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News THE SCREENING ROOM: Happy Birthday, Idina Menzel (Video) Idina Menzel, who took home the Tony Award in 2004 for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked, celebrates her birthday May 30. Playbill looks back at her career.

Menzel also originated the role of Maureen Johnson in Jonathan Larson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent, earning a 1996 Tony Award nomination for her performance. She has also been seen in Aida and will return to Broadway in 2014 in If/Then. Here are performances from her Broadway outings, concert appearances and more.

For more on Menzel, visit the Playbill Vault.

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Menzel sings "Defying Gravity" on "The Late Show":

Menzel gets "Greenified":

"The Wizard and I":

Menzel and Wicked co-star Chenoweth rehearsing "For Good":

Menzel's music video of "Brave":

Menzel's music video of "I Stand":

"Defying Gravity" at Menzel's Barefoot at the Symphony:

"Tomorrow" at Menzel's Barefoot at the Symphony:

Menzel covering Lady Gaga's "Poker Face":

Menzel sings "Don't Rain on My Parade" at the Kennedy Center Honors:

Menzel sings "Awake" alongside Josh Groban:

Menzel and Kerry Ellis sing "I Know Him So Well" at Chess In Concert:

Menzel sings "Nobody's Side" at Chess In Concert:

"What I Did For Love" from A Chorus Line:

Menzel at Broadway Bares:

Menzel and Fredi Walker perform "Take Me Or Leave Me" from Rent:

Menzel and Tracie Thoms perform "Take Me Or Leave Me" in the "Rent" film:

"No Day But Today":

"Over the Moon" from Rent's tenth anniversary:

Menzel performs "My Strongest Suit" from Aida:

Menzel sings "The Life of the Party" from Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party:

Audio of Menzel singing "Look at Me Now" from The Wild Party:

 
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