victoria Theatre September 7 – December 30, 2006
2008 Chess in Concert (concert) Florence Vassy Royal Albert Hall May 12–13, 2008
Nero Poppaea Sabina Powerhouse Theater July 11–13, 2008
2014 If/Then Elizabeth Vaughan Richard Rodgers Theatre March 30, 2014 – March 22, 2015
2015 — October 13, 2015 – January 26, 2016 National tour
2018 Skintight Jodi Isaac Laura Pels Theatre May 31 – August 26, 2018
2019 Geffen Playhouse September 3 – October 12, 2019 LA production of Skintight
2021 Wild: A Musical Becoming Bea American Repertory Theater Scheduled: Dec 3–23, 2021[212] Actual: Dec 3–16, 2021[41] World premiere of musical

Concerts

First Date Last Date Title # of Performances Notes
November 3, 1998 November 24, 1998 Still I Can't Be Still Tour 12
April 1, 2008 March 28, 2009 I Stand tour 50 Special guest appearances from Josh Groban and Ravi Coltrane. The January 15, 2009, concert at the Lincoln Center was filmed for a special on the PBS series Soundstage.
April 24, 2010 July 21, 2013 Barefoot at the Symphony Tour 101 Menzel was often accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch, as well as various symphonies including the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony. Some concerts featured guest appearances from Taye Diggs and various audience members. The performance in Toronto on March 6, 2012, was filmed for a PBS special and DVD and recorded for a live album.
May 30, 2015 October 3, 2015 World Tour 54 This is her first world tour. She held concerts in South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the UK, Ireland, the US, Belgium, and Canada.[213][214]
March 29, 2017 September 3, 2017 Idina World Tour 57 Performances in the US, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, Japan, and the UK.
October 18, 2018 November 18, 2018 Bridges Tour 18 Menzel was the Opening Act for the first North American leg. She later joined Josh Groban on two duets during his set.
December 6, 2019 December 11, 2019 A Season of Love Tour 3 In support of her second holiday album Christmas: A Season of Love

Other

Date Title Notes
August 1998 Lilith Fair August 6 show in Cleveland, August 8 show in Cincinnati, August 9 show in Pittsburgh, and August 10 show in Hershey.
December 7, 2000 SH-K-Boom's Cutting Room
May/June 2001 Joe's Pub Shows on May 12, 19, and June 2.
October 7, 2002 Ars Nova
December 13, 2004 The Zipper Factory Here promotional concert.
August 2005 Provincetown Theatre & Regatta Bar August 18–21 in Provincetown, and 26 and 27 in Boston.
September 4, 2005 The Hot Tin Roof
September 17, 2007 Hulu Theater
January 29, 2008 Virgin Megastore
July 19, 2010 A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House Other singers included Brian D'Arcy James, Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald, and the touring cast of Hairspray. The concert aired on PBS on October 20, 2010. Menzel sang Defying Gravity and What I Did For Love.
June 16, 2014 Radio City Music Hall Concert
November 27, 2014 iHeart Radio: Holiday Wishes iHeart Radio had Menzel perform a concert that they used a TV/Radio special. The concert features a guest appearance from Menzel's fellow If/Then cast member Tamika Lawrence and promoted her new album, Holiday Wishes.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel

Theater

Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
1995 Obie Award Special Citations Rent Won
1996 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Wild Party Nominated
2004 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Wicked Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Award Best Lead Actress in a Musical Won
Best Diva Performance Won
Best Onstage Pair (w/ Kristin Chenoweth) Won
2005 Drama Desk Award Best Lead Actress in a Musical See What I Wanna See Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Award Favorite Diva Performance Nominated
Favorite Ensemble Performance Nominated
2006 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award Best Actress in a Musical Wicked Won
2014 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical If/Then Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Broadway.com Audience Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical Won
Best Onstage Pair (w/ James Snyder) Won
Best Diva Performance Nominated
2018 Drama League Award Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Honoree

Film

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2005 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Rent Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
Best Song Performance Nominated
2013 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Female Frozen Nominated
2014 World Music Award Best Song Written for Film Won
Satellite Award Best Original Song Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice Music: Single Nominated
Choice Actress: Voice Won
Billboard Music Award Top Streaming Video Nominated
Top Soundtrack Won
American Music Awards Top Soundtrack Won
2020 Teen Choice Awards Favorite Voice Actress Frozen II Nominated

Television

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2010 Teen Choice Award Choice Music: Group Glee Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ While her birthplace has been varyingly reported as either the New York City borough of Queens or the town of Syosset, New York,[6][7] Menzel clarified in 2019, "[M]y parents lived in Queens and I was born at NYU Hospital in Manhattan."[8]

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idina, menzel, idina, menzel, née, mentzel, born, 1971, american, actress, singer, particularly, known, work, musicals, broadway, stage, having, achieved, mainstream, success, across, stage, film, music, menzel, garnered, honorific, title, queen, broadway, ach. Idina Kim Menzel ɪ ˈ d iː n e m ɛ n ˈ z ɛ l ih DEE ne men ZEL nee Mentzel born May 30 1971 2 3 is an American actress and singer Particularly known for her work in musicals on the Broadway stage and having achieved mainstream success across stage film and music Menzel has garnered the honorific title Queen of Broadway for her achievements 4 5 Her accolades include an American Music Award a Billboard Music Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Drama League Awards and four Drama Desk Awards In 2019 she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to live theatre Idina MenzelMenzel performing at the U S Capitol in 2008BornIdina Kim Mentzel 1971 05 30 May 30 1971 age 51 New York City U S Alma materNYU Tisch School of the Arts BFA OccupationsActresssingerYears active1995 presentSpouse s Taye Diggs m 2003 div 2014 wbr Aaron Lohr m 2017 wbr Children1AwardsFull listMusical careerGenresBroadwaypopvocalrockInstrumentsVocalsLabelsHollywoodWarnerVerveSchoolboy 1 Websiteidinamenzel wbr comMenzel rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996 making her Broadway debut playing Maureen Johnson in the rock musical Rent which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical After appearing in several smaller scale stage and Off Broadway productions in 2003 Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical The popularity of the musical Menzel s character and song Defying Gravity earned her a devoted following among theater fans After leaving the show in 2005 she reprised the role in the musical s original West End production until the end of 2006 becoming the highest paid actress in West End theatre history In 2014 Menzel returned to Broadway as Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If Then for which she received a third Tony Award nomination Menzel began transitioning to film and television roles in the early 2000s After reprising her role as Maureen in Rent s 2005 film adaptation she was cast as Nancy Tremaine in Disney s musical fantasy film Enchanted 2007 and reprised her role in its sequel Disenchanted 2022 She had a recurring role as Shelby Corcoran on the musical television series Glee 2010 2013 Since 2013 Menzel has voiced Elsa in Disney s computer animated Frozen franchise Let It Go a song she recorded for the first film became widely popular upon release winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song and reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 making her the first Tony Award winning actor to have a top 10 song on the chart Menzel also starred in the crime drama film Uncut Gems 2019 and in the jukebox musical film Cinderella 2021 As a recording artist Menzel has released six studio albums Still I Can t Be Still 1998 Here 2004 I Stand 2008 Holiday Wishes 2014 idina 2016 and