Universal acquired the rights to “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by American novelist Gregory Maguire shortly after it was published in 1995. And in 2003 they opened the Broadway musical, eventually becoming the second most successful Broadway music ever (after Disney’s “The Lion King”).

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Tracy Gilchrist went viral last week for her comment about the song "Defying Gravity" during an interview with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

The internet has been inundated with a press tour moment from the film "Wicked" that's been memed around the world: Actress Cynthia Erivo, overcome with emotion, shares she's stunned to hear people have been taking lyrics from the "Wicked" song "Defying Gravity" and "really holding space with that.

Gilchrist, a journalist from Out, made a comment that was so very online, so very therapy-speak, and so very 2024 that it has since shaken the world: “This week, people are taking the lyrics to ‘Defying Gravity’ and really holding space with that and feeling power in that,

Some on social media have been saying Ariana Grande got paid more for “Wicked” than her costar Cynthia Erivo, but the movie’s studio is setting the record straight. There have been rumors that Grande was paid as much as $15 million for her role as ...

The director Jon M. Chu narrates the musical scene, also featuring Cynthia Erivo, where Grande performs the song “Popular.”