STAGE TUBE: Idina Menzel Opens Up About Working with Kitt & Yorkey for IF/THEN Tour

The National Tour of IF/THEN, starring Tony Award-winner and Broadway superstar Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, Frozen, Glee), Tony Award-winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and James Snyder (Cry-Baby, Rock of Ages), launched earlier this week at the Buell Theatre at Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

In the video, watch as Menzel opens up about what it was like collaborating with composers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey.

Menzel as nominated for a 2014 Tony Award, as well as Drama Desk and Drama League Awards, for this performance. Idina made her Broadway debut as Maureen in the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner, Rent, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She followed that with her Tony Award-winning performance as Elphaba in Wicked, which she subsequently brought to London's West End. Other New York stage work includes See What I Wanna See (Public), The Wild Party (MTC) and Hair (Encores!). Menzel's voice can be heard in the Disney animated musical Frozen, singing its Oscar-winning song, "Let It Go." She reprised her performance as Maureen in Chris Columbus' film version of Rent and has appeared in movies as diverse asEnchanted and Ask the Dust. On televi- sion, Menzel recurred on "Glee" and guest starred in numerous other shows. She starred in her own PBS special, "Barefoot at the Symphony," with its accompanying live album. Menzel has a highly successful concert and recording career, includ- ing the recent culmination of her 2015 world tour. In addition to cast albums, Menzel's solo albums include Barefoot at the Symphony, I Stand, Here, Still I Can't Be Still and Holiday Wishes.