Odds & Ends: Idina Menzel to Let It Roll at the White House, Audra McDonald Receives Another Honor & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

Idina Menzel Will Sing at the White House
Tony winner and Frozen queen Idina Menzel is about to get presidential. No, not in Hamilton. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner is set to perform at the White House’s 2016 Easter Egg Roll on March 28. Menzel will also sing the national anthem at the Easter event, because the White House is the only way you can possibly top the Super Bowl. Sing it with us now: “Let it roll, let it rolllll…”

Kinky Boots Gets a New Cast Recording
Having been nominated for seven Olivier Awards earlier this week, the West End production of Kinky Boots will soon release a live cast recording. The album will drop on April 1 and is available for pre-order beginning March 11. The Tony-winning musical’s London engagement stars Killian Donnelly, Matt Henry and Amy Lennox.

Audra McDonald to Be Honored by New Dramatists
Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will receive the New Dramatists’ 2016 Distinguised Achievement Award at its 67th annual spring luncheon. The event is set for May 12 at the New York Marriott Marquis. Before then, you can catch McDonald in her newest Broadway show, Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, beginning March 15 at the Music Box Theatre.

Jonathan Larson Grant Recipients Announced
The American Theatre Wing has named four emerging composers, lyricists and book writers as 2016 Jonathan Larson Grant recipients. This year’s honorees are César Alvarez, Nikko Benson, Carson Kreitzer and Sam Salmond. Each will receive a $10,000 grant to continue creating new work. Past recipients include Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal team Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Dear Evan Hansen composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Old Hats’ Shaina Taub.

Seyfried and Sadoski: A Pair On Stage & Off 
Who doesn’t love an off-Broadway showmance? Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski, who co-starred in The Way We Get By at Second Stage last year, are now dating, according to Us Weekly. The two recently concluded shooting the upcoming film The Last Word together.