Christmas A Season of Love 2019 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Theater career 2 1 1 Rent to The Wild Party 1996 2000 2 1 2 Wicked If Then Skintight to WILD 2003 2021 2 2 Music career 2 3 Film and television career 3 Artistry 3 1 Voice and influences 3 2 Musical style 4 Legacy and public image 5 Personal life 6 Philanthropy 7 Filmography 7 1 Film 7 2 Television 7 3 Video games 7 4 Other 8 Discography 9 Theatre and concerts 9 1 Theatre 9 2 Concerts 9 3 Other 10 Awards and nominations 10 1 Theater 10 2 Film 10 3 Television 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksEarly life and education EditIdina Kim Mentzel was born on May 30 1971 in Manhattan n 1 She grew up in New Jersey until about age three when her family moved to Syosset New York on Long Island 8 9 Her parents are Stuart Mentzel a pajama salesman and Helene Goldberg a therapist 10 She has a younger sister named Cara Menzel is Jewish 11 12 13 and her grandparents emigrated from Ukrainian Haisyn 14 15 Menzel attended J Irving Baylis Elementary School in Plainview New York and then Syosset s H B Thompson Middle School and Syosset High School 8 16 When Menzel was 15 years old her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar bat mitzvah singer a job that she continued throughout her time at New York University s Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama 17 18 in 1992 19 Idina changed the spelling of her surname to Menzel to better reflect the pronunciation that the Mentzel family had adopted in the United States 20 She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in Rent 10 In 2017 during an interview with Irish New York based songwriter Jimmy Walsh he revealed that in 1992 Menzel recorded a demo for him of the song In Your Eyes which went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 for Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh Menzel was paid 75 for the recording 21 Career EditTheater career Edit Rent to The Wild Party 1996 2000 Edit In 1995 Menzel auditioned for Rent which became her first professional theatre job and her Broadway debut Rent opened Off Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop on January 26 1996 but it moved to Broadway s Nederlander Theatre due to its popularity For her performance as Maureen Johnson in the original cast of the musical Menzel received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical losing to Ann Duquesnay for Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk Her final performance in the musical was on July 1 1997 Despite her breakout performance in Rent Menzel did not experience the immediate success she was expecting claiming she subsequently faded into obscurity for the following eight years 22 Following the success of Rent Menzel released her first solo album entitled Still I Can t Be Still on Hollywood Records Menzel also originated the role of Dorothy in Summer of 42 at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut starred as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores production of Hair and appeared on Broadway as Amneris in Aida Menzel earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kate in the Manhattan Theatre Club s 2000 Off Broadway production of Andrew Lippa s The Wild Party Her other Off Broadway credits include the pre Broadway run of Rent and The Vagina Monologues 23 Wicked If Then Skintight to WILD 2003 2021 Edit In 2003 Menzel starred alongside Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in Wicked a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon Gregory Maguire s 1995 novel Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Shortly after a San Francisco try out Wicked began previews on October 8 2003 with an official opening night on October 30 Menzel s performance as Elphaba the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West garnered critical acclaim for which she won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical 24 Menzel s character also earned her a devoted fanbase particularly among young girls who empathized with her misunderstood character 24 25 as well as a gay following 26 She can be heard on the show s Original Broadway Cast OBC recording During her penultimate performance on January 8 2005 she fell through a trap door during the melting scene and cracked a lower rib This injury prevented her from performing in her final show on January 9 Menzel did however make a special appearance in a red tracksuit at that performance performed her last song and received a five minute standing ovation 27 Menzel was replaced by Elphaba standby Shoshana Bean 28 In 2010 Broadway com readers voted Menzel their favourite Elphaba performer out of the then eleven actresses who had played the character on Broadway 29 Following Wicked Menzel appeared Off Broadway in the Public Theater s production of See What I Wanna See a Michael John LaChiusa penned musical whose run ended in December 2005 for which she received Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations She reprised her Tony Award winning role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked when it opened at London s Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 27 2006 30 She starred alongside Helen Dallimore as Glinda and Adam Garcia as Fiyero During her run she was the highest paid female performer in the West End at 30 000 per week 31 Menzel finished her West End run on December 30 2006 She was succeeded by Elphaba standby Kerry Ellis 32 Menzel played the role of Florence in the 21st anniversary concert of the musical Chess at London s Royal Albert Hall from May 12 to 13 2008 alongside Kerry Ellis Adam Pascal and Josh Groban In 2008 she headlined the Powerhouse Theatre s reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik s musical Nero from July 11 to 13 performing the role of Nero s mistress Poppea 33 She was joined by Glee costar Lea Michele as Claudia Octavia Jeffrey Carleson as Nero and Michael Arden as Octavia s brother Brittanicus By February 28 2013 Menzel was cast to star as Elizabeth in the new Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey Broadway musical If Then Directed by Michael Greif whom Menzel previously worked within the original production of Rent it had its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington D C starting with previews on November 5 2013 until November 24 2013 Following the out of town tryout the show moved to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway and began previews on March 4 2014 It officially opened on March 30 2014 34 35 For her performance Menzel received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical and performed Always Starting Over but lost to Jessie Mueller for Beautiful The Carole King Musical 36 If Then closed on Broadway on March 22 2015 after 29 previews and 401 regular performances Menzel reprised the role of Elizabeth along with original Broadway cast members Lachanze James Snyder and Anthony Rapp on the first seven stops of the show s national tour from October 2015 to January 2016 37 She departed the show along with LaChanze and Snyder on the last day of the Costa Mesa California engagement on January 24 2016 Her replacement was Jackie Burns who previously served as Menzel s standby in the Broadway production starting January 27 2016 in Dallas Texas Later in 2018 Menzel was cast as Jodi in Roundabout Theatre Company s World Premiere production of Joshua Harmon s new play Skintight The show premiered Off Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre It began previews on May 31 2018 opened on June 21 2018 and ran for strictly limited engagement till August 26 2018 The play earned Menzel rave reviews and marking it her first major New York Theater non musical role A year later she reprised her performance in Skintight marking its debut on the West Coast The production played the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles California running from September 3 October 6 2019 While appearing in Skintight Menzel read for the role of Mary Jane in a workshop for the Broadway rock musical Jagged Little Pill In late 2019 Menzel revealed on Twitter that she was working on a mystery project with Justin Tranter Caroline Pennell and Eve Ensler later known as V 38 In mid 2021 it was announced that this project is Wild A Musical Becoming set to perform at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge MA from December 3 2021 to January 21 2022 she was only scheduled to perform through December 23 It was later announced that she would