Theatre Record is a periodical that reprints reviews, production photographs, and other information about the British theatre.

Overview

Founded by Ian Herbert and published fortnightly since January 1981, Theatre Record is printed and published in England every two weeks.

It reprints unabridged all the national drama critics' reviews of productions in and out of London, with full casts and credits. It also lists early information of forthcoming shows all over the country, including box office and press contact numbers. Production photographs are published whenever possible, to provide a visual as well as verbal record of the ongoing history of British theatre. All productions, their casts, author and full production credits are indexed annually.

Special supplements cover festivals and seasons such as the Edinburgh Festival (official and fringe) and the London International Mime Festival.

As well as the theatregoing public, critics and arts editors, it goes to all major organisations working for the theatre industry including: theatre administrators; companies and their directors; and agents and their clients. In addition, its circulation to drama schools, colleges and universities makes it available to the industry's next generation. It is also widely read in Europe and the US, in Israel and Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

History

From 1981 to 1990 it was published as the London Theatre Record. The fortnightly magazine is now edited and published by Ian Shuttleworth, theatre reviewer for The Financial Times.

A history of Theatre Record, written by its founding editor Ian Herbert, originally delivered as a lecture for the Society for Theatre Research on 18 January 2005, is available on the website .

External links

Theatre Record website Cumulative indexes of productions, London (1981–2005) and regional (1991–2005).

The Society for Theatre Research

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Name	Tommy Tiernan
Birthdate	June 16, 1969
Birthplace	Donegal, Ireland
Occupation	Actor, Comedian Writer
Yearsactive	1992–present
Spouse	Yvonne Tiernan
Website	http://www.tommytiernan.com

Tommy Tiernan (born 16 June 1969) is an Irish comedian, actor and writer.

Background

Tiernan was born in Carndonagh, a town in Inishowen, County Donegal. His father is a native of County Meath while his mother is from County Tipperary. He moved, with his family, from County Donegal as a child. After spells living in Zambia and London, he attended the same school as Irish television presenter Hector Ó hEochagáin and Dylan Moran, in St. Patrick's Classical School, Navan, Co Meath, a former Roman Catholic junior seminary. He later attended a boarding school, Garbally College, in Ballinasloe, County Galway.

Comedic style

When he started out he had an ambition to be like Lenny Bruce. He doesn't regard himself as being, like Lenny Bruce, a comedian with a message. It had caused some surprise to some of the families as Tiernan has run a marathon in support of Down Syndrome Ireland.

Controversy over Holocaust remarks

In September 2009 Tommy responded to a question concerning antisemitism at a pre performance public question and answer session at the Electric Picnic by making remarks about the Holocaust and comments about Jews and the death of Christ while he was interviewed by Olaf Tyaransen.

Tommy Tiernan released a statement that said he had not meant to cause offence and that his words has been taken out of context. He said that the comments were part of an attempt to explain his belief that comedians have a duty to be irresponsible and reckless, to allow "whatever lunacy is within you to come out" and that they should never be taken out of context.

Holocaust Education Trust Ireland condemned Tiernans' statements as "appalling". Lentin said Tiernan's comments at the Electric Picnic festival in County Laois were "disgraceful," and “extraordinarily racist." "He doesn’t realise what he has said. He doesn’t realise the seriousness of it. You can’t make a joke about the Holocaust and just because you say it is a joke does not make it funny or acceptable". Rabbi Alper also said about Tiernans claim that comedians have a duty to be irresponsible: "To me that’s really stupid. I don’t think that comedians should be reckless or irresponsible. Comedians should be concerned about the feelings of other human beings. It’s hurtful. Comedians (in America) don’t do anti-semitic things. I’ve rarely heard of it. There are plenty of tasteless comedians out there but none of them pick on a group of people." Tyaransen said the last question asked from the floor (by an audience member readily identifiable by a green 'Palestina' t-shirt) about a dogged charge of anti-Semitism led to the comments at issue, and part of Tiernan's response recounted criticism of his routine by a Jewish couple after a show in New York.

Tiernan is a supporter of Liverpool Football Club.

Former World Record Holder

In 2009, Tiernan set the Guinness World Record for the longest stand-up comedy show by an individual achieving 36 hours and 15 minutes at Nuns Island in Galway (12 April 2009). Later in 2009 that record was broken by Australian Comedian Lindsay Webb. However, the new record now stands at 40 hours, and was set on 23 September 2010 by the American Comedian Bob Marley.

