Odds & Ends: Settle for Santino Fontana, Watch Idina Menzel Rise like the Break of Dawn & More
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Settle for Santino Fontana
Santino Fontana is currently appearing in The CW's musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and on a recent episode he got to put his hoofing skills to good use. Check out below as the Tony nominee performs a dream sequence number, "Settle For Me," along with the show's headliner Rachel Bloom. The former Prince Charming is just as adorable as ever—we're crossing all fingers and toes he'll be settling back on the Great White Way soon!
Billy Porter & More Belt for the Holidays
‘Tis the season for holiday benefits! Tony-winning Kinky Boots star Billy Porter, Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner/Christmas enthusiast Stephanie J. Block and more will headline Sparkle: An All-Star Holliday Concert. The fourth annual event, hosted by Scott Nevins, will take place on December 6 at the Cutting Room and benefit the Actors Fund. Additional stage faves set to spread holiday cheer include Charl Brown, An American in Paris’ Max von Essen, Wicked’s Robin de Jesus, Charl Brown, perennial vlogger Lesli Margherita, Matt Doyle and more.
Stage & Screen Stars Set for Mike Nichols Memorial
A group of stage and screen greats will take part in a memorial service for Mike Nichols. According to Showbiz411, Monty Python duo Eric Idle and John Cleese, who collaborated with Nichols on Spamalot, will perform. Barry Diller, Bryan Lourd, Lorne Michaels and Elaine May will host (May was recently tapped to direct a PBS documentary focusing on the late EGOT-winning director). The private gathering will take place on November 8, about a week shy of the anniversary of his death at the age of 83.
Watch Idina Menzel Rise like the Break of Dawn
Just when we'd stopped watching Idina Menzel and Taylor Swift's Frozen duet from Halloween on repeat, then our favorite Broadway supernova goes and posts this video. Check out below a sneak peek of what went down (or should that be up?) behind the scenes right before Menzel made her entrance as Elsa. We just can't let this performance go. Well, at any rate until Frozen Fever, the short film inspired by the movie, bows on the Disney Channel on November 29.
