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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will star in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked, which will be released in theaters later this year. The duo playing Elphaba and Glinda made an appearance in the Moments Worth Paying For campaign teasing the Jon M. Chu-directed film. “Seeing a film…

With just a few hours of Pride Month remaining, Amber Ruffin is doing a victory lap. The comedian came out as a member of the LGBTQ community Sunday on Instagram, sharing a selfie in a shirt printed with “QUEER,” as well as photos with her partner at recent Pride events. “In what will come as a…

It was a Wicked union between Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo as the actresses and singers came together to close out the 2024 Tony Awards. Menzel and Erivo took the stage at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City to present Best Musical, which ultimately…

The Who’s Tommy composer Pete Townshend, The Outsiders producer Angelina Jolie, and the Wicked movie’s Cynthia Erivo are among the roster of Tony Award presenters announced today by producers of this Sunday’s broadcast. Airing live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing…

“Are people born wicked?” asks Ariana Grande’s Glinda in a new trailer for Universal’s Wicked released on Wednesday. “Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” Certainly, she’ll have an answer when the studio’s first of two films based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical debuts in theaters on…

Universal ended its CinemaCon presentation with Wicked last year, and they continued to beat the drum for director Jon M. Chu’s feature take of the Broadway musical with a colorful spectacle. Every attendee at Caesars Colosseum was given a faux tulip that lit up in varying colors, in particular pink and…

The upcoming Wicked musical movie doesn’t use canned vocals, director Jon M. Chu says. Both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande insisted on singing live during the production of his big-screen adaptation of the stage show. Their vocals will be used in the finished version of the film. "These are…

David Harewood is the new President of famed British acting school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). The Sherwood, Supergirl and Homeland actor, who has extensive theater experience in productions including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry IV, will succeed Kenneth Branagh in the role at…

Here's the first official trailer for Wicked Part 1, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, which dropped during this evening's Super Bowl. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the big-screen adaptation tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, based on the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire, originally…

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based manager Jessica Morgulis, whose clients include Oscar-nominated actor Cynthia Erivo, has left Authentic Talent and Literary to join Entertainment 360. Her first day at the new company is today. In addition to Erivo (Wicked, Aretha, The Outsiders), Morgulis’ clients who are…

Cynthia Erivo is opening up about her experience filming the Wicked film adaptation. The star who plays Elphaba in the musical took to social media to share a touching moment during the production of the film directed by Jon M. Chu. “I realize I've said very little about my experience on Wicked and th…

“We thought we’d give you a little taste of it,” said Universal Pictures boss about Wicked, which is in production in London with Jon Chu directing and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the respective roles of Glinda and Elphaba. The rough footage, which even some Uni execs haven’t seen, showed…