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Can't Wait for IDINA MENZEL: BAREFOOT AT THE SYMPHONY? Get a Sneak Peek With 'Defying Gravity' and 'Tomorrow!'

By: Feb. 10, 2012
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Idina Menzel's new PBS concert special, "Barefoot at the Symphony" - filmed in Toronto with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony at Koerner Hall - features husband Taye Diggs and legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

The concert will be released on DVD and CD on March 6. Can't wait until then? Get a first listen with Menzel's renditions of "Defying Gravity" and "Tomorrow," as released on the star's official Facebook page, below!

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. For the DVD, viewable in all countries, click here, and for the CD, click here; the special will air nationwide on PBS stations (check local listings) on March 3.

Click here for a sneak peek at "Defying Gravity" and "Tomorrow"!







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