Watch Idina Menzel's Awe-Inspiring Performance of The National Anthem at the Super Bowl (Video)

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News Watch Idina Menzel's Awe-Inspiring Performance of The National Anthem at the Super Bowl (Video) Tony winner Idina Menzel, star of the Broadway musical If/Then, performed the National Anthem as part of Super Bowl XLIX's pregame festivities at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona Feb. 1.

By Michael Gioia, Andrew Gans

February 02, 2015

The Super Bowl also featured John Legend's rendition of "America the Beautiful." (Treshelle Edmond performed both the National Anthem and "America the Beautiful" in American Sign Language.)

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The Broadway production of If/Then took a week-long hiatus Jan. 27-Feb. 1 in order to allow for Menzel's travel and performance schedule. The musical ends its Broadway run March 22. A national tour launches this fall in Denver.

Menzel made her Super Bowl debut. Others who have performed the National Anthem at the Super Bowl include Renée Fleming, Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Cher, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé Knowles, Christina Aguilera and many more.

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