I can't belive that this is the same person who won the Tony and is now an artist with her own album on WBR and a tour of her own. I bet if you told her back then that all this would happen, she'd laugh.
Anybody else think she only looks tad bit different, she's got one of those faces that never age! And of course her voice rocks so much. I want to be like her when I grow up soooooooooo badly!
yea she does...if u watch on of the videos posted when she explains being a weddin singer, you will hear about her "julia roberts" sized hair..(the long island 80s hair) and she still has her perm in this one. but i think she got like lip botox or something because her lips are huge here and they arent that big today....she still looks pretty tho :p
Her voice sounded a lot different during the beginning of RENT ... Very raspy. It sounds a lot different now. She's so cute here, too! lol ... Chubster cheeks. She's such a great person. You can't help but love Idina.
she still looked gawjuss..lol...aww idinas face has changed a bit she didnt have her cheek bones then...well she did but they didnt stand out as much lool....I LOVE YOO DEE...X
Haha, she was such a tomboy back then! And I love when she's like "Somebody give me money so I can record an album!" Uh, try three 11 years later! haha.
She looks soooooooooo different now! She sounds the same. She kind of reminds me of Elane from Seinfeld. I have no idea why, probably how she dresses and her hair. Wow that was weird. Anthony looks so cute though:)!!
Wow she looks like she's lost a lot of weight since this. She's so my idol, though. She just gets more and more beautiful with age and her voice has gotten even more amazing.
Wow. I thought I'd seen every Idina vid on here. This is so cool. So weird to see her at this point in her career, when we saw her last November in London with SO MANY people lined up at the Stage door for her autograph. (I'm sure there were over 100 + there.)She had her body guard and everything. She looks diff?? She's just got her wavy Maureen hair...
So not embarrassing - she's mine too! To have that kind of a voice, that ability to act, and still maintain what appears to be a very down to earth and wonderful personality and ability to interact with people is something that all aspiring performers should aspire to achieve and maintain.
i wonder if someone had told her then that she was going to marry taye diggs and become a tony award winning actress, if she would've believed it. it's funny to think that she used to be this young girl just trying to pay her rent.
Ha she had work done since then? SHe looks so diferent now you can sort of only tell wen you seee her singing her mouth is still the same evrything else has changed. x
She won't become too too famous. Her Enchanted role isn't even that huge. But she's definitley making her new album and maybe touring, and most of all she loves theatre. So that's good. I think she'll be popular, but not very.
It is true that Idina in a huge star, but mostly around those who are Wicked and Rent fanatics. ...But also, she is coming out with a new album in the fall. She's been in a few movies, not the greatest ones. But I think her big break will be coming soon. She's starring in a new Disney movie, Enchanted. Half is going to be actual people and the other half is cartoon from what I've heard. And it's a musical movie. Everyone loves Disney, so a lot of kids especially will know who she is soon enough.
I think that in the world of live theater, you can say that you have definatively "made it" if you're involved in any way with a broadway show. Idina is now and will forever be known as a performance MEGA talent!
I don't think she's worth that. That's like more than what a footballer earns, and I'm not saying she doesn't deserve it because I think any broadway star deserves more than a footballer but I think that the producers must've been losing more than they were making.
The producers definately made more money that they lost. I definately think she was worth the money they paided her. Idina is currently one of the more popular and well known broadway actresses, and using her name was the only avertisment that was done for the show. Not to mention shes amazingly talented and won a Tony for the role.
oh, dear, this video is a gem! too bad the sound has this constant humming, makes it hard to understand what they are saying. but still great. idina's always a good thing to see. yay!!
She is one of those Broadway performers that is one of those perfect examples of how you can never make it on Broadway. Even after being in three huge Broadway productions she still has to struggle. And in between those she had to struggle. She's probly still struggling... At least she's known. What a life.
