Inside Beat’s Broadway Diva of the Month

Birth name: Idina Kim Menzel

Born: May 30, 1971in Queens, New York

Trademark: Coloratura soprano with a raw power belt

Signature Tune: "Defying Gravity" from Wicked

Theater Credits: Rent (Tony Nominee for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, 1996), The Wild Party (2000), Summer of '42 (2000), Hair (2001), Aida (2001), The Vagina Monologues (2002), Funny Girl (Concert Version, 2002), Wicked (Tony Winner for Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical, 2003), See What I Wanna See (2005), Wicked (London, 2006), Chess in Concert (2008), Nero (2008)

Last Seen: On Glee as Shelby Corcoran, the coach of the rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline

Fun Fact: Met husband Taye Diggswhile performing alongside him in the original Broadway cast of Rent

"Things happen for a reason and in their own time." – Idina Menzel