star as Bea with contributions to the lyrics 39 On December 17 due to COVID it was announced that the show on that day was cancelled 40 it was later announced that the performance on the following two days and eventually all the following productions are cancelled 41 making December 16 her last performance Music career Edit Menzel initially struggled to crossover into a solo music career beyond stage musicals claiming the industry did not take her seriously as a pop or rock singer due to her Broadway origins 42 Menzel performed at the 1998 Lilith Fair summer concert festival and continues to write and perform original music She has toured extensively and frequently performs in various venues throughout New York City She produced and released her debut album Still I Can t Be Still for Hollywood Records in 1998 One single from the album Minuet made the Radio amp Records CHR Pop Tracks chart at number 48 in October 1998 43 Following the album release she embarked on a promotional tour but after selling fewer than 10 000 copies in the US and missing the Billboard 200 Menzel s label put the album out of print and she was dropped from the label However the album was re released once she began to rise to greater fame with her Tony winning performance in Wicked Her second album Here was released independently by Zel Records in 2004 Menzel contributed to the soundtrack of Desperate Housewives in 2005 She also appears on Ray Charles s album Genius and Friends which was also released in 2005 on the track I Will Be There In 2007 she appeared on the Beowulf soundtrack singing the end credits song A Hero Comes Home Also in 2007 Menzel s powerful singing voice led her to be asked to accompany the baritone British X Factor runner up Rhydian Roberts on his debut album duetting on the song What If Her third solo album I Stand was released on January 29 2008 It includes many new songs including the lead single Brave the title track I Stand and a song released on EP Gorgeous The album debuted at number 58 on the Billboard 200 making it the first solo album by Menzel to make the charts There are five versions of this album the original version the special limited edition the iTunes version the Barnes amp Noble edition and the Borders edition Menzel wrote 9 of the 10 songs on her album with the song Forever writing only by herself 44 On April 1 2008 Menzel kicked off her 2008 2009 I Stand tour in support of her new album performing four sold out legs The concert at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City was filmed for the PBS television series Soundstage Menzel was joined by special guests superstar Josh Groban and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane On November 11 2008 Menzel released Hope written by Paul Hampton benefiting Stand Up to Cancer On November 27 2008 she performed I Stand on the M amp M s Chocolate float as part of the Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade 45 46 On July 19 2010 Menzel performed Defying Gravity and What I Did For Love in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at A Broadway Celebration In Performance at the White House The concert aired on PBS on October 20 2010 47 In April 2010 Menzel returned to the concert stage embarking on her Barefoot at the Symphony Tour in which she was accompanied by major symphony orchestras Her performances included collaborations with the New York Philharmonic the Boston Pops Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony and featured symphonic arrangements by New York composer and producer Rob Mounsey In October 2011 Menzel returned to London to perform a one night only concert in the United Kingdom at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Marvin Hamlisch conducting Menzel s concert stop in Toronto was filmed at The Royal Conservatory of Music on November 17 and 18 2011 for her second PBS special She was accompanied by the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony with Marvin Hamlisch conducting and special guest Taye Diggs Menzel s then husband Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony was released as a live CD and DVD and aired on PBS in March 2012 with Musical Director Rob Mounsey producing 48 Menzel announced she would continue live performances in 2012 The first date she announced was July 8 2012 at Ravinia Festival near Chicago Illinois 49 She made her Carnegie Hall solo debut originally on October 29 2012 50 However due to Hurricane Sandy s impact on New York City it was postponed until January 13 2013 51 Menzel toured Australia in June 2013 with shows in South Australia Melbourne Brisbane and two at the Sydney Opera House On June 17 2014 during a concert at New York City s Radio City Music Hall Menzel confirmed that she was working on a Christmas album that would contain original material to be released later that same year In that concert she performed one of the original tunes from the album December Prayer 52 The album Holiday Wishes was released on October 14 2014 53 The album has so far peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 becoming her highest charting album as a solo lead artist Holiday Wishes also marked the first that a woman had three different albums along with the cast recording to Frozen and If Then peak within the top 20 within ten months of the release date Holiday Wishes also become the second ever Christmas album to chart before Halloween during the SoundScan Era after Garth Brooks s 1992 album Beyond the Season 54 On November 26 2014 Menzel announced through her Facebook page that she would be touring during the summer of 2015 making it her first global tour and first time playing shows in Europe and Asia 55 Menzel was honored with the Breakthrough Artist award at the 2014 Billboard Women in Music awards ceremony 56 Menzel sang The Star Spangled Banner a cappella at Super Bowl XLIX on February 1 2015 57 58 Menzel s rendition earned mixed reviews from critics who praised the quality of her voice but questioned some of her stylistic choices namely tempo and volume 59 58 60 In a complementary review Markos Papadatos of The Digital Journal felt Menzel redeemed her reputation as a strong vocalist after pundits had criticized her live performance of Let it Go at Dick Clark s New Year s Rockin Eve the previous year 61 On August 5 2016 Menzel announced she would release her eponymous fifth album on September 23 Of the release Menzel stated I poured my heart out and used my music as a place to kind of figure some things out It s a really personal album 62 Marking it as her first original Pop studio album in 8 years since I Stand the album debuted at 29 on the US Billboard 200 With the success of the album Menzel embarked on a World Tour in 2017 that traveled to Asia Europe and North America 63 Menzel s concert stop in Las Vegas was recorded for her second live album entitled idina Live and released on October 12 2018 64 On March 12 2018 it was announced that Menzel would join Josh Groban for his Bridges Tour For this tour she served as Groban s Opening act before joining him later during his set for 2 duets of Lullaby and Falling Slowly Menzel only performed with Groban on the first leg of North America in various cities including Atlanta Nashville Dallas Phoenix Chicago Boston Pittsburgh and a sold out performance at New York s famed Madison Square Garden 65 The New York City show entitled Bridges Live From Madison Square Garden was also filmed and released in Movie Theaters amp later a Live CD amp DVD release with an airing on PBS 66 On May 11 2019 it was revealed that she had signed to Scooter Braun and SB Projects for music management 1 On October 18 2019 Menzel released her second holiday album entitled Christmas A Season of Love from School Boy and Decca Records on October 18 2019 67 It debut at 2 on Billboard s US Top Holiday Albums In support of it Menzel embarked on a three city concert tour in the east coast including a sold out return to New York s Carnegie Hall On October 11 2022 Menzel announced on her Instagram page that she would be releasing a concert special on Disney on December 9 titled Idina Menzel Which Way to the Stage The special will consist of concert footage from Madison Square Garden in New York The title is a nod to Menzel s first line as Maureen in Rent 68 Film and television career Edit After minor roles in Kissing Jessica Stein and Just a Kiss Menzel had supporting roles in The Tollbooth and Water in 2004 Her first major role in a major film was in 2005 when she reprised her role as