Idina Menzel News

Idina Menzel is kicking off Pride Month with the new music video for her single 'Move.' Describing her new album as a 'love letter' to the Queer community, Menzel worked alongside global hitmakers Nile Rodgers, Jake Shears, Justin Tranter, Sir Nolan, Simon Wilcox, Laura Veltz, Jim Eliot, Maty Noyes, Mitch Allan, and more for the new dance record.

A recent episode of Jeopardy! featured a category on Andrew Lloyd Webber, with the legendary composer appearing to read out the questions. Filmed on stage at Bad Cinderella, Lloyd Webber asked questions about Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset Boulevard. Watch the video to see if you can answer them all correctly!

The Muny announced its full cast, design and production teams for the Muny and regional premiere production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, June 12 -18. Find out more about the production, cast, creative team, and ticketing here!

TheaterWorksUSA will present an invite-only Industry presentation of the new musical BLOCKED, A New Musical with a book by Sinead Daly and music and lyrics by Ben Wexler on June 8 & 9, 2023.

Shakespeare was featured in the final categories on a recent episode Jeopardy! The categories were 'Real People in Shakespeare' and 'Shakespeare's Characters.' Recently, Jeopardy has featured an Idina Menzel category, a Tony-Winning Musicals category, a Stephen Sondheim category, and more. Watch the videos now!

Adam Pascal will direct a production of Rent coming to Long island's From Stage to Screen this summer. Auditions will be held this month.  Performances will run July 28-30.

BIG MONEY, an exceptionally dark comedy, will open June 3, 2023 at The Actors' Company as part of the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

MADam LUCY, deceased, a new musical about the life (and afterlife) of Lucy Ludwell Paradise (1752-1814), with book & lyrics by two-time Emmy Award-winning songwriter William Schermerhorn and music by composer and recording artist Elise Morris, will have its first staged workshop in Williamsburg, Virginia, in the historic Great Hall of the Sir Christopher Wren Building on the campus of William & Mary.

Idina Menzel discussed how her new album, 'Drama Queen,' is a 'love letter' to the Queer community. The first single, 'Move,' is out now, produced by Chantry Johnson and Mitch Allan. Menzel also revealed how the LGBTQIA+ community might relate to her characters in Rent, Wicked, and Frozen. Watch the video on The Jess Cagle Show now!

Jagged Little Pill, is the latest “Jukebox Musical,” in a rather long line of “Jukebox Musicals,” to make it on Broadway and then tour in recent years. With music by Alanis Morissette, book by Diablo Cody, and additional music by Michael Farrell and Guy Sigsworth, the show traverses the iconic landscape of songs represented on Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, and touches on topics of pain, healing, and empowerment.

The Muny has announced the cast of the regional premiere of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Find out who's starring and how to get tickets here!

Menzel worked alongside global hitmakers Nile Rodgers, Jake Shears, Justin Tranter, Sir Nolan, Simon Wilcox, Laura Veltz, Jim Eliot, Maty Noyes, Mitch Allan, Lindy Robbins, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga and more to create a body of work that is a departure from what she’s put out in the past.

Today's top stories: Bad Cinderella sets closing date, plus watch an exclusive video message from Paula Vogel in honor of BroadwayWorld's 20th anniversary!

You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!, the new Adam Sandler comedy film starring Idina Menzel, has set an August premiere on Netflix. Directed by Sammi Cohen, the film also stars Jackie Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Dylan Hoffman, Sarah Sherman, Dan Bulla, Ido Mosseri, Jackie Hoffman and Luis Guzmán.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Mark Cortale present an evening in the hugely popular Broadway @ The Wallis concert series with legendary Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller, hosted and music-directed by SiriusXM Radio star Seth Rudetsky, on Friday, June 16, 2023, 7 pm, in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Menzel previously shared a preview of the pop song on her TikTok, listen to a sneak peek before its release next week now! A skillful songwriter, Menzel's prolific recording career includes multiple cast albums and the solo albums: 'Still I Can't Be Still,' 'Here, I Stand,' and her last album, 'idina.,' which was released in September 2016.

Creative producer and civic organizer Bryan Joseph Lee (Executive Artistic Director) has announced the launch of theurbanX.org, a new international arts program that connects Black and Brown creatives across the diaspora through the lens of urban culture.

Idina Menzel, Jinkx Monsoon, Tom Kitt, Frankie Grande, Henry Platt, Bridget Everett, Emma Hunton, Isaac Mizrahi, Jesse Eisenberg, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joey McIntyre, Lance Bass, Melissa McCarthy, Michelle Visage, Nina West, Peppermint, Stephen Trask, and more have joined the lineup of the Drag Isn't Dangerous Telethon.

Jessie Mueller will open Provincetown Town Hall’s summer season on May 28.