Idina Menzel to Headline Capital Pride Concert

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Drama Queen, including her recently released single “Move.”She joins a pair of previously announced performers, singers Debbie Gibson and Shanice, who will also grace the Main Stage of Capital Pride on Sunday afternoon.The Capital Pride Concert coincides with the Capital Pride Festival, which kicks off at noon and runs well into the evening.

Both the festival and concert are free to the public, although tickets may be purchased for special access to the concert pit at the foot of the main stage, and the “VIP Concert Experience.”The concert brings together international headliners and local and regional LGBTQ talent, bringing various singers, dancers, and other performers to the main stage in between the main musical acts.

Additional acts are expected to be named in the coming weeks.Following the Pride Concert, attendees are invited to dance well into the late-night hours to live music from Grammy Award-winning DJ Tracy Young as part of the Capitol Sunset Dance Party.Menzel, a singer, songwriter, and actress, rose to fame for her portrayals of Maureen in the popular Broadway musical Rent and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the Broadway production of Wicked, for which she won the 2004 Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Musical.She was also the voice of Else in Disney’s Oscar-winning movie Frozen and its sequel.

Frozen‘s major song, “Let It Go” became an international phenomenon, winning the Oscar® for Best Original Song and the Grammy® Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.