Following the success of "Rent", Menzel released her first solo album entitled "Still I Can't Be Still" on Hollywood Records, Menzel also originated the role of Dorothy in "Summer of '42" at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, starred as Sheila in the New York City Center Encores! production of "Hair" and appeared on Broadway as Amneris in "Aida". Menzel earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for her performance as Kate in the Manhattan Theatre Club's 2000 Off-Broadway production of Andrew Lippa's "The Wild Party". Her other Off-Broadway credits include the pre-Broadway run of "Rent" and "The Vagina Monologues".