Appearances

Tiernan has appeared several times on the Late Show with David Letterman. Tommy sold out a 10 night stint at Dublin's Vicar Street venue, for Nov/Dec 2010 after touring Britain.

Awards

In 1996 Tiernan won the Channel 4 "So You Think you're Funny" award. Two years later he was awarded the Perrier Comedy Award, at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won the Best Stand-Up Award at the British Comedy Awards. 2003 he won the Nokia Best of the Fest Award and the Orange People Choice Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. In 2006 Tommy won Ireland's Funniest Living Person Award on the People of the Year Awards.

Television and film career

Tiernan spoke of the part he played in the death of fellow comic Dermot Morgan in a 2009 documentary shown on TV3 Ireland. Tiernan played a priest in an episode of Father Ted in which Morgan played the title character. The episode, which was the last filmed and the last broadcast in 1998, featured a scene where Tiernan's character, Fr. Kevin, was depressed and sitting at a table while Ted was jumping around and dancing. The producers said Tiernan's face was not quite right and they had to do the scene again and again. Morgan was said to be exhausted but persuaded to give it one more go. Then filming wrapped and Tiernan went to London the next day. That evening a taxi driver informed him that Morgan had unexpectedly and suddenly died. At the funeral Ardal O'Hanlon, who played Father Dougal McGuire, turned to Tiernan and whispered in his ear "you killed Father Ted!"

Radio

In 2008, Tommy and Hector Ó hEochagáin formed as a radio duo on "The Tommy and Hector Show" on i102104 after hinting at a desire to be on the radio, months before on The Late Late Show. Speaking about his new role, Tommy says “I’ve always wanted to have loads of craic on the radio. What better way to have a mountain of devilment than to do a show with my best friend.” Following the success of their show on iRadio Northwest, the show has now moved to the nationwide slot of Saturday 10am-12pm on 2FM.

References

External links

Official website

Controversial anti semitic comments

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Name	Mike Gordon
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Prince, Cactus, the Wolfman, Gordo
Born	June 03, 1965Sudbury, Massachusetts
Instrument	Bass guitar, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica, percussion
Genre	Rock, bluegrass, folk
Occupation	Musician, songwriter
Years active	1982–present
Label	Rounder
Associated acts	Phish, Rhythm Devils, Benevento-Russo Duo, Ramble Dove, Leo Kottke, Grappa Boom, SerialPod, Joey Arkenstat, Tombstone Blues Band
Url	Official website

Mike Gordon (born June 3, 1965 in Sudbury, Massachusetts) is a bass player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion. He is also a filmmaker.

Biography

Gordon met Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, and Jeff Holdsworth at the University of Vermont, where the rock band Phish formed in 1983.

When growing up, Gordon attended the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston.

In the music, Gordon's influence is the most obvious in Phish's many different renditions of various bluegrass, calypso and even traditional Jewish songs (Gordon is Jewish). He also contributed by singing, as well as writing off-beat lyrics to amusing but thought-provoking songs.

Gordon played many roles in Phish. Until the band became too big for self-management, he dealt with practically all public relations and fan communication, such as answering fan mail, managing funds, and booking gigs. Gordon wrote 17 original Phish songs and coauthored 22 additional Phish tracks.

On August 11, 2003, Gordon was arrested for endangering the welfare of a minor, following a performance by The Dead A month later, Gordon was officially cleared of any wrongdoing.

Instruments

Like Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Gordon played custom-made basses built by Paul Languedoc. Mike played two Languedoc basses, including a "dragon" bass. For Phish's March 1, 1997 show at Markthaille in Hamburg, Germany, he switched to a Modulus Quantum 5 TBX bass (similar to the Quantam 6 played by Phil Lesh) with two EMG DC pickups, and has relied on it ever since. This instrument is known for deep tones and a "futuristic" sound, largely attributable to a unique construction including a neck that is made entirely of a lightweight, extremely robust carbon-graphite compound, not dissimilar to a material selected by NASA for use on the Space Shuttle. Gordon plays with a pick (Jerry Dunlop 1.5mm triangular graphite picks).

Mike's unique sound is also attributable to a bevy of signal processing equipment including an ADA MB-1 pre-amp, an Ibanez flanger (used at the beginning of "Down with Disease"), a Lovetone Meatball envelope filter (also used at the beginning of "Down with Disease"), and Akai Deep Impact, an EHX Bass Micro-Synth, an EBS OctaBass and a Boss SYB-3, a Boss BF-2 flanger, an Eventide 4500 Harmonizer, an Eventide Eclipse and a Lexicon LXP-15.

Mike has used a variety of amplifier and speaker combinations including the SWR SM-900 amp/Goliath 4x10" enclosure but lately has been playing through Eden WT-800 amps, a Meyer Sound CP-10 parametric EQ, and onward toward a Meyer Sound powered speaker system (two 750P 2x18 cabs and two UPA-1Ps with 12" low frequency drivers and 3" compression drivers).

He has played banjo since 1994, performing the instrument in concert with Phish and Phil Lesh (albeit an electric banjo) and in the studio on the 2007 Bernie Worrell album Improvisczario. Mike Played an Inferno Bass during "Frankenstein" at the East Troy, WI show on 6/21/2009.

Other musical projects

Gordon has played in several side-projects apart from Phish, including Grappa Boom with Jamie Masefield of the Jazz Mandolin Project, The Chieftains with Rosanne Cash, and Doug Perkins of Smokin' Grass.

In 2002, Gordon recorded the critically acclaimed Clone album with acoustic guitar master Leo Kottke. The duo reunited in 2005 for Sixty Six Steps.

Gordon formed his own solo band featuring Josh Roseman, Scott Murawski, Julee Avallone, James Harvey, Gordon Stone, Jeannie Hill, and Doug Belote in 2003 and released Inside In based loosely on his film Outside Out.

In the summer of 2004 Gordon produced musician Joey Arkenstat's debut album, Bane. Gordon is also credited with providing vocals and shofar accompaniment.

In 2004, Gordon performed with The Benevento-Russo Duo for several shows benefiting Headcount, a voter registration organization. The trio played a number of dates throughout late 2004 and 2005 including the Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2005 and a New Year's Eve series of shows in Florida and the northeast.

In December 2005, Gordon formed SerialPod with Anastasio and Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The group debuted at the 17th annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam in Asheville, North Carolina.

In early 2006, Gordon teamed up with his mother, artist Marjorie Minkin, to present Another Side of In — a visual and audio art show featuring interactive sculptures created by Minkin and set to the music of Inside In. The interactive show appeared at the Boston Children's Museum beginning in January 2010.

Later in the year, Gordon formed Ramble Dove. The band came into fruition after Gordon's long-time stint as bass player in a honky tonk band led by Brett Hughes that performed each Tuesday night at the Burlington, Vermont club, Radio Bean. The group performs a number of classic country songs and a few Gordon originals, such as "Ramble Dove," "Loosening Up The Rules," and the rare Phish song "Weekly Time."

That summer, Gordon, along with Phish bandmate Trey Anastasio, again joined the Benevento-Russo Duo for a co-headlining tour with Phil Lesh and Friends before finishing the final leg of the tour on their own. The group performed various songs from each members' catalog, as well as a handful of brand new originals. The quartet parted ways after the tour ended in July.

In August, Gordon joined the Rhythm Devils - a group featuring Kreutzmann, Dead drummer Mickey Hart, guitarist Steve Kimock and a host of backup players.

On January 2, 2007, Gordon appeared with a group billed as The House Band containing many former members of The Grateful Dead playing at a party in honor of the new leadership of the United States House of Representatives hosted by Nancy Pelosi. The group included Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Bruce Hornsby, and Warren Haynes.

Gordon performed at a concert in Hawaii on September 21 with Kimock and Kreutzmann, and on November 2, appeared during the second set of a Ratdog concert at the Memorial Auditorium in Burlington Vermont, joining the band on the songs "Stuff," "Bird Song," and "Cassidy." On January 5, Gordon again teamed with Kreutzmann and Scott Murawski in Jaco, Costa Rica for a gig at Doce Lunas, playing a range of covers and originals including "Keep On Growing," "Estimated Prophet," "Twist" and "Intensified." After this gig, Gordon began a year-long retreat from public performance to focus his time on writing and recording a new album, and forming a new touring band.

Mike emerged from touring hibernation in 2008 and performed with his own solo band for the first time since 2003 at The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA on June 30, 2008. He joined Trey Anastasio at the first annual Rothbury Music Festival in July during his solo acoustic set. Anastasio and former Phish bandmate Jon Fishman joined Mike for part of his set during the same day. Mike released an album entitled The Green Sparrow on Rounder Records on August 5.