What are you talking about? Idina has the kind of career most broadway performers can only dream of. shed able to do stage work, her own music and movies
Yeah, but it's not as glamourous as it seems. The life of a Broadway performer is the hardest life that you can lead. Just read "Making It On Broaday." Idina writes in that. It's stories from all Broadway "stars" about "making it". The truth is... there is no making it. Broadway is no one's permanent address. Hang on... I'll send you a couple of the things Idina's written...
while I see where your comments are coming from, I think that book is a few years old. Idina recently became the highest paid actress in westend history, she made $30,000+ a week plus accomidations and living expenses. If thats not making it then I don't know what is.
Psh. Of course she's making a lot NOW. Tour life is like heaven. Ask any Broadway actor that's toured. They ALL say that they made tons and tons of dough. After WICKED was over, she didn't make a cent. That's not making it. I don't know if you're an actor, but I am. You never permanently "make it." Sure, she got a lot of money for a while. It's all gone after paying rent and other shit for about a year.
Erm...she still makes plenty, she's having well earned "down time" though. And she's persuing personal things like her singing career...Just because she doesn't feel the need to be splashed on every front cover doesn't mean she hasn't made it. With a group of DEVOTED fans as big as she has, she has made it, definitely!
Define "made it." You can ask ANY Broadway actor and they will say there is no definite making it. No one can "make it" on Broadway. That's what I'M taking about. No one can make it on BROADWAY. It depends on what you mean by "making it."
yeah I guess it depends on what your opinion of "making it" is. besides I don't think its Idina's goal to only be on broadway. I get the feeling she wants a career like Barbra Streisand's career, she wants to do movies, music and Broadway.
haha! Bad example using Barbara Streisand. I get your point, though. But think about it: the reason you used Barbara Streisand as an example is bcuz she's the only Broadway actress that EVERYONE EVERYWHERE knows about. Idina is famous, but only in the group RENT and WICKED fanatics. Which is actually a trumendous accomplishment. I don't think you can do Broadway if you're in it for the fame. Being a Broadway actor is the hardest jobs in my opinion.
oh no I used Barbara Streisand because Idina has said she wants a career like Barbara's,thats actually is Idina's example not mine. My point was she is not only focusing on doing broadway. ITA about being a broadway actor is one of the hardest jobs, definately the hardest in the entertainment industry and they don't get enough credit for it.
I agree 100%. Sorry, about the Barbara Streisand thing. I guess everyone wants a career like Barbara Streisand's. And i suppose that if you do Broadway acting you HAVE to do other stuff... it's not enough money w/out film and TV... I have HUGE respect for anyone on Broadway.
Well, just to say you've got a few facts wrong lol.
You said first that she still has to struggle...well I wldnt say $30 000 a week with complimentary accomodation is struggling, and yeah, she's been in HUGE productions too, and now she's taking a break from Broadway that's all. People who see Wicked still talk about her, over a year after she left (and in London too!) I don't really see how much better you could get. She will NEVER be forgotten, and that's what making it is.
Actually shes doing a benefit and a 2 week production of a new show this summer, Romantic Poetry: The Musicale. The names associated with this production are to big of names to only do a 2 week production in upstate NY, so I'm sure it will transfer to NYC. So she is on her way back to the NYC broadway/theater scene.
I thought she was taking a longer break from theater, but I guess not.
holy shit, that's a lot of money! how do you know this? i always wondered how much broadway people made... it is a shit load of money, like she would say (lol), and she desearves it
most broadway people can only dream of making what Idina did. not only did she make over 30,000 but they also paid for her apartment or hotel and all her living expense while she was there.
the minimum for a broadway actor is around $1,000 a week and a lead might get around $5,000
idina gives me hope that i will one day grow into my baby face too :)
akimkcwr 5 months ago
Me to
hero99741 7 months ago
I think she's prettier now.
