Idina Menzel News

Whether you're a T-bird or a Pink Lady, Jock or a Nerd, Goody-Two-Shoes or a Beauty School Dropout, everyone will LOVE belting out We Go Together, doing the Hand Jive and singing You're The One That I Want when RiverEdge Park, 360 North Broadway in downtown Aurora, presents an outdoor Sing-a-long-a GREASE, Friday, August 9.

… Y perdon por el juego de palabras. Al tema. Matilda o Kinky Boots. Ese era el verdadero misterio de la entrega de los Tony Awards 2013. No habia mas. Bring it on y A Christmas Story solo estaban ahi para completar el cuarteto de candidatos.

JP Productions today announced a third and final leg to the current UK tour of smash-hit Tony Award winning Broadway musical 'Rent'. Celebrating 20 years since its first staged performance, West End leading lady and Broadway star Kerry Ellis will return to the role of 'Mimi' in this iconic concert version of the smash-hit musical.

The first promotional ad for the highly anticipated new musical by the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, IF/THEN, written explicitly for notable Broadway and GLEE star Idina Menzel has been unveiled.

A Japanese entertainment program has leaked a plethora of new footage from Disney's forthcoming feature film FROZEN in what appears to be a trailer arriving soon in promotion of the big screen animated musical starring Broadway/Hollywood notables Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel.

From the WIZARD OF OZ/WICKED opening number right through the encores, the gorgeously refurbished Hamer Hall resounded with appreciation for Idina Menzel in this, her first Melbourne show, and the last concert of her first ever Australian tour.

The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) is pleased to announce that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress, scholarships and other honors at an event on Broadway to be hosted by the Tony Award-nominated stars of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (the Prince). The fifth annual performance showcase featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances exclusively from the musical theater cannon will take place on Monday, July 1, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre (200 W. 45th St).

The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) previously announced that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress, scholarships and other honors at an event on Broadway to be hosted by the Tony Award-nominated stars of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (the Prince). The fifth annual performance showcase featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances exclusively from the musical theater cannon will take place tonight, July 1, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre (200 W. 45th St).

Today we are talking to a passionate and prolific performer who has appeared in a number of impressive properties over the course of his career thus far - Milky White in the most recent Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS to his starring roles in MEMPHIS and beyond - the charming Chad Kimball.

Here is the exciting new list of events from TheMenEvent: Macy's Celebrates Pride, TheMenEvent Annual Pride Parade Party, Gay Walking Tour: Central Park (New Event) and more!

Hey country fans, y'all won't want to miss the smokin' hot Trace Adkins Country Lineup - Trace Adkins, Aaron Lewis, Blackberry Smoke and Drake White - at downtown Aurora's new RiverEdge Park on Saturday, July 13.

Today we are talking to a spectacularly talented composer/lyricist noted for his incredibly impressive and accomplished oeuvre thus far, having collectively composed more than twenty full-length musicals, operas and specialty performance pieces - Michael John LaChiusa. Discussing his vast array of projects from BUZZSAW BERKELEY to FIRST LADY SUITE, HELLO AGAIN and THE PETRIFIED PRINCE Off-Broadway through to his double-header in the 1999-2000 millennial season with MARIE CHRISTINE and THE WILD PARTY both on Broadway to his Off-Broadway, regional and international successes since, ranging from LITTLE FISH to another two-show-season in 2006 with BERNARDA ALBA and SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE as well as THE HIGHEST YELLOW and the recent Americana-themed epic musical pseudo-trilogy of LOS otros, QUEEN OF THE MIST and GIANT. Additionally, LaChiusa touches upon some of his lesser-known work, such as his musical revue HOTEL C'EST L'AMOUR, various operatic pieces, additional material he provided for pieces such as THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and his previous and upcoming solo musicals for continuing collaborator Audra McDonald, such as SEND (who are you? i love you) and MARLENE DIETRICH'S ABCs OF LOVE. Most importantly, LaChiusa takes us behind the scenes of the sparkling new deluxe cast album for GIANT, starring Brian D'Arcy James, and discusses the themes, ideas and adaptation of the Edna Ferber novel itself in a fascinating and revealing analysis of the vast, enveloping and vivid score he has composed for GIANT. Also, LaChiusa offers the 411 on this year's Tony Awards specialty song composed for host Neil Patrick Harris and some starry cohorts (Megan Hilty, Laura Benanti and Andrew Rannells), as well as previous Tony show one-offs penned for Hugh Jackman and others. Plus, LaChiusa clues us in on his upcoming projects - including FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE - and much, much more in this career-spanning conversations with one of modern musical theatre's most daring and prolific artists.

I've often said that one of the best kept local theater secrets in Columbus can be found tucked away in the unobtrusive studios of the Vern Riffe Center downtown. CATCO's 'Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits: Vol. 1' might be the game changer though, because as soon as word gets out about this hilariously funny and exceptionally well cast production, there is really no chance that CATCO can be overlooked this summer.

The 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival is set to burn brightly on the final weekend, with performances that will dazzle from a bevy of incredible artists. Don't miss stunning cabaret chanteuse Lady Rizo, Aussie larrikinsBrian Cadd and Russell Morris, or Magosopher Sunny Leunig (he's a magician and a philosopher). Everyone's favourite hotpant-clad German, Hans, will strut the Banquet Room stage with his Lucky Bitches, while pseudo-Mexicans Puta Madre Brothers will tear up the Space Theatre. Kate Ceberano and Teddy Tahu Rhodes will cross the boundaries of classical and contemporary in Meet Me In The Middle, Tony Award winner Adam Guettel will treat audiences to his adventurous musical theatre tunes, and the incomparable songstress Idina Menzel will literally stop the show as she performs on the closing night of the Festival.

The National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) is pleased to announce that 62 finalists selected from tens of thousands of students will compete for the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress, scholarships and other honors at an event on Broadway to be hosted by the Tony Award-nominated stars of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes (Cinderella) and Santino Fontana (the Prince). The fifth annual performance showcase featuring dynamic ensemble and solo performances exclusively from the musical theater cannon will take place on Monday, July 1, 2013 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre (200 W. 45th St).

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'The Jungle Book' opens, Audra and Sondheim visit, Stephen Wallem's St. Louis 'Shrek,' Make Music Chicago, 'The Land Of Smiles,' the Auditorium's cabaret series, Idina in Aurora and more!

Josh Gad, Santino Fontana and Alan Tudyk have joined the voice cast of Disney Animation Studios upcoming film FROZEN.