Maureen Johnson in the film adaptation of Rent She was nominated for several critics circle awards for the part In 2007 Menzel appeared in the musical romantic comedy film Enchanted as Nancy Tremaine the fiancee of Patrick Dempsey s character Robert and Giselle s Amy Adams romantic rival 69 Despite being a musical Menzel famously does not sing in the film 70 a duet songwriters Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz had written for her character was ultimately not used 71 Menzel was offered the role without auditioning and was flattered that Disney cast her based solely on her acting abilities 71 72 Menzel explained that having her character sing would have made little sense narrative wise due to Nancy belonging to the reality based New York world as opposed to the film s more fantastical characters 71 She opted to portray Nancy with vulnerability as opposed to a typical mean girlfriend that everyone s going to hate 72 Enchanted was a critical and commercial success 73 but The Hollywood Reporter s Kirk Honeycutt accused the film of wasting Menzel s talent 74 while Jim Lane of the Sacramento News amp Review felt the actress was underused 75 However Screen Rant s Mel Hall found Menzel s performance compelling 76 Menzel reprised her role in the sequel Disenchanted released in 2022 77 in which her character sang for the first time 78 79 Menzel had a recurring guest star role in the television series Glee playing Shelby Corcoran the coach of the rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline When the series first premiered Glee fans known collectively as Gleeks had noted a strong physical resemblance between Menzel and Lea Michele who portrays the character of Rachel Berry According to her then husband actor Taye Diggs Menzel had expressed interest in possibly guest starring as the biological mother of Rachel 80 The character was introduced in the episode Hell O Lea Michele and Idina Menzel sing together I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables and Poker Face originally by Lady Gaga Menzel returned to Glee in season 3 episode I Am Unicorn her role this time as a teacher causing trouble for Rachel Quinn Puck and former flame Will Schuster 81 In 2013 Menzel voiced Elsa a young queen struggling with her magical ability to control ice and snow in Disney s 3D computer animated musical film Frozen 82 After she failed to secure the lead role in Disney s Tangled 2010 the studio rediscovered Menzel s Tangled audition while casting Frozen 83 which Tangled s casting director had secretly recorded on her phone 84 Loosely based on the titular villain in Hans Christian Andersen s fairy tale The Snow Queen Menzel s character was re written into a misunderstood heroine for Disney s adaptation prompted by songwriters Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez s creation of her anthem Let It Go 85 They wrote Let it Go with Menzel in mind due to its demanding vocal range 86 Released to critical acclaim Frozen became the highest grossing animated film at the time of its release 87 earning 1 27 billion worldwide 88 Film critics praised Menzel s performance particularly her rendition of Let It Go which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song The song became a global pop culture phenomenon 89 with several fans uploading covers and parodies to the internet 42 88 Let It Go was also a successful radio single peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 the song s placement made Menzel the first Tony Award winning actor to earn a top 10 song on the chart 90 91 92 Let it Go ultimately became one of the best selling songs of 2014 selling 10 9 million copies and out performing Demi Lovato s pop version 93 94 42 Although Disney Music Group president Ken Bunt claims they had always intended to release Menzel s rendition as a single after Lovato s the success of Menzel s version on pop radio was considered surprising due to its non commercial sound 95 Menzel has since reprised her role of Elsa in most of her appearances including video games such as the Disney Infinity series and Kingdom Hearts III 96 the 2015 short film Frozen Fever the 2017 featurette short film Olaf s Frozen Adventure the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet and for the 2019 sequel Frozen II 97 98 99 100 Menzel sang Let it Go live at the 86th Academy Awards in March 2014 where the song had been nominated for and eventually won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Before her performance actor John Travolta mispronounced her name as Adele Dazeem while introducing her to the stage and the mispronunciation subsequently became a viral Internet meme 101 Menzel was not upset about the mispronunciation 102 In response to the misnaming she reportedly printed up satirical playbills that promoted her name as Adele Dazeem noting her past work in Nert Rent Wicked ly Wicked and Farfignugen a play on the word Fahrvergnugen referring to Frozen 103 104 Three days after the ceremony Travolta publicly apologized to Menzel for mispronouncing her name 103 At the 87th Academy Awards Menzel presented the award for Best Original Song alongside Travolta where she jokingly introduced him as Glom Gazingo Travolta then finally pronounced her name correctly when he appeared on stage 105 Menzel starred as C C Bloom in the Lifetime TV movie remake of the film Beaches 106 which aired on January 21 2017 107 She was announced to star on the Ellen DeGeneres produced sitcom Happy Time 108 but as of October 15 2019 this project appears to have been shelved She starred alongside Adam Sandler playing his wife Dinah Ratner in the 2019 crime film Uncut Gems In 2021 Menzel co starred alongside Camila Cabello Billy Porter and James Corden in Kay Cannon s jukebox musical adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale playing Cinderella s stepmother Vivian 109 Despite admiring actresses who played the role prior Menzel strove to eschew the archetypal kind of idea of the straight ahead evil nemesis in favor of exploring the trauma behind the character s cruel nature 110 Menzel also wrote and recorded an original song for her character entitled Dream Girl 111 Cinderella received mixed reviews upon release 112 but Menzel s performance was praised Commending her chemistry with Cabello IndieWire s Kristen Lopez said she plays the character deliciously 113 while Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun Times described Menzel as her usual spectacular self and arguably the most nuanced and empathetic evil stepmother in Cinderella history 114 Michael Calleri of the Niagara Gazette said Menzel delivers the film s best performance writing she has enough talent to give her character s banality a boost 115 She will also star in American Murderer directed by Matthew Gentile 116 and You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah directed by Sammi Cohen with co stars Adam Sandler and Sarah Sherman 117 During the ongoing time of the COVID 19 pandemic Menzel created and launched a brand new YouTube web series for children entitled Idina s Treehouse The series featured Menzel from her treehouse out in her Los Angeles home that originally was built for her son Walker Nathaniel Diggs It features a full set of songs stories and appearances from Menzel s family and friends 118 Artistry EditVoice and influences Edit Menzel identifies singer Barbra Streisand pictured as one of her main musical influences to whom she has often been compared vocally 119 120 121 Menzel possesses a mezzo soprano vocal range that spans approximately three octaves 93 86 122 123 124 For the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sharon Eberson wrote that Menzel s voice could be categorized as coquettish to flat out belter and everything in between and with a stage presence to match she usually is labeled a mezzo soprano But why pigeonhole someone so intriguingly offbeat 125 Eberson observed that she interprets songs as much as an actress as a singer believing therein lies her connection to the music and her fans 125 Describing Menzel as a loud soprano similar to Broadway actress Ethel Merman Stephen Holden of The New York Timeswrote The sound she creates when she belts is a primal cry embedded in her being that insists that we listen and pay attention 125 Holden observed that her voice can alternate between babyish and demanding or it can sound grand and imperial depending on the song choice 126 According to Andrew Gans of Playbill Menzel has one of the most unique voices of her generation a pliable alto that can be sweet and girlish in its middle register and then easily soar to pop influenced top notes way above high C 25 Frozen songwriter Kristen Anderson Lopez described Menzel s voice as a warm hug with this warmth and this vulnerability down low And then as you bring her higher and higher she gets stronger and stronger and more powerful She just reaches into your soul when she s singing these big giant songs 85 Menzel is known for her signature high belting style The Kennedy Center website cites Menzel as a prime example of a Broadway Belter who uses the technique to her advantage 127 Theater critic Charles Isherwood said the singer has a voice that is very much her own describing it as totally distinctive with a great belt and a great range 128 Describing Menzel s voice as husky which sometimes veers toward shrieking until she effortlessly reins herself in or amazingly kicks it up another notch Melissa Ruggieri of The Atlanta Journal Constitution believes she possesses a superior instrument both live and in studio 129 Explaining her own technique Menzel said she avoids moving her shoulders while singing and prefers to take a smaller breath for a bigger longer note because there s less air that will come pummeling out 130 She also maintains her voice by constantly steaming and practicing vocal warm ups 128 describing her routine as very ritualistic and disciplined 131 Despite her live vocals earning consistent acclaim 119 132 some critics have criticized Menzel s belting for sounding screechy 133 Schuyler Velasco of The Christian Science Monitor observed that the singer made a career out of belting notes that would fry the vocal chords of mere mortals but felt the emotion of her performances sometimes suffers at the hands of her vocal proficiency 60 Velasco cited her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLIX as an example of Menzel sacrificing excitement and inspiration for technique yet delivering an adequate performance nonetheless 60 Menzel addressed such criticisms during a 2014 concert explaining that she wishes to sing loud proud and from the heart like her idols Merman and Aretha Franklin 133 Tim Smith of The Baltimore Sun wrote that Menzel s high wattage vocal cords and intense phrasing make a mark whenever she sings 128 Menzel admits that she finds some of her most famous songs challenging namely songs from the Frozen films which push her to vocal extremes and require constant warming up and sometimes lowering the key for live performances 85 The term powerhouse has often been used in the media to describe Menzel s vocal ability 134 135 136 137 138 Menzel s vocal style has drawn comparisons to singer Barbra Streisand whose song Don t Rain on My Parade she often covers including in tribute to her at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors 119 139 Menzel said she had long aspired to have a career as successful as Streisand to whose Jewish upbringing Menzel has also been compared with fans deeming her the next big Jewish icon in music 119 Menzel was particularly inspired by Streisand s performance in the film A Star is Born 1976 140 and cites singers Franklin Billie Holiday Etta James Chaka Khan and Sarah Vaughan among her vocal idols 22 141 142 Despite emulating her inspirations Menzel claims she maintains the importance of finding her own voice 22 Some critics have dubbed Menzel the Streisand of her generation 120 121 143 Similar comparisons have been drawn between Menzel and singer Bette Midler 119 Musical style Edit Professionally trained as a classical singer from age eight Menzel decided to pursue different genres such as R amp B and jazz once she began high school 144 Upon becoming a wedding singer Menzel was eventually exposed to a wide variety of musical genres ranging from jazz to rock and Motown 144 and would often experiment with new arrangements of traditional songs 131 She credits her wedding singer background with training her to improvise new vocal arrangements which in turn helps her ad lib alternative versions of songs when she is feeling unwell or her voice is tired 131 Her set lists tend to incorporate an eclectic combination of original material and covers of popular pop rock musical theatre and film songs 145 selecting an assortment of songs she expects fans want to hear and feels inspired to attempt new interpretations of 146 Jay Handelman of the Sarasota Herald Tribune opined that Menzel s song choices reinforce her own offbeat personality 145 According to Menzel her song selections usually indicate a milestone choosing to convey a stories and memories about her life using music 135 Menzel often opts to perform barefoot in concert which has become a trademark of her live performances 133 She also enjoys conversing with audience members in between musical performances 121 In addition to her vocal prowess Menzel has been noted for her charming and witty banter 121 147 Smith described her as a pro at delivering stage banter and as quick on the draw with one liners as seasoned stand up comedians 128 On her stage presence The Denver Post critic Ray Mark Rinaldi wrote that Menzel delivers the kind of self assurance that can only come from beating out Kristin Chenoweth for a Tony She comes out on stage dressed like she doesn t care acting a little dizzy but knowing all along she s gonna hit the right notes 148 Menzel has become closely associated with songs about self empowerment 146 149 specifically her Signature Songs Defying Gravity and Let it Go 150 Discussing Disney author Amy M Davis believes Menzel s voice has become associated with rebellion for Broadway fans 150 However the artist claims such themes have made her feel fraudulent at times because she herself does not always feel empowered 22 Subsequently she began incorporating more emotional material into her sets such as Radiohead s Creep 22 146 Although Menzel co writes most of her own material as a singer songwriter 111 151 152 153 she considers herself a collaborator rather than a songwriter explaining that she prefers working with professional songwriters or producers They start playing some music and I like to sing I can sing melodies I come up with titles and lyrical ideas but I m really not good at making decisions 131 She has frequently collaborated with songwriter and producer Glen Ballard and tends to draw upon lyrics from her personal diary and melodies from a tape recorder 141 Menzel claims she has never completed writing a song entirely on her own finding the process to be too stressful I never had a good song that I wrote so to act like I m this great songwriter I would be just a fraud But I m good at bringing myself to it being a good collaborator in the room 131 She cites Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox among her musical influences describing them as singer songwriters who had these amazing voices but also were incredible storytellers and lyricists while expressing admiration for musicians Bono Sting and Seal 141 The Ithacan s Preston Arment observed that what Menzel may lack in songwriting ability she makes up for with stunning vocals that remind us why listeners will never stop loving her 154 AllMusic biographer Marcy Donelson described Menzel s studio albums as a combination of Adult Alternative vocal and contemporary pop music 155 Menzel s fifth studio album which she considers to be her most personal to date contains a combination of ballads and upbeat tracks that explore themes about home personal loss empowerment 154 relationships and starting over much of which was inspired by her divorce from Taye Diggs 152 137 Bailey Flynn of The Heights believes the album demonstrates several trademarks for which Menzel has become known power ballads that give her huge vocal range and mind blowing control all the chance they need to show off 137 Menzel described performing her own songs live as scarier than singing covers or songs from established shows because You re a little bit more transparent There s no costume or character I m hiding behind yet sometimes it s more rewarding because of that describing the feeling of hearing fans sing songs she has written herself as incredible 141 Legacy and public image EditMenzel is considered to be among the greatest Broadway performers of her generation 132 156 157 possessing one of the most recognized and sought after singing voices in the industry 76 158 Her success on Broadway has earned her the honorific nickname Queen of Broadway from several media publications 159 160 161 162 163 164 In 2019 Oliver