Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity (Wicked) - live at The Fox Theater (4K)

Idina Menzel plays the Wicked song "Defying Gravity" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on July 21, 2024. Defying Gravity was composed by Stephen Schwartz for the musical Wicked. It was first performed in 2003 at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco by Idina Menzel, who originated the role of Elphaba, and appeared on The Wicked Original Broadway Cast Recording (2003). Idina Menzel is a Tony Award winning singer and actress from Syosset, New York. This was the second night of her Take Me Or Leave Me Tour. Joining her onstage were Clifford Carter (piano), Akil Thompson (guitar), Sean Hurley (bass), and Rich Mercurio (drums).
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Idina Menzel - Take Me Or Leave Me Tour dates (2024):
July 19 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
July 21 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
July 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
July 25 - Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center - Ikeda Theater
July 26 - Highland, CA @ Yaamava' Theater
July 27 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Smith Center
July 30 - Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
July 31 - Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre
August 2 - Atlanta, GA @ Atlanta Symphony Hall
August 3 - Charleston, SC @ Charleston Gallard Center
August 4 - Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
August 6 - Auburn, AL @ Gogue Performing Arts Center
August 7 - Greenville, SC @ Peace Concert Hall
August 9 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
August 10 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center For The Performing Arts
August 11 - Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
August 13 - Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
August 15 - New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
August 16 - Hershey, PA @ Hershey Theatre
August 17 - Washington, DC @ Warner Theatre
August 18 - Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center For The Performing Arts
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Idina Menzel official bio:
Menzel is a Tony-Award winning, powerhouse multi-hyphenate: a singer, an actress in film and TV, a songwriter, a Broadway star, and a philanthropist. She rose to fame for her role as Maureen in the popular Broadway musical Rent, and her career took off when she won a Tony Award for her role as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the smash musical Wicked.
Her voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney’s Oscar® winning Frozen, the second highest grossing animated films of all time, with more than $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue. The film’s song “Let It Go”, voiced by Menzel, became an instant international phenomenon, winning the Oscar® for Best Original Song-where Menzel performed it at the ceremony-and the Grammy® Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. The track reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Menzel the first artist with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting. Menzel received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award at Billboard’s annual Women in Music event in 2014 and performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLIX.
A skillful songwriter, Menzel’s prolific recording career includes multiple cast albums and the solo albums: Still I Can’t Be Still, Here, I Stand and idina, which landed in the Top 30 on Billboard’s Top 200 charts upon its release in 2016. She’s released 2 holiday-themed albums, Holiday Wishes, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Holiday Albums chart and gave Menzel a Top 10 album on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and its 2019 follow-up, Christmas: A Season of Love featuring duets with Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, Josh Gad and Idina’s husband, Aaron Lohr.
This past fall, Menzel released her electrifying dance project Drama Queen via BMG. The project is a departure from what she’s released in the past, as Menzel showcases her powerhouse vocals through disco-infused beats and soaring anthems. Idina worked with award-winning collaborators including Nile Rodgers (Chic, Diana Ross, Beyonce), Justin Tranter (Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Sir Nolan (Shawn Mendes, Carly Rae Jepsen), Jim Eliot (Elie Goulding, Kylie Minogue) and more.
Menzel has also released two children’s picture books alongside her sister, Cara Mentzel, called “Loud Mouse,” and “Proud Mouse” via Disney Publishing Worldwide. Both books center around self-acceptance and being true to yourself.
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[@cowgirlamy8252]

That was really awesome performance of Idina Menzel singing Defying Gravity from Wicked the broadway show!

[@LittleFugueFlute]

Love to see Idina Menzel continuing to be one of the best performers out there!

[@maicon.93]

WOW she did the ending just like the recording... AMAZING !

[@iseley]

It's in a lower key.

[@maicon.93]

@@iseley no matter, still like the recording...

[@mrs.meaney1748]

She is in great voice!! Praying she keeps taking care of herself so she can continue to sing like this for years to come!! Amazing!!

[@VanessaDMusic]

Me too!

[@nothingnessofeverything]

I went to see her last week in LA and I couldn’t even hear the her over the cheering and screaming go Idina BRAVO!

[@haruyukiarita6472]

My ONLY Elphaba FOREVER

[@rad7846]

What a treat! Gosh we are so lucky and blessed to still see and hear this woman sing this song!

[@TonySolis99]

it was the most amazing show, and every moment was amazing

[@marilynoverholt8047]

Missed her this tour due to illness. Saw her couple of years ago and she is amazing.

[@lenninbaay3217]

her voice is heavy and dark. i love her songs "Extra ordinary" "Small world" "December Prayer" and more.

[@user-bq7ch9fg1m]

I love Idina!