On March 6, 2009, Mike reunited with Phish at the Hampton Coliseum. The band has toured regularly since Summer 2009.

Gordon finished writing and recording his next solo-album, Moss, at his home studio in Vermont in May of 2010. The album was released by Rounder Records on October 19th.

He explains that many of the songs on the new album "began as bass and drum jams" adding that it's "kind of bass-oriented. Not in that the bass is the lead, but that the rhythms and the patterns are bass centric. The uniqueness is centered on the bass. So the bass is the key instrument. On Inside In, the pedal steel is the key instrument and if you had to say it for Green Sparrow, maybe electric guitar. But this time it’s the bass."

His current touring band includes Scott Murawski on guitar, Brooklyn drummer Todd Isler, keyboardist Tom Cleary, and percussionist Craig Myers. Mike completed a 25-date supporting tour across the US with his band in Summer 2008 and a short four-night stint in December of that year. They ventured on a 22-date US tour on September 8, 2009 and again in March 2010. On September 7th, the band announced a 17-date November Tour, which stretched from the 5th to the 27th of the month, with more than half of the dates completely Sold Out.

Discography

Clone (with Leo Kottke) (October 8, 2002)

Inside In (August 19, 2003)

Sixty Six Steps (with Leo Kottke) (August 23, 2005)

Live From Bonnaroo 2005 (with the Benevento-Russo Duo) (July 18, 2006, recorded live in 2005)

The Green Sparrow (August 5, 2008)

Moss (October 19, 2010)

Books

Mike's Corner (May 1997)

Films

Tracking (Phish, 1994)

Outside Out (2000)

Rising Low (2002)

The Down with Disease music video for Phish

Awards

Sixty Six Steps won album of the year at the 2006 Jammy Awards.

Rising Low was the winner of the Joe Jarvis Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the 2002 Newport International Film Festival.

Outside Out garnered the audience award at the South by Southwest festival.

References

External links

Mike's official website

Mike Gordon on Twitter

The official website of Inside In

Phish's official website

Phish's 20th Video-Retrospective

An experiential art show by Gordon and Marjorie Minkin

"Kottke and Gordon: Calypso-Brushed Guitars" by David Dye, from NPR's World Cafe November 24, 2005

Morphing Again With Mike Gordon by Tom Speed, from HonestTune.com

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Name	Idina Menzel
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Idina Kim Mentzel
Born	May 30, 1971Queens, New York
Spouse	Taye Diggs(January 11, 2003–present) 1 child
Genre	Pop, vocal, Broadway
Occupation	Singer, actress, songwriter
Awards	Best Leading Actress in a Musical 2005 The Light in the Piazza
Voice type	Mezzo-soprano
Years active	1995–present
Label	Hollywood (1998–1999)Warner Bros. (2007–present)
Url	idinamenzel.com

Idina Kim Menzel (; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked.

Early life

Menzel was born in Queens, New York, New York. Her mother, Helene, is a therapist, and her father, Stuart Mentzel, worked as a pajama salesman. She was raised in Syosset, New York, with her younger sister Cara, and later changed her last name to Menzel to better reflect the pronunciation the Mentzel family had adopted in America. When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer, a job which she continued throughout her time at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Drama at NYU prior to being cast in Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent. She was friends with actor Adam Pascal before they worked together in Rent.

In 2003, Menzel starred with actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway in Wicked, a musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman based upon the popular 1995 Gregory Maguire . Menzel received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. On her third-to-last performance of Wicked on January 8, 2005, she fell through a trap door and cracked a lower rib. The injury prevented her from performing in the January 9 show. Menzel did, however, make a special out-of-costume appearance at that performance, performed her final song, and received a 5 minute long standing ovation. Menzel was replaced by Elphaba standby Shoshana Bean.

Following Wicked, Menzel appeared off-Broadway in the Public Theater's production of See What I Wanna See, a Michael John LaChiusa-penned musical whose run ended in December 2005, for which she received Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award nominations. She reprised her Tony Award-winning role as Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked when it opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theater on September 7, 2006. During the run, she joined the ranks of highest paid female performer in the West End at $30,000 per week. Menzel finished her West End run on December 30, 2006. She was succeeded by Elphaba standby Kerry Ellis.

Menzel played the role of Florence in the 21st Anniversary concert of Chess at the Royal Albert Hall, London from May 12–13, 2008 alongside Kerry Ellis, Adam Pascal and Josh Groban.

