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Coordinates	33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N
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. Her family is Jewish. Her family lived in Marlboro, NJ from when she was in kindergarten to third grade, but 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 second-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 her run, she was the 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.

Her 2011 concert tour includes collaborations with the New York Philharmonic and the North Carolina Symphony in February and March.

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.

She has also said that she will be going back to the studio to work on new songs and is also looking into a PBS or other TV special based on her current concert work.

Personal life

Menzel is married to actor Taye Diggs, her co-star from the original Broadway production of Rent. They have a son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, born in 2009. 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 jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane.

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.

In 2010, Menzel founded the A BroaderWay Foundation with husband Taye Diggs as a means of supporting young people in the arts. A BroaderWay sponsors camp programs, theater workshops, innovative educational programming and offers scholarships and opportunities to experience professional performances. In Summer 2011, Camp BroaderWay will welcome young girls from under-served metro New York communities to a 10-day performing arts camp, run by Menzel and a team of acclaimed professional Broadway artists at Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox, MA.

Theatre, film and television credits

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Theatre |- ! Start year ! Production ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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

|- | 2000 | | 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

|- | 2000 | Summer of '42 | Dorothy |

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

|- | 2001 | Hair | Sheila |

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

|- | 2001 | Aida | Amneris |

Replacement Broadway Cast

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

|- | 2002 | | Performer |

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

|- | 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 8, 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

|- | 2008 | Chess in Concert (concert) | Florence Vassy |

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

|- | 2008 | Nero | Poppea |

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

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2001 | Kissing Jessica Stein | Bridesmaid | |- | 2002 | Just a Kiss | Linda | |- | 2004 | | Raquel Cohen-Flaxman | |- | 2004 | Water | Jessy Turner | Unreleased |- | 2005 | Rent | Maureen Johnson | Nominated – 2005 Northeastern Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – 2005 Northeastern Critics Award for Best EnsembleNominated – 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Award for Best EnsembleNominated – 2005 Washington Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble |- | 2006 | Ask the Dust | Vera Rivkin | |- | 2007 | | as Herself | Recorded her own rendition of "Lullaby of Broadway" for the end credits |- | 2007 | Enchanted | Nancy Tremaine | |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1998 | | Circe | 1 episode |- | 2004 | Rescue Me | Carol | 1 episode |- | 2005 | Kevin Hill | Francine Prescott | 2 episodes |-

| 1 episode |- | 2009 | Private Practice | Lisa King | 2 episodes |- | 2009 | 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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