{"title":"Idina Menzel","role":"Jodi Isaac","image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/roundabout-theatre-company\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_880,q_auto,w_880\/v1\/Headshots\/Skintight\/Idina-Menzel_low.jpg","lede":null,"content":"
IDINA MENZEL (Jodi Isaac).<\/strong> Tony Award-winning icon Idina Menzel has a diverse career that traverses stage, film, television and music. Menzel\u2019s voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney\u2019s global box office smash Frozen<\/em>, in which she sings the film\u2019s Oscar-winning song \u201cLet It Go,\u201d and in the follow-up short, Frozen Fever<\/em>. After Menzel\u2019s performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting.<\/p> <\/p> Menzel capped 2016 with the release of her fifth solo studio album idina<\/em>. She was most recently seen in Lifetime\u2019s remake of Beaches<\/em>, which premiered January 2017, in which she portrays the role of \u2018CC,\u2019 made famous by Bette Midler. Garnering huge critical acclaim, Menzel reached superstardom on Broadway with her Tony Award-winning performance as \u2018Elphaba,\u2019 the misunderstood green girl in the blockbuster Wicked<\/em>, and in her Tony-nominated role as Maureen\u2019 in the Pulitzer Prize winning Rent<\/em>. Menzel\u2019s most recent Broadway role as \u2018Elizabeth\u2019 in the original production If\/Then <\/em>earned her a third Tony nomination.<\/p> <\/p> Other notable projects include Glee <\/em>and Disney\u2019s Enchanted<\/em>. In addition to cast albums, Menzel\u2019s prolific recording career includes the solo albums I Stand, Here<\/em> and Still I Can\u2019t Be Still<\/em>. Her first-ever Christmas album Holiday Wishes<\/em>, released October 2014 on Warner Bros. Records, debuted at #1 on Billboard\u2019s Holiday Albums chart, broke into the top 10 on Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and received rave reviews.<\/p> <\/p> Menzel received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award at Billboard<\/em>\u2019s annual Women in Music event the same year. Philanthropy is also important to Menzel, who co-founded the A BroaderWay Foundation in 2010. This organization is dedicated to offering girls from underserved communities an outlet for self-expression and creativity through arts-centered programs. The emphasis is on building self-esteem, developing leadership qualities and striving for personal and social achievement.<\/p> <\/p> In 2014, Menzel was recognized as one of Variety Magazine\u2019s Power of Women honorees for her work with the organization. For more information on A BroaderWay, visit abroaderway.org<\/a>. For more information, please visit idinamenzel.com<\/a>. Photo: Warner Bros Records.<\/em><\/p>","website":"http:\/\/www.idinamenzel.com","alt":"Idina has light skin, large hazel-green eyes, sharp eyebrows, and long, dark brown, curled hair that's parted on the side. She wears a green military jacket over a white shirt."}