Menzel is widely regarded as one of the best Broadway performers of her time, with one of the business's most recognizable and sought-after singing voices. Some media outlets have dubbed her "the Queen of Broadway" as a result of her achievements. Glamour's Jenny Singer called Menzel "one of the greatest musical theater vocalists in history." In contrast, Tribeca Film's Melina Gills called her "an icon and one of the most famous presences on the singing stage." Jim Slotek of the Toronto Sun labeled her "this generation's Broadway icon." Menzel was selected as the top vocalist of 2013 by Cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith in a 2020 retrospective, saying that the year's popularity of "Let it Go" further reinforced her status as "one of Broadway's greatest talents of all time." Menzel was named one of BroadwayWorld's "10 Broadway Stars Who Ruled the Decade" the previous year. Menzel was named the 19th most outstanding female performer on Broadway by Time Out, recognizing that her "stratospheric fame" was built almost exclusively on the success of Rent and Wicked, despite having featured in only one Broadway production since the latter. When it comes to "Defying Gravity" from Wicked, Vulture.com's Jackson McHenry credits Menzel's "pneumatic lungs and the powerhouse performances of the divas that followed" for the song's longevity; McHenry believes few singers can service the ballad as successfully as Menzel's original interpretation. Menzel has a reputation for portraying misunderstood people on stage and screen, and she believes she is drawn to these types of roles. She recognized a similar denominator across the characters she has played: a mix of authority and vulnerability. The Irish Independent says Menzel has become "a go-to actor for producers looking for a feisty female lead," based on her success with Maureen, Elphaba, and Elsa. At the same time, Courtney Shea of The Globe and Mail believes she "has made her career playing strong and fantastic females." Menzel argues that while Broadway has always supplied riveting roles for women of various ages, Hollywood is more prone to ageism and misogyny.
Menzel's remarkable transition from theatre to television, film, and music has been widely noted, with Redbook describing her as "one of [Broadway's] major crossover success stories."
Menzel is described as "a stage to film success story" and "the type of star they don't make anymore" in her Starz biography. The original Broadway cast recordings of Rent and If/Then, both of which included Menzel as a soloist, debuted in the Billboard 200's top-20.
Menzel's crossover success "bodes well for Broadway's would-be stars," according to a 2014 Billboard article, while the popularity of "Let it Go" "kicked open the door for future songwriters of stage and screen." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch credited "Let it Go" (and Travolta's mispronunciation of her name) with establishing Menzel as a household figure among theater, television, and film lovers, probably more than her stage credits. When Menzel returned to Broadway in 2014 following the success of Frozen, Billboard's Suzy Evans noted that her reception was more like that of a "rock star" than a theater actor. Menzel's fans have used the term "Fanzels" to describe themselves. Menzel's vast fan base is attributed to his roles in Rent and Wicked, "two era-defying, hugely popular Broadway musicals," according to Isherwood. "There's nothing inauthentic about her performances," Isherwood said. She appears to be a natural person at all times." Sheena McFarland of the Salt Lake Tribune says the singer has had an impact on the globe for more than 20 years, "in every decade since she first stepped foot on the Broadway stage." Because of her outstanding theater career and voice aristocracy in Disney media, the artist has been dubbed "Broadway royalty."
Menzel is widely regarded as a role model for young women because of her portrayal of Elsa in the film Frozen, which has won her a large fan base of primarily female Frozen fans.
She sees her role as a role model as a "reminder to me, as a woman my age, to truly embrace her uniqueness, her strength, and her power and not apologize for it," she adds. However, she has remarked that she does not always feel like a role model in her personal life and that she is uncomfortable bearing the duty at times, claiming that she feels like a failure herself. Menzel has been termed "the voice of the new generation" by Evoke. i.e., 's Diana Bunici. Billboard named Menzel a "Breakthrough Artist" in 2014. "In November 2019, Menzel and Kristen Bell, who play sisters in Disney's Frozen franchise, got nearby stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—was Menzel's the 2682nd and Bell's was the 2681st. Menzel is also one of the wealthiest Broadway performers, thanks to her success in television, film, and music.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 30 May, 1971 |
| Age: | 48 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Queens |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress, voice actress, singer, and songwriter |
| Twitter Id: | IDINAMENZEL |
| Spouse: | Taye Diggs[2003-2014] Aaron Lohr [M. 2017] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 16 million |
