Idina Menzel News

The Zipper Factory is proud to present Stars in the Margin: An Evening of Special Guests . . . brought to you by Martha Plimpton, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Dan Lipton on Monday, August 11 at 9:30 p.m.

Tony Award winners Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik will be teaming up again on the new musical NERO. Just like with their hit Spring Awakening, Sater will be writing the book and lyrics and Sheik will be writing the music.

KERRY ELLIS, the award-winning star of the London production of WICKED and Broadway's newest Elphaba, has recorded two songs from WICKED, Defying Gravity and I'm Not That Girl.

Tony Award winners Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik will be teaming up again on the new musical NERO. Just like with their hit Spring Awakening, Sater will be writing the book and lyrics and Sheik will be writing the music.

On Monday June 30th 2008 at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the Trevor Project held their eighth annual benefit gala.

Idina Menzel, to perform new songs from her latest hit album, I Stand, at Trevor New York, the eighth annual New York City gala benefitting The Trevor Project.

Idina Menzel, to perform new songs from her latest hit album, I Stand, at Trevor New York, the eighth annual New York City gala benefitting The Trevor Project.

Idina Menzel's website will be launching the first Official Idina Menzel Fan Club! As a member of the fan club, you will be the first to receive access to ticket pre-sales, a $25 Gift Certificate to the official online store, store discounts, exclusive merchandise and content, meet & greet opportunities, monthly contests, special fan events, and more. To kick off Idina's Summer Tour, they are giving access to the best seats via exclusive ticket pre-sales to fans that want to pre-order their membership.

It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com. So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.

The 'Wicked' and 'Pippin' composer gets an award and performs with Debbie Gravitte, Liz Callaway and Scott Coulter.

The Zipper Factory announces its June line-up featuring some old favorites and some new shows.

Actress and singer Idina Menzel has released four live tracks off of her latest album from an AOL session- 'Brave', 'Gorgeous', 'I Stand', 'My Own Worst Enemy'.

2008 Delta Classic Chastain series performers include Melissa Etheridge, Soul Asylum, The Temptations and The Four Tops, Gipsy Kings, Hootie & the Blowfish and many more (see full lineup below). The latest performer additions to the 35th anniversary lineup are country music superstar Trace Adkins, Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter Idina Menzel, and the 'Kickin' Pickin' Bluegrass Party' featuring Marty Stuart and the Del McCoury Band.

Now that the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is history, and before the Tony Awards season sneaks up on us, it might be a good time to do a little investigating into the relationship between the category that both award shows recognize-Best Musical, of course.

Bette Midler's 'The Showgirl Must Go On,' created in partnership with AEG Live exclusively for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, premiered Wednesday, February 20 to a sold-out crowd of VIPs and celebrities.

The release of 'I Stand,' the long-awaited and highly anticipated Warner Bros. Records debut of Idina Menzel, took place back on January 29th and hit the Billboard charts at #58, the star's first solo album to do so.

Today's the day the Teddy Bears had their picnic! And they brought along all their Broadway-loving friends for another successful and entertaining Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! To the thrill of bear and fan-boy alike, the 11th Annual event raised over $127,000! Top winners were 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' 'The Lion King' and 'Spamalot.'

On Valentine's Day February 14, Idina Menzel and Betty Buckley made special appearances in New York City Borders stores as part of LOVE BEATS AIDS.

On Tuesday, February 26 at 8PM, Broadway actress Idina Menzel - whom recently released her debut album 'I Stand' - will be in-conversation with Glen Ballard (CD producer) at the 92nd Street Y.

The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction line-up, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on February 17 at 7PM, is here! Each year, 'Broadway Bears: A Costumed Teddy Bear Auction' is a much-anticipated BC/EFA event. These specially-designed bears (often using actual material from their respective Broadway productions, and autographed by the stars) raised $130,000 last year. BC/EFA hopes to reach even higher this winter!