For Idina Menzel's new PBS special and cd, "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony" she sings Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" in tribute to singing it on Glee. In this video, not only does she sing the song, but she also talks about her surprise at singing it with Lea Michele as a mother-daughter song on Glee.
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Idina Menzel's highly-anticipated new PBS concert special, "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony," will air beginning March 3 across the country. The concert, filmed in November of 2011 in Toronto and also featuring husband Taye Diggs and legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch - will be released on DVD and CD next month as well.
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 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 her 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.
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