Idina Menzel: ‘Through my character Elsa in Frozen, I was thrown into being a role model for empowerment’
The actor and singer, aged 52, on what she learned by singing at weddings, her childhood dream coming true and battling vanity
August 2023
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah review – Sandler family delivers sweet YA
Adam Sandler and daughters score a surprising win for Netflix: a sweet-natured adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s teen novel
September 2021
How we made
‘They changed my ending, I felt aghast’: how we made Wicked
Cinderella review – Ella wears the trousers in goofy musical redesign
January 2020
Uncut Gems review – an exhilarating, full-blown assault of a movie
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Uncut Gems review – this sparkler will be the most exciting film of the year
November 2019
Frozen II review – magical journey into the unknown with Elsa and Anna
Disney sequel touches on climate change and boasts at least one great song
Anthems, girl power and redemption: how Frozen ticked all the right boxes
It has been six years since my young family first fell for Disney’s heroine Elsa. Can my children – or their mother – resist the sequel?
Frozen II review – a charming return but the thaw's setting in
Beloved heroine Elsa has a great new song as she heads into the enchanted forest in this funny, likable but underpowered sequel. Is it time to let her go?
September 2016
Wicked in the West End: 10 years of defying gravity – in pictures
Wicked is celebrating its 10th birthday at the Apollo Victoria theatre in London. Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music and lyrics, reflects on his show about the ‘ultimate outsider’
February 2015
John Travolta's Idina Menzel face-grab at Oscars was 'rehearsed', says rep
Oscars 2015: from mountain climbing with Lady Gaga to cheek-squeezing with John Travolta - video highlights
Oscars 2015: the funniest moments from Neil Patrick Harris to John Travolta's face-grabbing - video
John Travolta returns as Oscars presenter after 'Adele Dazeem' gaffe
January 2015
Idina Menzel to sing national anthem at 2015 Super Bowl
Star of Frozen, whose Let it Go was one of the most ubiquitous sounds of 2014, to perform the Star Spangled Banner before the game on 1 February
December 2014
The film quiz
Cynics, let it go: how well do you know Frozen? – quiz
How much do you know (or, frankly, can guess) about the animated Disney film?
April 2014
Tony awards 2014 nominations – in full
It's Hedwig v Les Mis, Stephen Fry v Mark Rylance and Idina Menzel v Kelli O'Hara … see who's nominated for what at this year's Tonys
March 2014
Oscars 2014: John Travolta 'sorry' for mangling singer Idina Menzel's name
Actor garbled Frozen star Menzel's name as Adela Dazeem during Oscars ceremony, leading to widespread hilarity
