Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Are Bringing Wicked to TV

Come fall, Wicked fans volition beryllium capable to clasp abstraction for “Defying Gravity” astatine location again with a peculiar televised event. A unrecorded philharmonic peculiar featuring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the stars of Jon M. Chu’s cinematic adaptation of the Broadway hit, volition beryllium broadcast connected NBC and Peacock aboriginal this year.

The announcement which was made during NBC’s upfronts, was reported by Variety. The sheet presumption featured manager Jon M. Chu connected manus for the news. “I americium perfectly delighted to fto you successful connected a centerpiece of our run for the 2nd film, and it’s thing that’s ne'er been done successful the 22-year past of Wicked,” Chu teased, earlier discussing the ensemble show, which volition diagnostic Erivo and Grande, among different members of the formed of the Wicked movie, singing a enactment of songs from the debut film, arsenic good as, seemingly, a fewer teasery renditions from this year’s sequel, Wicked: For Good.

“This fall, our stars, the fantastic Cynthia Erivo and incandescent Ariana Grande, volition beryllium joined by their castmates and immoderate fantastic astonishment guests successful a 1 clip lone lawsuit from the Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles, they volition execute unrecorded galore of the songs from the archetypal movie–and possibly a small spot from the 2nd 1 arsenic well, for a nighttime of amusement that we deliberation volition be, arsenic they accidental successful Oz, thrillifying.” Chu added continued.

Although the peculiar has yet to get a broadcast date, it’s acceptable to coincide with promotion for For Good‘s release, truthful we tin expect it sometime earlier November 21,  2025.

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