In 2008, Menzel headlined the Powerhouse Theatre's reading of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical Nero from July 11–13, performing the role of Nero’s mistress, Poppea.

Film, television, recording and singing career

Menzel's film roles include appearances in Just a Kiss, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Tollbooth, Water, Ask the Dust, Enchanted, and Rent, in which she and five other original cast members reprised their stage roles. As a singer Menzel is known for her wide vocal range, and her use of the 'belt' technique.

Menzel performed at the 1998 Lilith Fair summer concert festival and continues to write and perform original music. She has toured extensively and frequently performs in various venues throughout New York City. She produced and released her debut album, Still I Can't Be Still, for Hollywood Records in 1998. One single from the album, "Minuet", made the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Tracks chart at #48 in October 1998.

Her second album, Here, was released independently by Zel Records in 2004. Menzel has contributed to soundtracks, including those for the film The Other Sister and the ABC television dramedy Desperate Housewives. She also appears on Ray Charles's album Genius and Friends, which was released in 2005, on the track "I Will Be There." In 2007, she appeared on the Beowulf soundtrack singing the end credits song, "A Hero Comes Home". Also in 2007, Menzel's powerful singing voice led her to be asked to accompany the baritone British X-Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts on his debut album, duetting on the song "What if".

Her third solo album, I Stand, was released on January 29, 2008. It includes many new songs, including the lead single, "Brave", the title track "I Stand", and a song released on EP, "Gorgeous". The album debuted at #58 in the Billboard 200, making it the first solo album by Menzel to make the charts. There are five versions of this album: the original version, the special limited edition, the iTunes version, the Barnes & Noble edition, and the Borders edition. Menzel wrote many of the songs on her album.

On April 1, 2008, Menzel kicked off her "I Stand" tour in support of her new album.

On November 11, 2008, Menzel released a new single in conjunction with Major League Baseball. The single entitled "Hope" was written by Paul Hampton and all the songs proceeds go to Stand Up 2 Cancer.

On November 27, 2008, Menzel performed "I Stand" on the M&M; Candies float as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Menzel has a recurring guest star role in the television series Glee, playing Shelby Corcoran, the coach of the rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. When the series first premiered, Glee fans had noted a strong physical resemblance between Menzel and Lea Michele who portrays the character Rachel Berry. According to her husband, actor Taye Diggs, Menzel expressed interest in possibly guest starring as the biological mother of Rachel. The character was introduced in the April 13, 2010 episode "Hell-O", and it was revealed in the May 18, 2010 episode, dream on, that Shelby is, in fact, Rachel's biological mother, having answered an ad from Rachel's two gay dads looking for a 'mother' to help them have a baby. Lea Michele and Idina Menzel sing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables and "Poker Face" originally by Lady Gaga together.

On July 19, 2010, Menzel performed "Defying Gravity" and "What I Did For Love" in front of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House. The concert aired on PBS October 20, 2010.

Menzel will be a part of a brand new musical drama series created by Bob Kushell on ABC about a single mother with a teenage daughter struggling to make ends meet by working at a diner and as a wedding singer, which Menzel actually worked as prior to Rent. The series is in development and is hopeful to be picked up for the Fall 2011 television season.

Personal life

She married actor Taye Diggs, her co-star from the original Broadway production of Rent, on January 11, 2003, after 7 years of dating. They have a Yorkshire Terrier named Sammy Davis Jr. and two cats named Ella and Coltrane, also known as their "Jazz Cats" because they were named after famous jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane. Their son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, was born on September 2, 2009.

Charity

Menzel was an Honorary Chair of the Imperial Court of New York's Annual Charity Coronation Ball, Night of A Thousand Gowns on March 21, 2009. Other Honorary Chairs for the evening's charity event included Sir Elton John CBE, Patti LuPone, John Cameron Mitchell, Joan Rivers and Dame Robin Strasser.

On May 17, 2009, Menzel performed at a special benefit concert in Atlanta, Georgia to raise money for the Pace Academy Diversity Program in coordination with the Ron Clark Academy. The event resulted in the funding of two scholarships for Ron Clark Academy students to attend Pace Academy. The event was organized and hosted by Philip McAdoo, a former Rent cast member and current Diversity Program Director at Pace Academy.

