With the Broadway musical Rent set to close after a much storied run, Idina Menzel (Diggs) release of her third studio album I Stand serves as a wicked kick while the diehard Rent fans are down. No one can explain why she felt she needed to torture the Rentheads for 38 minutes that feels more like 525,600.
Anyone who has seen Menzel on stage knows she is remarkably talented, it is completely undeniable. She has, in every sense of the word, a perfect voice for musical theatre, which is why she was brilliantly able to define two of the most iconic roles in recent music theatre history. On the contrary, her voice is also perfectly not meant for modern pop. It is here where the biggest problem of the album lies, in that it does not accurately portray her talent.
Anyone who has seen Menzel on stage knows she is remarkably talented, it is completely undeniable. She has, in every sense of the word, a perfect voice for musical theatre, which is why she was brilliantly able to define two of the most iconic roles in recent music theatre history. On the contrary, her voice is also perfectly not meant for modern pop. It is here where the biggest problem of the album lies, in that it does not accurately portray her talent.
