Before Ariana Grande was singing for an International audience on the big screen in Wicked, she did a wicked good job singing the National Anthem at a Florida Panthers game. Even when she was 8 years old, you can tell how talented she was in 2002.
Before Ariana Grande played Glinda in Wicked, she did a spot-on impression of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz on Victorious. She was talented in that 2012 episode and she was only 18 years old.
Before Ariana Grande starred as G(a)linda in the big screen version of Wicked, she was the lead in Annie at Little Palm Family Theater in Boca Raton, Florida. How gosh darn cute was the 8-year-old making her stage debut in 2001?
This weekend was all about Gladicked! People were deciding whether or not to see Wicked or Gladiator 2.
One of those people was Frankie Grande. Did he go to see his sister in Wicked for the millionth time, or did he watch all the hot, nearly naked men in Gladiator 2?
When the Henry Danger villain was asked by the ticket taker what movie he wanted to see, he told her while wearing a pink sequenced suit and holding two Wicked popcorn buckets that he was going to Rome and not Oz.
However, we all know he snuck into the movie musical of this century! At least he better have because I don’t think his mom and sister would be happy with him and Thanksgiving is coming up!
You know a movie is going to be huge when Jeopardy gives it its own category before it comes out. Therefore, Wicked is going to be defying gravity in theaters!
That is because Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, John M. Chu, and Jeff Goldblum all asked the contestants five questions witch, I am which, are related to their magical event.
Were the contestants Perfect with their answers, or is Wicked not Popular for that?
Watch and find out.
And for Christmas, Variety reposts that you will be able to watch a sing-along version of the musical in theaters.
By then, you will probably have seen this masterpiece so many times that you will not need the words on the screen to know every word to all of the songs.