Jones of The New York Observer called her one of the defining Broadway voices of our time 165 Jenny Singer of Glamour declared Menzel one of history s greatest musical theater vocalists 166 while Melina Gills of Tribeca Film described her as an icon and one of the most celebrated presences on the singing stage 22 The Toronto Sun s Jim Slotek dubbed her this generation s Broadway icon 167 In a 2020 retrospective Cleveland com s Troy L Smith crowned Menzel the best vocalist of 2013 writing that Let it Go only cemented her legacy as one of Broadway s greatest stars of all time 156 The previous year BroadwayWorld recognized Menzel as one of the decade s 10 most defining Broadway stars 168 Time Out ranked Menzel Broadway s 19th greatest female performer of all time recognizing that she established a stratospheric reputation based almost entirely on the popularity of only two roles Rent and Wicked 169 Examining the endurance of Defying Gravity from Wicked Vulture com s Jackson McHenry attributes the song s popularity to Menzel s powerhouse vocals believing few singers can service the ballad as successfully as Menzel 170 Menzel s successful crossover from stage actress to television film and music star have been discussed at length 171 with Redbook dubbing her One of Broadway s biggest crossover success stories 172 Menzel s biography on Starz describes her as a stage to screen success story and the type of star they really don t make anymore 123 Original Broadway cast recordings of Rent and If Then both albums prominently featuring Menzel as a soloist debuted within the top 20 of the Billboard 200 90 In a 2014 article Billboard wrote that Menzel s crossover success bodes well for Broadway s would be stars while the popularity of Let it Go kicked open the door for future composers of stage and screen 173 The St Louis Post Dispatch credits Let it Go and Travolta s mispronunciation of her name at the Academy Awards with re establishing Menzel as a household name among fans across the theater television and film communities arguably more so than her stage credits did 147 while Hollywood com s said the film cemented Idina s transition from Broadway superstar to overall superstar 171 When Menzel returned to Broadway in 2014 after the success of Frozen Suzy Evans of Billboard observed that audience response was more akin to that of a rock star than a stage actor 174 Menzel s fanbase has nicknamed themselves Fanzels 174 In addition to her perceived authenticity Isherwood attributes the artist s large following to the successes of Rent and Wicked two era defying hugely successful Broadway musicals 128 Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian credits both shows with solidifying her reputation as one of the industry s most dynamic musical theatre stars 175 According to The Salt Lake Tribune contributor Sheena McFarland the artist has remained influential for over two decades since her first appearance on Broadway 135 She has been described as Broadway royalty due to a combination of her successful stage career and voicing royalty in Disney media 161 176 As an actress Menzel has earned a reputation for playing misunderstood characters both on stage and in film 111 believing she gravitates towards more complex female roles 110 177 She acknowledged a combination of power and vulnerability as common theme among characters she has played 178 According to the Irish Independent Menzel has become a go to actress for producers looking for a feisty female lead based on her successes as Maureen Elphaba and Elsa 179 while The Globe and Mail s Courtney Shea believes she forged her career playing strong and sensational females 178 Menzel believes Broadway has always offered compelling roles for women of all ages while Hollywood is much more susceptible to ageism and sexism 179 Menzel is largely viewed as a role model towards young women particularly due to her role as Elsa which has earned her a large following among predominantly female Frozen fans 180 Although she takes her responsibility as a role model seriously 180 she has stated that she does not always feel like a role model in her personal life and feels uncomfortable bearing the responsibility at times 179 181 Diana Bunici of Evoke ie dubbed Menzel the voice of the new generation 134 In 2014 Menzel was awarded Breakthrough Artist by Billboard 142 In November 2019 Menzel and actress Kristen Bell who plays her sister in Frozen received neighboring stars Menzel s was the 2682nd and Bell s was the 2681st on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 182 183 Menzel was inducted into the live theatre category 184 Menzel is also among the wealthiest Broadway performers due in part to her television film and music careers 185 In 2022 Menzel was announced as a recipient of a Disney Legends Award for her outstanding contributions to the Walt Disney Company 186 In 2022 Menzel co wrote a children s book with her sister Cara Mentzel called Loud Mouse with illustrations by Jaclyn Sinquett The book is semi autobiographical about a mouse named Dee who loves to sing loudly The book was published by Disney Hyperion on September 27 2022 187 In promotion of the book Menzel released The Loud Mouse Song which she co wrote with Laura Veltz on September 23 2022 188 Personal life EditMenzel married Taye Diggs on January 11 2003 They met in 1995 during the original production of Rent in which Diggs portrayed Benjamin Coffin III the landlord 189 On September 2 2009 she gave birth to their son 190 In late 2013 it was reported that Menzel and Diggs had separated after 10 years of marriage 191 Menzel began dating actor Aaron Lohr and in August 2015 they bought a home together in Encino Los Angeles 192 On September 23 2016 Menzel announced that she and Lohr were engaged 193 194 They were married over the weekend of September 22 2017 195 Menzel identifies as a feminist saying I love that I play all of these strong women But they re not just strong they re women who have a really deep vulnerability and need to go through a journey in order to harness their power 196 Philanthropy EditMenzel was an honorary chair of the Imperial Court of New York s Annual Charity Coronation Ball Night of A Thousand Gowns on March 21 2009 sharing the title with Elton John Patti LuPone John Cameron Mitchell Joan Rivers and Robin Strasser 197 On May 17 2009 Menzel performed at a special benefit concert in Atlanta Georgia to raise money for the Pace Academy Diversity Program in coordination with the Ron Clark Academy 198 The event resulted in the funding of two scholarships for Ron Clark Academy students to attend Pace Academy The event was organized and hosted by Philip McAdoo a former Rent cast member and current Diversity Program Director at Pace Academy 199 200 In 2010 Menzel founded the A BroaderWay Foundation with then husband Taye Diggs as a means of supporting young people in the arts A BroaderWay sponsors camp programs theater workshops and innovative educational programming and offers scholarships and opportunities to experience professional performances In Summer 2011 Camp BroaderWay welcomed girls from under served metro New York communities to a 10 day performing arts camp run by Menzel and a team of acclaimed professional Broadway artists including Taye Diggs During this camp the girls collaborated with Broadway artists to write an original musical that was performed at a theatre in New York The camp was held at Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox Massachusetts 201 Menzel has long championed LGBT rights by partnering with organizations like The Trevor Project 202 the Give A Damn Campaign filming a public service announcement 203 and designing a T shirt 204 and the NOH8 Campaign posing for one of their trademark duct taped silence photos 205 In April 2014 Menzel presented at Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition with Bryan Cranston Fran Drescher and Denzel Washington after raising donations at her Broadway show If Then 206 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Bridesmaid2002 Just a Kiss Linda2004 Water Jessy TurnerThe Tollbooth Raquel Cohen Flaxman2005 Rent Maureen Johnson2006 Ask the Dust Vera Rivkin2007 ShowBusiness The Road to Broadway Herself Recorded Lullaby of Broadway for the end creditsEnchanted Nancy TremaineBeowulf Herself Recorded A Hero Comes Home for the end credits2013 Frozen Elsa voice 2015 Frozen Fever Short film2017 Olaf s Frozen AdventureBeaches Cecilia Carol C C Bloom Recorded Wing Beneath my Wings 