KristinandIdinagirl 1 year ago
wow I don't even think I was born yet when this was taken....
famosyyo 1 year ago
omg in the movie she is ripped
Karamay67 2 years ago
wow she was young there... now that i've watched i think she does look a little different now. she's still just full of awesomeness!!!!
katebien 2 years ago 4
her voice sounded so different
GreysFan92 2 years ago 2
She's so young and so adorablee:]
IdinaMenzelFanVideos 2 years ago 3
her face is all puffy and cute here!
greeeeeg2 3 years ago 2
omg shes so young
RoryGilmore669 3 years ago 2
I love that give me a break in take me or leave me!!! :):)
Belgiumfanzel 3 years ago 2
Dude, I want her ripped abs!!
braveone87 3 years ago
Ohhh, just so lovely, so freaking lovely.
Vessynikol 3 years ago 3
This has to be my favorite Idina interview!!
I can't belive that this is the same person who won the Tony and is now an artist with her own album on WBR and a tour of her own. I bet if you told her back then that all this would happen, she'd laugh.
ya gotta love Idina!
Elphabawicked 3 years ago 5
I so agree. She is the best, in EVERY way!!!
No1IdinaMenzelFan 2 years ago 6
Anybody else think she only looks tad bit different, she's got one of those faces that never age! And of course her voice rocks so much. I want to be like her when I grow up soooooooooo badly!
Wickedisnumba1 3 years ago 5
smae here!! lol the perm at the start of the vid is classic!
maddimo89 3 years ago
yea she does...if u watch on of the videos posted when she explains being a weddin singer, you will hear about her "julia roberts" sized hair..(the long island 80s hair) and she still has her perm in this one. but i think she got like lip botox or something because her lips are huge here and they arent that big today....she still looks pretty tho :p
Idina and Taye <3
wickeddx10 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure Idina didn't have a perm=)
moresmilesplease 2 years ago
"no big names on stage, at least, not yet..." OMG!!! 48 hours is like psychic!!!
born2Bgreen528 3 years ago 6
the guy who hugs her at 5:25 looks like Taye.
xxidinarox 3 years ago
IT IS HIM!!! wow, when they barely knew each other & now they're man & wife
born2Bgreen528 3 years ago
She is only 24!
PezziiMezzii 3 years ago 2
amazing. just amazing. i love her so much.
little cameos from Rodney and Aiko too! SQUEE!
RentPanda123 3 years ago 3
AHHH, shes looks so YOUNG!(not that she doesn't look young now cuz she DOES but still) This is SOOOO AWESOME! Dee ROCKS!
HeyMrShesMySister 3 years ago 10
i sooo agree! by the way, I ♥ ur name!
elphaba101witch 3 years ago 4
Thanks!
HeyMrShesMySister 3 years ago
she's so humble
i love it
JustDANCE9506 3 years ago 2
Her voice sounded a lot different during the beginning of RENT ... Very raspy. It sounds a lot different now. She's so cute here, too! lol ... Chubster cheeks. She's such a great person. You can't help but love Idina.
JmB8207 3 years ago 21
she's had alot of voice instruction since then
you also notice a difference between her voice in wicked and then when they made the RENT movie
and you can hear the difference between her two albulms
she's an inspiration
MeasureUreLyfeinLove 3 years ago 5
her cheeks are chubbier.... i still love her more than nething! shes fabulous!
interpreter4life 3 years ago
Idina is so adorbale. She looks the same yet different, ya know? Her voice seems to be raspy here.
I love this video, she's such a sweetheart.
redlipstickx3 3 years ago 6
I LOVE HERRRRR. :D
Yeah, I agree with everyone, she has changed soooo much.
Her face, her eyebrows (lol), her cheekbones, her hair and her VOICE.
But she is soooooo GORGEOUS. I love her.
x
HANNAHlovesBROADWAY 3 years ago 6
she still looked gawjuss..lol...aww idinas face has changed a bit she didnt have her cheek bones then...well she did but they didnt stand out as much lool....I LOVE YOO DEE...X
xlilhunni123x 3 years ago 3
she looks so much different!! just think, this was shot almost fifteen years ago!!!
IDINA ROCKS!!! I LOVE HER!!!
