Wicked star Cynthia Erivo stopped by the beloved children's show Sesame Street this week to sing "It's Not Easy Bein' Green" with everyone's favorite curmudgeon, Oscar the Grouch.
Celebrating the diversity of difference, Erivo performed the classic Sesame Street song as a part of the opening week media blitz surrounding the Wicked film. The hotly anticipated film adaptation, directed by In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, is the most talked about movie musical in recent memory.
Featuring songs by Stephen Schwartz, a screenplay by Winnie Holzman, and designs by Tony winner Paul Tazewell, the Wicked film stars Erivo and Grammy winner Ariana Grande as, respectively, Elphaba and Glinda.
They are joined by West End Company Olivier winner and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, SpongeBob SquarePants star Ethan Slater as Boq, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, 2023 Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, and newcomer Marissa Bode as Nessarose.
Stage and screen star Keala Settle, SNL's Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Aaron Teoh, and Colin Michael Carmichael also play roles new to the musical's screen version, with Settle as Miss Coddle, Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, and Yang, James, and Teoh as Shiz students Pfannee, ShenShen, and Avaric, respectively.
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Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical features music and lyrics by Schwartz and a book by Holzman. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. The musical is now the fourth longest-running production in Broadway history.
The show won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Menzel), Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty), and Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee).
Find tickets at a theatre near you at WickedMovie.com. Pre-orders and pre-saves are also now available for the film's soundtrack album, which will also release November 22. The second part of the film will be released Thanksgiving 2025.
