As many of you already know, actress Idina Menzel, rival Glee club coach Shelby and new love interest for Will, will be performing live across the country! She is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked. Get your tickets now!
Tour Dates and Stops:
Apr 23, 2010
Jacksonville, FL
Metropolitan Park
May 03, 2010
Boston, MA
Opening Night at Pops: 125th Pops Anniversary Celebration Cameo
Check out these great interviews from the Fox website with Cory, Lea, Jane, Idina, and Jon Groff! Thanks to the Gleehab website for the Youtube uploads.
According to Lea Michele and several other sources (including @UltimateGleeks), Idina Menzel is hard at work on the set of Glee as we speak!
It’s been officially confirmed that Idina is playing the coach of Vocal Adrenaline. She will be appearing early in the back nine and reprising her role for the season finale.
Rumors were rampant of what part she was to play, specifically rumors of her playing Rachel’s biological mother, for obvious reasons. There is an eerie resemblance between the two, and creator Ryan Murphy has taken note. But, as reported by Ausiello, it’s doubtful her character will turn out to be Rachel’s biological mother.
Another source claims that Idina and Matthew Morrison, who play the coaches of Vocal Adrenaline and New Directions respectively, will even have a make-out scene! I dunno, crazy enough to believe?! You decide.
Michael Ausiello of EW.com’s The Ausiello Files released even more Glee casting spoilers! He has really been on a roll lately. Here’s what he had to say about Idina Menzel’s role on Glee and the character of Kurt’s boyfriend in Season 2:
Question: It’s so obvious that Idina Menzel is going to turn out to be Rachel’s mom on Glee it isn’t even funny. —Joel Ausiello: Series creator Ryan Murphy, who acknowledges that the two share an almost spooky resemblance, isn’t ruling out such a twist. At least not completely. “I don’t think I’ll do that,” he says. “We wrote her part as a sort of Faye Dunaway of Network. She’s the female coach of Vocal Adrenaline. That’s what she plays.” Murphy says Menzel will appear in the first episode back on April 13 and then return for the regional showdown with New Directions in the season finale.
Question: Can you tell us anything else about Kurt’s boyfriend on Glee? —Andy Ausiello: Rumor has it he’ll be *n *h* *o***a** *e**.
It’s pretty easy to figure out the last spoiler. If you want to see it decrypted, highlight the following text:
[Rumor has it he’ll be on the football team.]
There was a lot of speculation about the possibility of Broadway veteran Idina Menzel playing the role of Rachel Berry’s biological mom on Glee, and then it was reported that she would play the role of the vocal coach for Vocal Adrenaline. However, it turns out that her having a role on Glee isn’t as decided as we thought.
Gleeks have been geeking out over the possibility of Broadway starIdina Menzel sweeping her way onto the hit FOX show Glee, but don’t get your broomsticks out just yet.
“I don’t know what I’m doing with Idina yet,” show creator Ryan Murphy told PEOPLE at a Hollywood Radio and Television Society panel on Wednesday. “I just met with her once. It sort of got leaked, but I haven’t plotted it out yet.”
Michael Ausiello of 
There was a lot of speculation about the possibility of Broadway veteran Idina Menzel playing the role of Rachel Berry’s biological mom on Glee, and then it was reported that she would play the role of the vocal coach for Vocal Adrenaline. However, it turns out that her having a role on Glee isn’t as decided as we thought. 