BroadwayDreams13 4 years ago 3
wait so how long did she do rent for? like she did the movie and the musical? was she the 1st musical
xrdanceawayx 4 years ago
i think she was in rent for about a year and a half as a part of the obc. and yeah, she was in both the movie and the show.
idontownidinaiRENT 3 years ago
she looks soooo much different now than she did back then, omg shes sooo great! I lover her laugh :)
Wicked8DefyGravity 4 years ago
she DESERVED it! I <6 Dee! xD
bwaybabydezz 4 years ago
Aww...I wish the sound were better! But I'm so glad this is up!
flutequeen84 4 years ago
Her face under the cap and all that curly hair along whith the cute laugh, LMAO, Idina was - and is - adorable.
Geminie1 4 years ago
"Her biggest Break"
Never thought of Rent like that...
Thanku Rent (y)
x
LucasGrabeelFan69 4 years ago
Okay this is probably a dumb question...but I guess Idina's hair is naturally curly then?
puppypersonLOTR 4 years ago
yes it is
flutesinger262 4 years ago
she looks so different!! shes changed a lot! i love her shes so awsome :]
bunnynumerouno 4 years ago
Haha, she was such a tomboy back then! And I love when she's like "Somebody give me money so I can record an album!" Uh, try three 11 years later! haha.
erri13 4 years ago
Haha! Old school Dee!!
I can't really hear what they're saying though.. but this looks awesome! :D
ElphieandMaureen 4 years ago
i LOVE the old school Idina! what a great way to show where she came from! thanks for posting this!!
sftx 4 years ago
wow...
:O
i didn't know this even existed!
it makes me feel all tingly and happy inside!
pianomonkey13 4 years ago
love her love her love her!!
aleerox 4 years ago
She looks soooooooooo different now! She sounds the same. She kind of reminds me of Elane from Seinfeld. I have no idea why, probably how she dresses and her hair. Wow that was weird. Anthony looks so cute though:)!!
camilliebean34567 4 years ago
I know. Maybe that was the style then? But she looks better now, i think.
WickedPhantom1 4 years ago
god...!!
camilliebean34567 4 years ago
my...
camilliebean34567 4 years ago
Oh...
camilliebean34567 4 years ago
her face looks totally different
broadwaycutie13 4 years ago
Amen.
TheChosenOne613 4 years ago
Wow she looks like she's lost a lot of weight since this. She's so my idol, though. She just gets more and more beautiful with age and her voice has gotten even more amazing.
Hailo7788 4 years ago 4
Wow. I thought I'd seen every Idina vid on here. This is so cool. So weird to see her at this point in her career, when we saw her last November in London with SO MANY people lined up at the Stage door for her autograph. (I'm sure there were over 100 + there.)She had her body guard and everything. She looks diff?? She's just got her wavy Maureen hair...
mountngirrl 4 years ago
omg she looks soooooooo different!
xXxXCathyXxXx 4 years ago
omg! look at cute lil idina! her acting and singing has matured SO much since then...but her humble personality is still the same!
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monolitosZomon 4 years ago
Embarising
But she is my role model
IAmALlamaNamedJose 4 years ago
Why is that embarrassing?
ThruAcceptingRules 4 years ago
So not embarrassing - she's mine too! To have that kind of a voice, that ability to act, and still maintain what appears to be a very down to earth and wonderful personality and ability to interact with people is something that all aspiring performers should aspire to achieve and maintain.
Don't be embarrassed by that. At all.
TubaChick03 4 years ago
i wonder if someone had told her then that she was going to marry taye diggs and become a tony award winning actress, if she would've believed it. it's funny to think that she used to be this young girl just trying to pay her rent.
PinkJewell 4 years ago 2
Wow she looks soooo dif. But she is still and will always be beautiful. She has an awesome preformance in Rent and Wicked. I LOVE IDINA!!!!
elphaba101witch 4 years ago
Amen to that!
balletxxlove 4 years ago
OMG.. what a difference..
