Idina Menzel Announces Additional UK and US Tour Dates

Idina Menzel, whose whirlwind US concert tour of Live: Barefoot at the Symphony has played 21 cities in 30 days, is headed to the UK and has announced additional concert dates via her website.

Menzel's 2012 lineup is now as follows:

September 29 Citi Performing Arts Center: Wang Theatre Boston, MA
September 30 The Bushnell Hartford, CT
October 8 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 9 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 10 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 12 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 13 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 14 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 14 Apollo Theatre London, United Kingdom
October 16 Usher Hall Edinburgh (Tollcross), United Kingdom
October 17 Palace Theatre Manchester, United Kingdom
October 27 Rochester Auditorium Theatre Rochester, NY
October 29 Carnegie Hall New York, NY (Sold Out)
November 28 Kravis Center for the Performing Arts West Palm Beach, FL 
November 30 Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Miami, FL
December 1 David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts Tampa, FL
December 31 Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA

Her next project is the animated film Frozen with Kristen Bell, due in 2013. As previously reported, Menzel is also considering "a couple" of Broadway projects, though no names, dates or further details have been revealed.

In the winter of 1995, Menzel auditioned for the Broadway bound RENT and won the part of Maureen, an outspoken bi-sexual performance artist. The role earned Menzel her first Tony nomination and the musical went on to win four Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked, which included her show-stopping performance of the song "Defying Gravity". In 2007, she re-recorded and remixed "Gravity" and the song went on to become a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Dance Chart. Her star turn in Wicked won her a Tony Award and huge critical acclaim.

Other credits include two Drama Desk nominations for her roles in The Wild Party and See What I Wanna See at The Public Theatre. Menzel has also appeared on Broadway in Funny Girl and Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues, the 2011 Encores! and the 2004 Actors' Fund Hair concerts, the 2008 Royal Albert Hall concert version of Chess, and more. In 2006, she opened and reprised her starring role in Wicked on the West End. Other film credits include starring roles in the Disney romantic fable, Enchanted, Rent and Robert Towne's Ask The Dust.