Work

Theatre

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Start year ! Production ! Role ! Notes and awards |- | 1996 | Rent | Maureen Johnson |

Original Broadway Cast

Performances:

* New York Theatre Workshop (January 26, 1996 - March 31, 1996)

* Nederlander Theatre (April 29, 1996 - July 1, 1997)

Nominated - 1996 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

|- |rowspan=2| 2000 | The Wild Party | Kate |

Performances: Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I (February 24, 2000 - April 9, 2000)

Nominated - 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

|- | Summer of '42 | Dorothy |

Performances: The Norma Terris Theatre (August 10, 2000 - September 3, 2000)

|- |rowspan=2| 2001 | Hair | Sheila |

Performances: New York City Center - (May 3, 2001 - May 7, 2001)

|- | Aida | Amneris |

Replacement Broadway Cast

Performances: Palace Theatre (September 13, 2001 - January 27, 2002)

|- |rowspan=2| 2002 | The Vagina Monologues | Performer |

Performances: Westside Theatre (Downstairs) (March 5, 2002 - April 14, 2002)

|- | Funny Girl (concert) | Fanny Brice |

Performances: New Amsterdam Theatre (September 23, 2002)

Performed "Cornet Man"

|- | 2003 | Wicked | Elphaba |

Original Broadway cast

Performances: George Gershwin Theatre (October 30, 2003 - January 8, 2005)

Won - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Won - Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

Won - Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Diva Performance

Won - Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Onstage Pair (with Kristin Chenoweth)

Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

Nominated - Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

Nominated - Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance

|- | 2005 | See What I Wanna See | Kesa / The Wife (Lily) / The Actress (Deanna) |

Performances: The Public Theater (October 30, 2005 - December 4, 2005)

Nominated - Drama Desk Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical

Nominated - Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance

|- | 2006 | Wicked (London) | Elphaba |

Original London West End cast

Performances: Apollo Victoria Theatre (September 7, 2006 - December 30, 2006)

Won - WhatsOnStage.com Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical

|- |rowspan=2| 2008 | Chess in Concert (concert) | Florence Vassy |

Performances: Royal Albert Hall (May 12, 2008 - May 13, 2008)

|- | Nero | Poppea |

Performances: Powerhouse Theatre (July 11, 2008 - July 13, 2008)

|}

Filmography

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Television

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Show ! Role ! Notes |- | 1998 | | Circe | 1 episode |- | 2004 | Rescue Me | Carol | 1 episode |- | 2005 | Kevin Hill | Francine Prescott | 2 episodes |- | rowspan=3 | 2009 | Soundstage | Herself | 1 episode |- | Private Practice | Lisa King | 2 episodes |- | Great Performances | Florence Vassey | 1 episode |- | 2010 | Glee | Shelby Corcoran | 5 episodes |- | 2010 | Wonder Pets | The Queen of Hearts | 1 episode, Adventures in Wonderland, special guest star |- | 2010 | Sesame Street | Herself | 1 episode |- |}

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Cast recordings

{|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Label |- | 1996 | Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | DreamWorks Records |- | 2000 | The Wild Party (Lippa) (Off-Broadway) | RCA Victor Broadway |- | 2003 | Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Decca Records |- | 2005 | Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Warner Bros. Records |- | 2006 | See What I Wanna See (2005 Original Off-Broadway Cast) | Sh-K-Boom Records |- | 2009 | Chess in Concert (Live Recording of 2008 Royal Albert Hall Performance) | Reprise Records |- | 2009 | Highlights from Chess in Concert (Live Recording of 2008 Royal Albert Hall Performance) | Reprise Records |}

Miscellaneous

{|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Song ! Album ! Label |- | 1998 | "Follow If You Lead" | The Other Sister (Music From The Motion Picture) | Hollywood Records |- |rowspan=2| 2003 | "How Shall I See You Through My Tears", "The Want of a Nail" (Backing vocals) | Camp (Music from the Motion Picture) | Decca Records |- | "I Saw Three Ships" | Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5 | Rock-It Science Records |- |rowspan=2| 2005 | "Damsel In Distress" | Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives | Hollywood Records |- | "I Will Be There" | Genius & Friends | Rhino Records |- | 2007 | "A Hero Comes Home" (End Credit Version) | Beowulf (Music from the Motion Picture) | Warner Bros. Records |- | 2008 | "What If" (duet with Rhydian Roberts) | Rhydian | Syco Records |- | 2010 | "Take a Bow" (duet with Elaine Paige) | Elaine Paige and Friends | Warner Bros. Records |- |}

References

External links

Interview with Idina Menzel at TonyAwards.com

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