Wicked Movie Gets Glowing Review From Original Author, Particularly 1 Performance: "Far Better Than It Has Any Right To Be"

Glinda and Elphaba with their hands on their foreheads in Wicked 2024

The original author has weighed in on Wicked. The 2024 Wizard of Oz prequel movie, which was directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande-Butera as Galinda , is based on the 2003 stage musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. In turn, that musical was based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked, which was originally published in 1995.

It’s far better than it has any right to be. I hardly recognize it as my book anymore. is sharp and opinionated and powerful. In the film, Cynthia Erivo is also sharp, opinionated and powerful, but she's also lovely, and that is a very interesting conundrum. I look at her performance with awe, thinking,"How could you carry it out?"

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