VIDEO: Idina Menzel Talks New TV Comedy, World Tour & More on ELLEN

Idina Menzel appeared on yesterday's ELLEN to discuss her upcoming tour, her recent performance of the National Anthem at this year's SUPER BOWL and her upcoming TV series which will be produced by Degeneres' A Very Good Production company. Check out the appearance below!

As BWW reported several months ago, Menzel is set to star in a half-hour comedy pilot titled HAPPY TIME from Ellen Degeneres' A Very Good Production and Warner Bros. TV. Written by 'Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return's Randi Barnes, the show is described as "a comedy about a woman (Menzel) in the public eye who's ready to stop pretending she's so damned happy all the time."

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 musicalWicked. She made her return to Broadway in the 2014 musical If/Then. She is currently a nominee for the 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance.

Menzel is also known for her recurring role of Shelby Corcoran on the musical comedy-drama television series Glee, the 2007 Disney movie Enchanted and as THE VOICE of Elsa the Snow Queen in the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen, which is the highest-grossing animated film of all time, in which she sang the Academy Award-winning song "Let It Go". The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Solo albums include Barefoot At The Symphony (a live recording of her PBS special by the same name), I Stand, Here, and Still I Can't Be Still. She recently starred in If/Then at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre.

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