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Ariana Grande Reveals ‘Scary’ Plans to Scale Back Pop Star Career & Focus More on Musical Theater


Ariana Grande plans to scale back her pop career and focus on musical theater, the pop star revealed in a new podcast. See what she said.

Ariana Grande may have become a superstar as a , but after pivoting back to musical theater while working on Wicked, the 31-year-old artist says she’s hoping to keep acting at the forefront in the future. While speaking to her Wicked costar Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers on the duo’s Las Culturistas podcast on Wednesday (Nov. 6), Grande was candid about wanting to return to Broadway someday. The podcast interview comes just a few weeks ahead of the Nov. 22 premiere of the first Wicked film, which also stars Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Golblum, Ethan Slater and more.

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