Idina Menzel on "Today" — Page 2

#26

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 10:32am

So, which one of you won?

#27

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 11:05am

I'm familiar with If/Then's storyline(s) but haven't seen the show. What is the context for "Learn to Live Without"?

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#28

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 11:23am

SporkGoddess- here is your answer, but

**SPOILER ALERT**
The first part of the song (sleeping alone, taking coffee black, sleeping on tired feet, etc.) has to to with her as Beth, the successful city planner who has never married. It transitions to her as Liz with the line "you learn to live without," and then "you learn to fall asleep alone" and double-checking locks, because she now has to learn to do things without her husband. I may be wrong-- I can't remember for sure-- but I think the third part of the song (about holding your life inside you), she is standing between the sets that signify the two worlds and it is sung by "Elizabeth" for both Liz and Beth.

#29

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 11:34am

I, too, have yet to see IF/THEN, but I thought 'Learn to Live Without' was deeply beautiful and wonderfully performed.

#30

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 11:53am

"So, which one of you won?"

I believe I did. Which is to be expected as I was referencing the run of show. lol

She looked/sounded great!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Idina-Menzel-on-Recent-Success-Its-Been-an-Amazing-Ride-20140403
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Idina-Menzel-on-FROZEN-I-Had-No-Idea-It-Would-Become-a-Phenomenon-20140403
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-Idina-Menzel-Performs-from-IFTHEN-on-Today-20140403
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BONUS-VIDEO-Idina-Menzel-James-Snyder-Perform-Here-I-Go-from-IFTHEN-20140403

#31

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:11pm

Learn to Live Without was especially beautiful. So great to see her everywhere on the show this morning!

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#32

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:12pm

So she didn't sing "My nose ain't broken"? Well that's certainly disappointing.

#33

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:13pm

Apparently Rocky "week," was only Monday through Wednesday.

#34

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:19pm

"Learn to Live Without" is a heartbreaking song that does something that not many solo songs have done. It's about so many different layers of loss and longing and having to move on even if you feel like you're stuck. I'm not gonna lie...I cried while she sang it.

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Updated On: 4/3/14 at 12:19 PM

#35

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:22pm

I love that song as well.

#36

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 12:57pm

I'm a big fan of "Here I Go". Very catchy and her voice soars on it.

#37

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 2:59pm

I thought "Learn to Live Without" was incredible. Was that a new song for New York or was it in D.C. also? Wow.

#38

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 3:02pm

I'm almost 100% positive it was in DC as well. (:

#39

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 3:03pm

Her segment was excurciating. What an awful voice. Like nails on a chalkboard. It goes right through me. Thirty seconds was all I could take of that screeching harpe.

#40

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 3:11pm

"Her segment was excurciating. What an awful voice. Like nails on a chalkboard. It goes right through me. Thirty seconds was all I could take of that screeching harpe."

Thank you for your input.

#41

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 3:20pm

The word is "harpy". If you're insulting someone, at least spell it right. (There is a word "harpe" in Greek mythology, which relates to a weapon used by Cronus to castrate his father Uranus, but I doubt that's what you meant.)

#42

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 3:29pm

"Learn to Live Without" has been in the show for years- prior to DC even. If you search it on youtube, you'll see she's been singing it in concerts for awhile.

#43

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 4:26pm

I just got to watch the videos and I think she sounded great. I really love "Learn to Live Without." It's a very touching song. I hope I get up there to see her in this. The premise reminds me of that Gwyenth Paltrow movie called "Sliding Doors."

#44

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 4:32pm

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#45

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Posted: 4/3/14 at 5:10pm

Hmmm... ok! I'm not sure what you were listening to but she sounded flawless.

#46

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 5:37pm

At least be more transparent about your hyperbole. "Flawless"??? That's very generous of you...

#47

Idina Menzel on

Posted: 4/3/14 at 5:41pm

God Liza...you just take every chance you get to put down Idina Menzel. I mean WTF did she sh!t in your cereal?

If Minnelli tried to sing Let it Go she wouldn't make it to go...let alone it.

Updated On: 4/3/14 at 05:41 PM

#48

Idina Menzel on Today

Posted: 4/3/14 at 5:59pm

I do wish people who didn't care for a certain actor would just refrain from going into threads about said actor and then EVERYONE would be far happier.

She sounded GREAT.

#49

Idina Menzel on Today

Posted: 4/3/14 at 8:34pm

I thought she sounded great. I would love to see If/Then. Just don't know when I can make it to NYC. Hopefully soon!

#50

Idina Menzel on Today

Posted: 4/3/14 at 10:30pm

Carlos. CHILL OUT. I never said she was terrible or horrible. She was good. I had no problems with her performance. But such extreme words like "flawless" should be sparingly used and only for when truly deserved.