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Menzel Performs MS Fundraiser Concert in NJ 6/2, Red Rocks Amphitheatre 7/17

By: Apr. 20, 2011
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As reported by Idina Menzel's official website, the Tony winner joining the Musical Moments Symphony Orchestra in Newark, NJ on June 2 for a fundraiser benefiting Multiple Sclerosis research. Tickets are on sale now.

Idina will also be returning to Colorado on July 17 to play legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre with the Colorado Symphony. Fan pre-sale for the Colorado show begins this Friday, April 22.

Tony Award winner Idina 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.

For more information on Idina Menzel, visit idinamenzel.com.




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