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Watch Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Tearfully React to ‘Wicked’ Castings
Check out a new clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming film, including the emotional journeys of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
This year, the Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner can be seen in the Lincoln Center production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Both Grande and Ervio tearfully and graciously accepted their respective offers to join the films’ illustrious cast, with the “7 Rings” singer crying, “Oh my God, thank you! The film’s first trailer debuted during the 2024 Super Bowl, giving fans a taste of both the whimsical world of Oz and Erivo’s version of the iconic “Defying Gravity” closing riff popularized by Idina Menzel, who won the 2004 leading actress in a musical Tony for the original production of Wicked.
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