What about this eyebrow? LOL..
Thxs Idina, ´cause you has been changed for a LOT of GOOD :)
I don´t care if she will be a huge star or not.. I just wanna see her acting always..
She does a WONDERFUL job in every play.. and I fall in love with her over and over again..
WHAT A WOMAN!
sexylove1477 4 years ago
go sexylove !!!!!
IdinaRocks2013 4 years ago
ok as far as the looks thing, She has been changed For Good,
she is awesome whatever she looks like, even only one year after i was born, even now
RichardNortonRocks 4 years ago
Ha she had work done since then? SHe looks so diferent now you can sort of only tell wen you seee her singing her mouth is still the same evrything else has changed. x
rosebuffy 4 years ago
she grew up. she still looked baby faced back then.I guess you could say that she grew into her looks. this was aired over 11 years ago.
flutesinger262 4 years ago
yep she looks so much better now!
curlyq322 4 years ago
I just CANNOT get over how different she looks! LOL
MAJOR difference!!!!
tjvids7 4 years ago
lmao she wuz chubby wen she wuz yunger, but dats wut makes her kute :) haha
razorgenius67 4 years ago
She won't become too too famous. Her Enchanted role isn't even that huge. But she's definitley making her new album and maybe touring, and most of all she loves theatre. So that's good. I think she'll be popular, but not very.
erri13 4 years ago
hey, better than nothing! I LOVE IDINA!!!
ReadyForFame 4 years ago
It is true that Idina in a huge star, but mostly around those who are Wicked and Rent fanatics. ...But also, she is coming out with a new album in the fall. She's been in a few movies, not the greatest ones. But I think her big break will be coming soon. She's starring in a new Disney movie, Enchanted. Half is going to be actual people and the other half is cartoon from what I've heard. And it's a musical movie. Everyone loves Disney, so a lot of kids especially will know who she is soon enough.
MaureenJohnson0121 4 years ago
I think that in the world of live theater, you can say that you have definatively "made it" if you're involved in any way with a broadway show. Idina is now and will forever be known as a performance MEGA talent!
jjbostondog 4 years ago
I don't think she's worth that. That's like more than what a footballer earns, and I'm not saying she doesn't deserve it because I think any broadway star deserves more than a footballer but I think that the producers must've been losing more than they were making.
soradsghs 4 years ago
The producers definately made more money that they lost. I definately think she was worth the money they paided her. Idina is currently one of the more popular and well known broadway actresses, and using her name was the only avertisment that was done for the show. Not to mention shes amazingly talented and won a Tony for the role.
flutesinger262 4 years ago
Yeah while doing Wicked in West End she earned alot!Around $30,000 a week?I read it was like £30,000 a week which is like nearly $60,000.
xicklemissstephx 4 years ago
oh, dear, this video is a gem! too bad the sound has this constant humming, makes it hard to understand what they are saying. but still great. idina's always a good thing to see. yay!!
virginiawf 4 years ago
^ Yeah, that's definitley not true. She works hard for what she does.
erri13 5 years ago
She is one of those Broadway performers that is one of those perfect examples of how you can never make it on Broadway. Even after being in three huge Broadway productions she still has to struggle. And in between those she had to struggle. She's probly still struggling... At least she's known. What a life.
NoDayButToday552 5 years ago
a little harsh
but define struggle
stupidllama38 5 years ago
Do you mean my comment was harsh?
NoDayButToday552 5 years ago
What are you talking about? Idina has the kind of career most broadway performers can only dream of. shed able to do stage work, her own music and movies
flutesinger262 5 years ago
Yeah, but it's not as glamourous as it seems. The life of a Broadway performer is the hardest life that you can lead. Just read "Making It On Broaday." Idina writes in that. It's stories from all Broadway "stars" about "making it". The truth is... there is no making it. Broadway is no one's permanent address. Hang on... I'll send you a couple of the things Idina's written...
