Defying Gravity: Idina Menzel to perform in Sydney

Tickets are on pre-sale this morning for Broadway sensation Idina Menzel’s newly announced Sydney Opera House concert on June 26, 2013.

Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel

Booked as the headline act for the closing weekend of Kate Ceberano’s 2nd Adelaide Cabaret Festival (June 22), Menzel’s Sydney engagement with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is the second performance announced for her Australian tour.

The Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter was the star of Broadway’s Wicked and the original stage production of Rent, will be performing a diverse repertoire of classic pop and musical theatre favourites, including hits from Wicked and Rent

Menzel has also appeared on the hit TV series Glee as Shelby Corcoran (Rachel’s biological mother) and in the US television series Private Practice.

If you are a Wicked fan, a Glee fan, a Broadway fan or just a fan of a good Sydney Symph concert, book tickets to see this superstar live (yes, she will be singing Defying Gravity) in her debut Sydney performance.

Visit Idina’s Facebook page for the promotional code and book via sydneysymphony.com.

Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

Erin James

4 thoughts on “Defying Gravity: Idina Menzel to perform in Sydney

  • Just booked tickets and am actually crying a little, I’m so happy. Seeing Idina in Adelaide too.

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  • She is such a star. I saw her in “Wicked” twice on Broadway – once from the front row. Her dedication is extraordinary. I too have already purchased tickets.

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  • And a special guest star is her hubby Taye Diggs!

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