Idina Menzel News

The Original Broadway Cast Album of Gutenberg! The Musical! featuring GRAMMY Award winners and Tony Award nominees Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells will be released in May.

This time, the reader question was: With The Great Gatsby musicals happening now, are there other examples of musicals about the same subject?

Jelani Remy, Emily Skeggs and more will star in an industry reading of the new musical THE APPLE BOYS. Learn more about the show!

Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Provincetown with SiriusXM Radio star Seth Rudetsky as music director and host, this Memorial Day Weekend. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Watch as Willemijn Verkaik (Elsa) and Abla Alaoui (Anna) sing 'I Can't Lose You' from the German production of Disney's Frozen. The actresses began their run in the production, now in its second year, on October 18th, 2023.

I'll start my review by saying Wicked is my favorite musical of all time. I have seen it 10 times now, all in different cities, and each time left the theatre with tears in my eyes and my heart feeling a little lighter. This is the greatest example of how magical theatre can be, in my opinion. And my hopes for a beautiful production for my 10th viewing were not dashed in the slightest-- Olivia Valli and Celia Hottenstein bewitch the audience from their first moments on stage. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 4, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Over 200 musicians, stage stars, and artists have signed an open letter against the use of AI  (artificial intelligence) to 'infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists' including numerous Broadway favorites.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this April with a full slate of nightly performances! See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

All new photos have been posted on social media featuring Idina Menzel and the company of Redwood, the new musical that just made its World Premiere production at La Jolla Playhouse. Check out the photos here!

Broadway came to Long Island recently as a range of vocalists and musicians gathered to honor and induct award-winning Broadway and movie lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame on March 23rd at its Stony Brook Museum location.

Virginia Arts Festival has cast one of Broadway’s leading lights in the role of a new, key position at the Festival: The Goode Family Artistic Advisor for Musical Theater and American Songbook.

Internationally renowned vocal and cello duo Branden & James from America's Got Talent team up with American Idol and Postmodern Jukebox star Effie Passero in their new show, Three's Company, at Oscar's Palm Springs on Thursday, March 28, at 7pm, and Friday, March 29, at 8:30pm, at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood.

Discover the new shows at Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, featuring Mini Yellow Witches and Branden & James' 'SUMMER NIGHT ON BROADWAY'.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 20, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Listen as Idina Menzel sings 'Great Escape' from the New Musical Redwood. Redwood began its sold-out World Premiere engagement at La Jolla Playhouse on February 13, where it runs through March 31, 2024 at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre.

Kristin Chenoweth is sharing her thoughts after seeing 'a little bit' of the Wicked movie. When speaking about her good friend Ariana Grande taking over the role of Glinda, Chenoweth has always 'wanted this to happen.' Chenoweth has not confirmed if she and co-star Idina Menzel are making cameos in the new movie, she says that she's 'very proud.'

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 14, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Last night's final Jeopardy! was 'World Theater.' Recently, Jeopardy has featured a 'Songs In Musicals' category, Idina Menzel category, a Tony-Winning Musicals category, a 'Broadway is Back' category, a Broadway Musicals category, a Shakespeare's Women category, and a Stephen Sondheim category. Watch the video and test your knowledge!

Jaxx Theatricals has announced their 17 Year Anniversary Extension of Andrew Lippa's Wild Party as part of the Jaxx Theatre's Grand Re-Opening in their new home on Wednesday, March 27th through March 30th, 2024.