Tony Winner Idina Menzel Will Be Guest Mentor on American Idol
The Wicked and Frozen star will guide the finalists through a Disney-themed night.
Today is Thursday, July 9, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Quentin Earl Darrington Hershey Felder Kelly McGillis Tom Hanks Mia Dillon Lisa Banes Jimmy Smits Chris Cooper Raymond Baker Timothy Nolen Brian Dennehy John Kramer Christopher Morahan Ed Ames Leo Ciceri Anne Renee Anderson Martin Burton Dorothy Thompson Harold Atteridge H.M. Horkheimer Roxy Rothafel William Anthony McGuire Dudley Digges Harry Lambart Maclyn Arbuckle Suzanne Rogers Martin Ross Virgilia Chew K. Todd Freeman Myra Lucretia Taylor Peter Land Nigel Lythgoe Kandis Chappell Paul Chihara Nancy Berg Martin Garner Earl Hagen David Diamond Abraham Ellstein Alan Lipscott Andrea Frierson