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Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked 10/9c, NBC
TV Guide Magazine
|November 18 – December 08, 2024
Come with us to the Emerald City! The Tony-nominated Broadway epic is getting the big-screen treatment on November 22, but first, NBC is inviting fans to take a trip to the merry old land of Oz (aka Universal Studios) with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, directed by Jon M. Chu (In the Heights).
In it, Cynthia Erivo (Genius: Aretha) and pop sensation Ariana Grande (above right, with Erivo) star as witches Elphaba and Glinda, who meet as young and gifted students at Shiz University and form a sisterly bond. Erivo and Grande, along with costars Michelle Yeoh (playing headm
This story is from the November 18 – December 08, 2024 edition of TV Guide Magazine.
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