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Elsa voice 2019 Uncut Gems Dinah RatnerFrozen II Elsa voice 2021 Cinderella Vivian2022 American Murderer MelanieDisenchanted Nancy Tremaine2023 Trolls 3 TBA voice TBA Latchkey Kids TBA FilmingYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat MitzvahTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1998 Hercules The Animated Series Circe voice 1 episode2004 Rescue Me CarolBroadway on Broadway Herself Television film2005 Kevin Hill Francine Prescott 2 episodes2009 Soundstage Herself Season 7 episode 2Private Practice Lisa King 2 episodesGreat Performances Chess in Concert Florence Vassy 1 episode2010 2013 Glee Shelby Corcoran 12 episodes2010 A Broadway Celebration In Performance at the White House Herself PBS SpecialWonder Pets The Queen of Hearts voice Episode Adventures in Wonderland Sesame Street Herself 1 episode2011 The Glee Project Episode Theatricality Idina Menzel Live Barefoot at the Symphony PBS Special2013 The Broadway com Show 3 episodes2015 Arthur Dr Paula voice Episode Shelter from the Storm 2016 Lego Frozen Northern Lights Elsa voice 2017 Beaches Cecilia Carol C C Bloom Television filmJulie s Greenroom Herself Episode The Show Must Go On Ant amp Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway Guest Announcer Series 14 episode 72018 A Very Wicked Halloween Herself ElphabaCelebrity Undercover Boss Undercover as Helen Gold Stars in episode 2Mickey s 90th Spectacular Herself Television special2019 Rent Live 207 2020 The Disney Family Singalong Volume II Television specialInto the Unknown Making Frozen 2 Disney Docuseries2021 Musicals The Greatest Show Television special2022 Harmonious Live Herself Host Disney livestreamIdina Menzel Which Way to the Stage Herself Disney documentaryVideo games Edit Year Title Role2013 Disney Infinity 208 Elsa voice 2014 Disney Infinity Marvel Super Heroes 209 2015 Disney Infinity 3 0 210 2019 Kingdom Hearts IIIOther Edit Year Title Role Notes2015 Super Bowl XLIX Herself National Anthem2015 2016 Sirius Satellite Radio Guest DJ Radio show 20 episodes2020 GEICO Tax Attorney Commercial Herself Singing to GEICO customerIdina s Treehouse 211 Host YouTubeDiscography EditMain article Idina Menzel discography Still I Can t Be Still 1998 Here 2004 I Stand 2008 Holiday Wishes 2014 idina 2016 Christmas A Season of Love 2019 Theatre and concerts EditTheatre Edit Year Production Role Venue Dates Notes1994 Rent Maureen Johnson New York Theatre Workshop October 27 November 6 19941996 Nederlander Theatre April 29 1996 July 1 19972000 The Wild Party Kate Manhattan Theatre Club February 24 April 9 2000Summer of 42 Dorothy Norma Terris Theatre August 10 September 3 20002001 Hair Sheila New York City Center May 3 7 2001Aida Amneris Palace Theatre September 13 2001 January 27 20022002 The Vagina Monologues Performer Westside Theatre March 5 April 14 2002Funny Girl concert Fanny Brice New Amsterdam Theatre September 23 2002 Performed Cornet Man 2003 Wicked Elphaba George Gershwin Theatre October 8 2003 January 8 20052005 See What I Wanna See Kesa The Wife Lily The Actress Deanna The Public Theatre October 30 December 4 20052006 Wicked Elphaba Apollo Victoria Theatre September 7 December 30 20062008 Chess in Concert concert Florence Vassy Royal Albert Hall May 12 13 2008Nero Poppaea Sabina Powerhouse Theater July 11 13 20082014 If Then Elizabeth Vaughan Richard Rodgers Theatre March 30 2014 March 22 20152015 October 13 2015 January 26 2016 National tour2018 Skintight Jodi Isaac Laura Pels Theatre May 31 August 26 20182019 Geffen Playhouse September 3 October 12 2019 LA production of Skintight2021 Wild A Musical Becoming Bea American Repertory Theater Scheduled Dec 3 23 2021 212 Actual Dec 3 16 2021 41 World premiere of musicalConcerts Edit First Date Last Date Title of Performances NotesNovember 3 1998 November 24 1998 Still I Can t Be Still Tour 12April 1 2008 March 28 2009 I Stand tour 50 Special guest appearances from Josh Groban and Ravi Coltrane The January 15 2009 concert at the Lincoln Center was filmed for a special on the PBS series Soundstage April 24 2010 July 21 2013 Barefoot at the Symphony Tour 101 Menzel was often accompanied by Marvin Hamlisch as well as various symphonies including the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Royal Philharmonic Orchestra the New York Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony Some concerts featured guest appearances from Taye Diggs and various audience members The performance in Toronto on March 6 2012 was filmed for a PBS special and DVD and recorded for a live album May 30 2015 October 3 2015 World Tour 54 This is her first world tour She held concerts in South Korea Japan the Netherlands the Philippines the UK Ireland the US Belgium and Canada 213 214 March 29 2017 September 3 2017 Idina World Tour 57 Performances in the US Belgium Netherlands Ireland Canada Japan and the UK October 18 2018 November 18 2018 Bridges Tour 18 Menzel was the Opening Act for the first North American leg She later joined Josh Groban on two duets during his set December 6 2019 December 11 2019 A Season of Love Tour 3 In support of her second holiday album Christmas A Season of LoveOther Edit Date Title NotesAugust 1998 Lilith Fair August 6 show in Cleveland August 8 show in Cincinnati August 9 show in Pittsburgh and August 10 show in Hershey December 7 2000 SH K Boom s Cutting RoomMay June 2001 Joe s Pub Shows on May 12 19 and June 2 October 7 2002 Ars NovaDecember 13 2004 The Zipper Factory Here promotional concert August 2005 Provincetown Theatre amp Regatta Bar August 18 21 in Provincetown and 26 and 27 in Boston September 4 2005 The Hot Tin RoofSeptember 17 2007 Hulu TheaterJanuary 29 2008 Virgin MegastoreJuly 19 2010 A Broadway Celebration In Performance at the White House Other singers included Brian D Arcy James Elaine Stritch Audra McDonald and the touring cast of Hairspray The concert aired on PBS on October 20 2010 Menzel sang Defying Gravity and What I Did For Love June 16 2014 Radio City Music Hall ConcertNovember 27 2014 iHeart Radio Holiday Wishes iHeart Radio had Menzel perform a concert that they used a TV Radio special The concert features a guest appearance from Menzel s fellow If Then cast member Tamika Lawrence and promoted her new album Holiday Wishes Awards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Idina Menzel Theater Edit Year Award Category Nominated Work Result1995 Obie Award Special Citations Rent Won1996 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical The Wild Party Nominated2004 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical Wicked WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedBroadway com Audience Award Best Lead Actress in a Musical WonBest Diva Performance WonBest Onstage Pair w Kristin Chenoweth Won2005 Drama Desk Award Best Lead Actress in a Musical See What I Wanna See NominatedDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedBroadway com Audience Award Favorite Diva Performance NominatedFavorite Ensemble Performance Nominated2006 Whatsonstage com Theatregoers Choice Award Best Actress in a Musical Wicked Won2014 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical If Then NominatedDrama League Award Distinguished Performance NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical NominatedBroadway com Audience Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical WonBest Onstage Pair w James Snyder WonBest Diva Performance Nominated2018 Drama League Award Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre HonoreeFilm Edit Year Award Category Nominated work Result2005 Washington D C Area Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Rent NominatedBroadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Acting Ensemble NominatedBest Song Performance Nominated2013 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Female Frozen Nominated2014 World Music Award Best Song Written for Film WonSatellite Award Best Original Song NominatedTeen Choice Award Choice Music Single NominatedChoice Actress Voice WonBillboard Music Award Top Streaming Video NominatedTop Soundtrack WonAmerican Music Awards Top Soundtrack Won2020 Teen Choice Awards Favorite Voice Actress Frozen II NominatedTelevision Edit Year Award Category Nominated work Result2010 Teen Choice Award Choice Music Group Glee NominatedNotes Edit While her birthplace has been varyingly reported as either the New York City borough of Queens or the town of Syosset New York 6 7 Menzel clarified in 2019 M y parents lived in Queens and