[@TheRaulmp]

The one and the only! 😍

[@maggiepeterson_]

Amazing!!!

[@mindytillapaugh3465]

I'm soooo excited.... am driving 5hours to see her in Pittsburgh.....all just to hear THIS ONE SONG !

[@ritchlozares5175]

She's my all time favorite!!! ❤❤❤❤❤☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

[@Yaamava]

See you Friday!

[@MaddoxYahrmatter]

I did not know she she was one of the original cast of the wicked musical until 2023

[@amidoshi1909]

She was THE Elpheba, and I love her so much!!

[@amidoshi1909]

She was THE Elphaba, and I love her so much!!

[@MaddoxYahrmatter]

@@amidoshi1909 I know she was a great actor in wicked

[@YouTube4me-lq5ms]

Did you record more? 🥹🥹

[@TimBracken]

Yep! I got about 7 or 8 more songs. I was planning to post No Day But Today next but I'm flexible.

[@Monica-Elise]

I was there. Did you happen to get the little redwood song? i can't find it anywhere.

[@TimBracken]

Sorry, I got "Great Escape" from Redwood but not "Little Redwood." 🙁

[@elephantbluepeter]

Okay I'm gonna be honest, I think Cynthia Erivo is super talented, but I'm not sure if she's vocally right to play Elphaba. I think she should've played Celie in "The Color Purple" movie musical instead of Fantasia. I know Idina Menzel is 52, but I think she should've played Elphaba in the movie and use makeup and visual effects to de-age her like Sigourney Weaver in "Avatar: The Way of Water". I also think it all should be one movie instead of two and a couple of other castings I'm not sure about like Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh, I would've used Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Tveit and Meryl Streep for those roles, but that's my opinion to please be respectful.

[@LittlelitooXD]

Amanda seyfried cannot hit the notes Ariana can nor can she hold them out, she is an actress not a singer Ariana is good for Glinda but maybe Meryl Streep for madam morrible could have been really good because she did an amazing job as the witch in into the woods

[@mauroespindola5101]

Cynthia Erivo can outsing any human being on this planet - she's so good she sounds like an alien!

[@actorjulion101]

Respectable opinion, but the fact is that you don't always get what you want lol; and the way Chu operated with this project, was probably the best thing to ever happen since the last director left in 2016. It's time for Idina to rest, but she'll always be the mother!!

[@Almando]

You have to be kidding right? Are you aware that Elphaba represents people of Marginalized Communities? She is literally discriminated against because of the Color of her skin. Madame Morrible and The Wizard of Oz, 2 people who she thought were on her side, Literally sent people to capture her because she didn't want to do their dirty work. Cynthia is Perfect for the role of Elphaba. Ariana and Jonathan have Musical Theater backgrounds. Jonathan has an Olivier Award for playing Jaimie in the Genderbent West End Revival of Company. Ariana started on Broadway in 13. Michelle Yeoh is an Academy Award Winning Actress. She may not have a Musical Theater background but she is a Phenomenal Actress.

[@xengar]

I hear your concerns and I think time will tell when the movie arrives. Despite what Broadway fans are saying, the response to Wicked has been lukewarm at best and I think it's because it feels like a movie that's 10 years too late. I think Erivo is genius casting but Grande's only acting fame is Disney channel and Hairspray live--neither of which demonstrate the range to play Glinda; which is a harder role than most people think. I think more people like us are in the camp of tentative optimism because musical movies are 50/50. We could be getting Greatest Showman or another Chicago if we're lucky.... or it's another Les Mis or Cats.

[@MaddoxYahrmatter]

The first time I heard Idina Menzel s voice was in frozen

[@MrSaxgirl]

Wicked movie is super wrong casted.

[@LeonMeulemans]

Nahh .. she is not that great people. I can see that she is struggling with the last high note. Willemijn Verkaik sings this song every single time so pure and strong. She is the best Elphaba of all !! 💚

[@BeansPredi-ch6xk]

Who asked you? Stop being a hater!

[@cloudambient]

She in all honesty turned out to be one of the weakest Elphabas ever. The girls who went on after here totally raised the bar and had way more finesse and technique.

[@jordankent3701]

but she set the bar...

[@helloworld17778]

ive never watched wicked and i don't plan to because the show is just not my vibe. ive never thought highly of idina's singing abilities, but i am charmed by her acting.

[@CianBrooks-ws8sf]

In terms of vocals , yeah , she was inconsistent, but in terms of acting, she was much better than most of the Elphabas after her , with a few exceptions

[@actorjulion101]

We'll agree to disagree.

[@mshalo1822]

@@CianBrooks-ws8sfthis is the correct answer.