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Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Idina Menzel

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Sony Music

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7753 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Star of “Rent” and “Wicked,”Queen of Broadway Idina Menzel joins the show. Over a Mediterranean feast, Idina discusses life before “Rent” fame, the painful way “Wicked” on Broadway came to an end, and her showmance with actor Taye Diggs. A Sony Music Entertainment & A Kid Named Beckett production.  Interested in advertising on the show, contact [email protected].   Find out more about other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The other day I was making lemonade with my sons, Beckett and Sully, and Beckett is a little bit of a perfectionist.

0:08.3

I'm not sure where he gets that from. It's me. It's definitely me. But he was getting really upset about the seeds falling into the juice and it was turning into a bit of high drama.

0:18.4

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0:28.6

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0:34.0

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0:37.9

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0:56.3

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1:00.6

Hi, it's Jesse.

1:03.9

Today on the show, you know her from Rent and Wicked and the Blockbuster animated film that rhymes with chosen.

1:12.4

It's the queen of Broadway, Adina Mansell.

1:15.6

Sometimes it's really hard for me to watch when young, 20-something kids get success

1:23.6

and they don't have a perspective, you know, and I see that they're just so angry or complaining,

1:31.3

and it's like, you're doing it. This is Dinner's on Me, and I'm your host, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

1:40.5

To say I was a fanboy of Edina Mansell when I met her over 20 years ago would be an understatement for sure.

1:47.9

Much like any young actor living in New York City in the mid-90s, I was obsessed with the musical Rent, and specifically Edina.

1:56.3

She was unlike anyone I had ever seen on stage before.

1:59.6

I mean, yes, she had one of the best voices I had ever heard, but she also possessed this intoxicating presence, and every moment she had on stage captured my attention.

2:09.9

You can only imagine what a thrill it was when we were both cast in a production of hair together a few years later.

2:15.4

I really remember playing a cool around her, but honestly, I know I was losing my mind

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