Overview
- A social media embargo lifted on Oct. 27 after New York screenings, prompting uniformly glowing first reactions from critics.
- Reviewers praise Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s performances, with several calling Grande a tour de force and suggesting potential awards recognition.
- Director Jon M. Chu says Dorothy’s face will not be shown to keep the narrative centered on Elphaba and Glinda.
- People’s special issue details creative changes, including two new Stephen Schwartz songs—No Place Like Home and The Girl in the Bubble—and a Glinda–Fiyero wedding sequence.
- The Act Two adaptation reunites the Part One cast and opens Nov. 21, with critics lauding the expanded worldbuilding, visuals, and emotional payoff.