I was born at NYU Hospital in Manhattan 8 References Edit a b Menzel Idina idinamenzel May 10 2019 Revealing Time magazine s 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WISHES Album Will Get October 14 Release BroadwayWorld Broadway World September 4 2014 Archived from the original on September 4 2014 Retrieved September 4 2014 Chart Watch Idina Menzel amp Other Jewish Artists Celebrate Christmas yahoo com October 20 2014 Frozen Superstar Idina Menzel Announces 2015 World Tour Yahoo Music November 24 2014 Ariana Grande amp Idina Menzel to Receive Honors at 2014 Billboard Women in Music Awards Billboard November 11 2014 Idina Menzel to sing National Anthem at Super Bowl NFL com NFL Retrieved January 16 2015 a b Farber Jim February 1 2015 Idina Menzel may have left eardrums shuddering with daring take on national anthem at Super Bowl New York Daily News Retrieved October 25 2020 Yang Rachel January 23 2020 Most memorable Super Bowl national anthem performances from Whitney Houston to Christina Aguilera Idina Menzel Super Bowl XLIX 2015 Entertainment Weekly Retrieved October 25 2020 Menzel showed off her spectacular voice although some viewers questioned her stylistic choices like speeding up certain parts of the anthem a b c Velasco Schuyler February 1 2015 Idina Menzel Are the best singers best for the national anthem Christian Science Monitor Retrieved October 25 2020 Papadatos Markos February 1 2015 Review Tony winner Idina Menzel nails national anthem at Super Bowl The Digital Journal Retrieved October 25 2020 Robinson Will Clark Noelene August 5 2016 Idina Menzel announces self titled album performs new song live Entertainment Weekly United States Time Inc Archived from the original on August 6 2016 Retrieved August 5 2016 Idina Menzel to Embark on 2017 World Tour BroadwayWorld com BroadwayWorld Retrieved January 17 2017 Idina Menzel s idina live Album Sets New Release Date Playbill com Playbill October 4 2018 Retrieved October 4 2018 Josh Groban and Idina Menzel Announce Fall 2018 Tour Dates BroadwayWorld com BWW Retrieved March 12 2018 Josh Groban Concert Featuring Idina Menzel Arrives in Movie Theatres February 12 Playbill com 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2012 Disney s Frozen Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel to voice animated tale Entertainment Weekly Disney stars who almost played other Disney characters The News Times January 13 2020 Retrieved September 17 2021 Secret Phone Recording Helped Idina Menzel Land New Disney Role Contactmusic com November 1 2013 Retrieved September 17 2021 a b c Crow David November 22 2019 Frozen 2 How New Elsa Songs were Crafted for Idina Menzel Den of Geek Retrieved September 17 2021 a b Let It Go A Global Hit In Any Language NPR February 24 2014 Retrieved September 17 2021 The range of the song spans almost three octaves and it was actually written with Menzel in mind as she is one of the few who could pull it off How Idina Menzel s Son Uses Frozen to Charm Girls Entertainment Tonight June 3 2014 Retrieved September 17 2021 a b McKinney Kelsey December 3 2014 The 9 best Let it Go parodies of 2014 Vox Retrieved September 17 2021 Rayner Ben February 26 2014 Oscars 2014 Why Frozen s Let It Go became a 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Retrieved September 21 2021 Hutchinson Emily September 1 2021 Camila Cabello s Cinderella called absurdly hilarious in mixed first reviews Digital Spy Retrieved September 10 2021 Lopez Kristen September 1 2021 Cinderella Review Camila Cabello Rocks Out in Kay Cannon s New Musical Reimagining IndieWire Retrieved September 10 2021 Roeper Richard September 1 2021 Cinderella Upbeat take on the fairy tale transforms Camila Cabelo into a movie star Chicago Sun Times Retrieved September 10 2021 Calleri Michael September 9 2021 Calleri New take on Cinderella attempts to modernize fairy tale s meaning Niagara Gazette Retrieved September 14 2021 N Duka Amanda December 7 2020 Tom Pelphrey Idina Menzel Ryan Phillippe Jacki Weaver Join American Murderer Movie From Traveling Picture Show Company amp GiGi Films Deadline Hollywood Retrieved December 10 2020 Grobar Matt July 13 2022 Adam Sandler Idina Menzel amp SNL s Sarah Sherman Among Cast Set For Netflix s YA Comedy You Are So Not Invited To My Bat 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DeGeneres Produced TV Series Happy Time Aiming for 2015 16 Season Music Times Retrieved April 14 2022 Menzel is still one of the most sought after stars on Broadway Cobb Kayla November 27 2018 5 Frozen Facts You Never Knew Decider Retrieved April 13 2022 Sullivan Lindsey November 19 2019 See Tony Winner Idina Menzel Receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Broadway com Retrieved April 13 2022 a b Harbet Xandra September 8 2021 Cinderella Director Kay Cannon Reveals What It Was Really Like Working With Idina Menzel Exclusive Looper Retrieved October 1 2021 Williams Jeremy May 18 2017 The reigning queen of Broadway Idina Menzel is on top of the world and she isn t letting it go anytime soon Watermark Online Retrieved October 1 2021 Gold Allie December 2 2019 Idina Menzel Talks Adam Sandler Oscar Buzz For Uncut Gems iHeartRadio Retrieved April 13 2022 Dresden Hilton July 28 2016 Idina Menzel Set to Star in Lifetime Beaches Remake Out Retrieved April 13 2022 Jones Oliver November 19 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2019 Retrieved September 20 2021 Sullivan Lindsey March 16 2021 Idina Menzel on Inspiring Others the Thrill of Singing with Chaka Khan amp More Broadway com Retrieved September 20 2021 Menzel Idina idinamenzel November 20 2019 She s a star Star 2 682 to be precise overthemoon grateful hollywoodwalkoffame Tweet Retrieved November 23 2019 via Twitter Sisters Menzel and Bell celebrate Walk of Fame news YouTube Associated Press November 8 2019 Archived from the original on December 21 2021 Southern Keiran November 20 2019 Frozen 2 stars receive stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame Belfast Telegraph Retrieved April 14 2022 Limos Mario Alvaro April 4 2018 7 of the World s Wealthiest Broadway Celebrities Esquire Philippines Retrieved September 15 2021 D23 August 19 2022 JUST ANNOUNCED D23 Expo to Kick off With Epic Opening Ceremony That Includes Disney Legends Awards Retrieved August 19 2022 Loud Mouse Disney Books Retrieved September 23 2022 Menzel Idina September 23 2022 The Loud Mouse Song Spotify Retrieved September 23 2022 Hitched Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs Variety January 30 2003 Retrieved August 31 2008 Michaud Sarah Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Welcome a Son People September 3 2009 Nudd Tim December 11 2013 Taye Diggs amp Idina Menzel Split People Retrieved December 11 2013 Inside Idina Menzel and Aaron Lohr s Encino Mansion Forbes com Retrieved March 28 2020 Gioia Michael Idina Menzel Gets Engaged Playbill September 23 2016 Idina Menzel on Twitter As if this week couldn t get any better I have wonderful news My man and I are engaged We are so happy It s a beautiful time Archived from the original on December 26 2019 Retrieved February 26 2019 Gans Andrew Tony Winner Idina Menzel Marries Aaron Lohr Playbill September 25 2017 Thompson Anne L December 18 2014 Frozen s Idina Menzel is a feminist too MSNBC Retrieved May 29 2015 23rd Annual Night of A Thousand Gowns The Imperial Court of New York Archived from the original on July 24 2011 Retrieved March 1 2009 Idina Menzel No Day But Today Pace Academy Benefit in Atlanta GA 5 17 09 video NME Archived from the original on June 5 2011 McAdoo Idina Menzel at the Internet Broadway Database About Pace Pace Academy permanent dead link A BroaderWay About Archived from the original on April 18 2011 Married Broadway Vets Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs Call the Whole Thing Off Broadway com December 7 2010 Idina Menzel Elton John and More Give a Damn Against Hate Crimes Broadway com October 5 2010 The Give A Damn Campaign Launches Celebrity T shirt Project Presented By Van Gogh Vodka Archived August 6 2012 at the Wayback Machine wegiveadamn org Idina Menzel Joins NOH8 Campaign s Gay Rights Protest On Top Magazine March 21 2012 PHOTOS James Franco Idina Menzel and Fran Drescher Get Into the Easter Bonnet Competition Queerty April 28 2014 Turchiano Danielle January 27 2019 Rent Star Injured in Live Performance Original Broadway Cast to Appear Variety Retrieved January 27 2019 Avalanche Software Disney Infinity 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