Idina Menzel is no stranger to flying high above Broadway stages, and she made her soaring return (literally) Thursday night with the new musical “Redwood.” The show marks her first Broadway ...

Rent was Idina Menzel's first professional ... Another notable off-Broadway credit for Menzel was her turn as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores! production of Hair.

NEW YORK – There's a beautiful show somewhere in "Redwood," a sort of "Eat, Belay, Love" about a grief-stricken mother (Idina Menzel) who finds solace in climbing trees. But despite Menzel's ...

shows Idina Menzel at her best. The Tony Award-winning actress is known for bringing her powerhouse mezzo-soprano vocals and commanding stage presence to the forefront of every role she plays ...

Idina Menzel shares her only son Walker with ex-husband Taye Diggs Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in ...

I don’t care how balsa-weak that joke is (will I be the 14th hack to use it, or the only one lacking self-restraint?). Redwood rhymes with deadwood, the derogatory term for people or things that ...

Shortly before a run-through of her new Broadway musical, “Redwood,” Idina Menzel reflected on her performing roots that stretch back to Long Island. “Baylis Elementary, third grade,” she ...

The force of nature is Idina Menzel, who sings in 13 of the show’s 17 songs, of which seven are essentially solos. Has anyone ever belted so much, so tirelessly and hair-raisingly? But the size ...

The majestic set piece by designer Jason Ardizzone-West is so big, star Idina Menzel and the rest are able to scale it using ropes and harnesses. Too bad the Broadway show named after the wooden ...

By Michael Paulson Reporting from Oakland, Calif., and New York City Idina Menzel was sitting on a bench in a California redwood grove, yearning for silence. It was late one autumn afternoon ...