Mitchell, Joan Rivers, and Robin Strasser. On May 17, 2009, Menzel performed at a special benefit concert in Atlanta, Georgia, to raise money for the Pace Academy Diversity Program in coordination with the Ron Clark Academy. The event resulted in the funding of two scholarships for Ron Clark Academy students to attend Pace Academy. The event was organized and hosted by Philip McAdoo, a former Rent cast member and current Diversity Program Director at Pace Academy. In 2010, Menzel founded the A BroaderWay Foundation with then-husband Taye Diggs as a means of supporting young people in the arts. A BroaderWay sponsors camp programs, theater workshops, and innovative educational programming, and offers scholarships and opportunities to experience professional performances. In Summer 2011, Camp BroaderWay welcomed girls from under-served metro New York communities to a 10-day performing arts camp, run by Menzel and a team of acclaimed professional Broadway artists including Taye Diggs. During this camp, the girls collaborated with Broadway artists to write an original musical that was performed at a theatre in New York. The camp was held at Belvoir Terrace Summer Camp in Lenox, Massachusetts. Menzel has long-championed LGBT rights by partnering with organizations like The Trevor Project, the Give A Damn Campaign (filming a public service announcement and designing a T-shirt) and the NOH8 Campaign, posing for one of their trademark duct-taped silence photos. In April 2014, Menzel presented at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition with Bryan Cranston, Fran Drescher, and Denzel Washington, after raising donations at her Broadway show If/Then. Filmography Film Television Video games Other Discography Still I Can't Be Still (1998) Here (2004) I Stand (2008) Holiday Wishes (2014) idina. (2016) Christmas: A Season of Love (2019) Theatre and concerts Theatre Concerts Other Awards and nominations Theater Film Television Notes References External links Interview with Idina Menzel at TonyAwards.com 1971 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American singers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American women singers 20th-century women composers 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American singers 21st-century American composers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century women composers Activists from New York (state) Actresses from New Jersey Actresses from New York City American feminists American film actresses American mezzo-sopranos American musical theatre actresses American people of Russian-Jewish descent American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses American women singer-songwriters Audiobook narrators Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni