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high rise; This month, Idina Menzel reprises her breakout role in Rent for the big screen.
Byline: Adam Green
It's been almost a year since Idina Menzel put on her last coat of green Max Factor for her Tony-winning turn as Elphaba, the power-ballad-belting witch with the killer bod in Broadway's Wicked. Thousands of preteen girls wept as their outsider role model melted away for good, but the 34-year-old actress and singer was glad to take a break from the "inhuman" schedule of eight shows a week. "To be able to go to dinner and have a glass of wine and talk over loud music without worrying about my voice-to have a life-was a real treat," she says. Menzel has not been idle, though. She's been writing songs for an upcoming album and taking her one-woman show on the road. And this month, she makes her Hollywood movie debut in Chris Columbus's adaptation of Rent, the 1996 Broadway rock musical by the late Jonathan Larson.
A breakout hit with fans as young and as rabid as Wicked's, Rent is a retelling of Puccini's La Boheme, set in the, er, bohemian squalor of the East Village, with art rock and AIDS standing in for oil painting and consumption. As Maureen, a fiercely ...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire November 11, 2008 700+ words
...Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel has recorded a brand-new song...well as www.MLB.com/Hope. Idina Menzel said, "I'm so honored to join...10 million. For more info on Idina Menzel, please contact Warner Bros...
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- Magazine article from: Interview Hayek, Salma December 1, 2005 700+ words
...Bette Midler, and Liza Minnelli, Idina Menzel is fashioning the kind of multimedia...musical called See What I Wanna See, Menzel can be seen in the much-anticipated...original Broadway production, right? IDINA MENZEL: Yeah, nine years ago. The play...
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- Picture from: AP Images September 15, 2009 700+ words
In this image released courtesy of Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, actors Idina Menzel, left, and Taye Diggs, pose with their son Walker on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 in Los Angeles. Walker was born Sept. 2. (AP Photo/courtesy of Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs)
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- Press release article from: Business Wire September 22, 2008 700+ words
...to Coast BURBANK, Calif. -- Idina Menzel has announced a third string of...was posted on YouTube in honor of Menzel's birthday, the singer is now...visit www.idinamenzel.com. Idina Menzel's upcoming tour dates are as...
- WORKING GIRL.(Idina Menzel )
- Magazine article from: WWD Lipsky Karasz, Elisa October 18, 2005 700+ words
...NEW YORK -- It doesn't matter that Idina Menzel won a Tony and the hearts of fans for...that I will always work in theater," Menzel says. "I will be able to work on theatrical...singing at weddings!" Caption(s): Idina Menzel
- Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Welcome Baby Boy.(A & E)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) September 4, 2009 700+ words
...a boy for actors Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel. Walker Nathaniel Diggs was born...Check out photos of Diggs and Menzel Other Links From TVGuide.com * Taye Diggs * Idina Menzel View the original article on TVGuide...
- Idina Menzel, Star of Hit Broadway Musical "Rent" Conducts Online Chat Oct. 29...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 23, 1998 700+ words
...ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 23, 1998--Idina Menzel, who was nominated for a Tony Award...m./ET. Throughout the chat, Menzel will answer questions about her new...hollywoodrec.com. Swing Magazine said Menzel is "a powerful R&B belter...
- Idina Menzel gives birth to son.
- News wire article from: UPI Energy Resources September 3, 2009 700+ words
U.S. actress Idina Menzel has given birth to her first child...Walker Nathaniel Diggs. A friend of Menzel and her husband, actor Taye Diggs...father and son are all doing well, Menzel and Diggs's representatives said in...
