Ha ha! Yes, that was a play on the musical that made her famous. She originated the role of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch Of the West, in Wicked, about the witches of the land of Oz. But that was not her first major role on Broadway. She originated the role of performance artist Maureen Johnson in Rent, the Broadway show about struggling actors in the bohemian area of Manhattan. There she met fellow cast member Taye Diggs; they were married for eleven years beginning in 2003.
She has played other roles, though, most notably Elizabeth, a woman who moves to New York City for a fresh start and imagines two different possible paths on how to live her life going forward, in the Broadway musical If/Then. Coincidentally, it premiered in 2014, the same year she divorced Taye Diggs. (She's currently married to actor Aaron Lohr.)
She's also played vocal Shelby Corcoran on the musical comedy.dram series "Glee."
These days, Idina Menzel concentrates more on voice-acting for animated movies and on records than musical plays. She released her latest LP, idina.live, in October 2018. It's her seventh album.
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