NoDayButToday552 5 years ago
while I see where your comments are coming from, I think that book is a few years old. Idina recently became the highest paid actress in westend history, she made $30,000+ a week plus accomidations and living expenses. If thats not making it then I don't know what is.
flutesinger262 5 years ago
Psh. Of course she's making a lot NOW. Tour life is like heaven. Ask any Broadway actor that's toured. They ALL say that they made tons and tons of dough. After WICKED was over, she didn't make a cent. That's not making it. I don't know if you're an actor, but I am. You never permanently "make it." Sure, she got a lot of money for a while. It's all gone after paying rent and other shit for about a year.
NoDayButToday552 4 years ago
Erm...she still makes plenty, she's having well earned "down time" though. And she's persuing personal things like her singing career...Just because she doesn't feel the need to be splashed on every front cover doesn't mean she hasn't made it. With a group of DEVOTED fans as big as she has, she has made it, definitely!
MvyMkr 4 years ago
Define "made it." You can ask ANY Broadway actor and they will say there is no definite making it. No one can "make it" on Broadway. That's what I'M taking about. No one can make it on BROADWAY. It depends on what you mean by "making it."
NoDayButToday552 4 years ago
yeah I guess it depends on what your opinion of "making it" is. besides I don't think its Idina's goal to only be on broadway. I get the feeling she wants a career like Barbra Streisand's career, she wants to do movies, music and Broadway.
flutesinger262 4 years ago
haha! Bad example using Barbara Streisand. I get your point, though. But think about it: the reason you used Barbara Streisand as an example is bcuz she's the only Broadway actress that EVERYONE EVERYWHERE knows about. Idina is famous, but only in the group RENT and WICKED fanatics. Which is actually a trumendous accomplishment. I don't think you can do Broadway if you're in it for the fame. Being a Broadway actor is the hardest jobs in my opinion.
NoDayButToday552 4 years ago
oh no I used Barbara Streisand because Idina has said she wants a career like Barbara's,thats actually is Idina's example not mine. My point was she is not only focusing on doing broadway. ITA about being a broadway actor is one of the hardest jobs, definately the hardest in the entertainment industry and they don't get enough credit for it.
flutesinger262 4 years ago
I agree 100%. Sorry, about the Barbara Streisand thing. I guess everyone wants a career like Barbara Streisand's. And i suppose that if you do Broadway acting you HAVE to do other stuff... it's not enough money w/out film and TV... I have HUGE respect for anyone on Broadway.
NoDayButToday552 4 years ago
Well, just to say you've got a few facts wrong lol.
You said first that she still has to struggle...well I wldnt say $30 000 a week with complimentary accomodation is struggling, and yeah, she's been in HUGE productions too, and now she's taking a break from Broadway that's all. People who see Wicked still talk about her, over a year after she left (and in London too!) I don't really see how much better you could get. She will NEVER be forgotten, and that's what making it is.
MvyMkr 4 years ago
Actually shes doing a benefit and a 2 week production of a new show this summer, Romantic Poetry: The Musicale. The names associated with this production are to big of names to only do a 2 week production in upstate NY, so I'm sure it will transfer to NYC. So she is on her way back to the NYC broadway/theater scene.
I thought she was taking a longer break from theater, but I guess not.
flutesinger262 4 years ago
she's not doing it anymore. the album is coming out earlier than expected and they need her so she isn't doing Romantic Poetry anymore
ReadyForFame 4 years ago
holy shit, that's a lot of money! how do you know this? i always wondered how much broadway people made... it is a shit load of money, like she would say (lol), and she desearves it
virginiawf 4 years ago
most broadway people can only dream of making what Idina did. not only did she make over 30,000 but they also paid for her apartment or hotel and all her living expense while she was there.
the minimum for a broadway actor is around $1,000 a week and a lead might get around $5,000
flutesinger262 4 years ago
I love Idina Menzel... she is my HERO... she's amazing now and back then... in EVERYTHING...
Snicki88 5 years ago