Super Bowl Ratings Are In; Record-Breaking Number of Viewers Tune In for the Patriots, Seahawks & Menzel!

Just last night, Broadway's Idina Menzel nailed it, as she sang the National Anthem for a record-breaking number of SUPER BOWL viewers. According to Variety, a whopping 114.4 million people tuned in for the big game, up from last year's 112.2 million. 118.5 million viewers watched as Katy Perry performed at halftime, also beating last year's Bruno Mars numbers.

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Menzel rose to prominence when she originated the role of Maureen Johnson in the hit Broadway musical Rent, a role which she reprised for the 2005 feature film adaptation of the musical. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1996 for her performance in Rent. In 2004, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for originating the role of Elphaba in the blockbuster Broadway musical Wicked. She made her return to Broadway in the 2014 musical If/Then, for which she was nominated for a 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance.

Next she heads back to Broadway to return to IF/THEN, where performances will resume on Tuesday, February 3. The musical will play its final performance on Sunday, March 22, following 29 previews and 401 performances before the star then heads on tour.