Tony Winning actress Idina Menzel has hinted that she may be considering a return to the Great White Way. In a promotional statement for her upcoming PBS special entitled, 'Idina Live: Barefoot at the Symphony', Menzel spoke of a possible upcoming appearance at New York's Rialto Theater in what she describes as “a brand new, original show that I’m not allowed to talk about, but really excites me.”
Menzel's PBS concert special premiered on Chicago's PBS affiliate WTTW on January 9. The concert - filmed in November in Toronto featuring husband Taye Diggs and legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch - will be released on DVD and CD on March 6, the singer's official website reveals.
Tony-winner Idina Menzel filmed her second PBS special in Toronto on November 17-18 with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony at Koerner Hall.
Menzel has a diverse career on stage and in film, television, and music. She recently appeared in the television hit Glee, and is currently on a sold-out tour, performing with leading orchestras around the country. In 2009 Ms. Menzel co-starred with Josh Groban in the concert version of Chess: The Musical, recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall and broadcast on PBS. In December 2005 she completed her role as the misunderstood Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked, for which she received a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award nomination.
She reprised the role in London's West End in September 2006, receiving the Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She also starred in Michael John LaChiusa's musical See What I Wanna See, directed by Ted Sperling at The Public Theater, garnering Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations. Other honors included a Tony nomination for her debut performance as Maureen in the original production of Rent, and a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Kate in Manhattan Theater Club's Off-Broadway original musical, The Wild Party.
The concert can be pre-ordered on Amazon; the special will air nationwide on PBS stations (check local listings) on March 3.
