Next week global audiences will finally learn what a theater full of tourists discovers 8 times a week on Broadway: the second half of Wicked has No Good Songs.

The 11-year-old actress who plays young Elphaba in the film production of Wicked says she has learned a lot from her co-stars. Karis Musongole, from Manchester, played the young version of lead actress Cynthia Erivo's character. She worked closely with her and co-star Ariana Grande on the film.

When asked if there was a particular role that was a challenge to cast for Jon M Chu's Wicked duology, casting director Bernard "Bernie" Telsey highlighted Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp. In conversation at Deadline's 2025 Film Contenders in Los Angeles Saturday,

Copeland and Erivo showed off their incredible talents in homage to "Wicked: For Good," which hits theaters Nov. 21.

“If you go to Chili’s to try the new ‘Wicked’ margaritas, don’t have seven of them,” Kyle Thorn says in a video with millions of views. He appears to have just woken up from a deep slumber, worse for the wear. “Just have two. Just try the green, try the pink and leave it at that. Take it from me, OK?” He brings the phone closer to his face.

Cynthia Erivo reveals the perfume that she wore to play Elphaba in "Wicked: For Good" and how she's holding up on the latest global press tour.

It planned to be, per chief marketing officer Michael Moses, “just short of obnoxious.” Sure enough, the studio behind the pink-and-green publicity machine delivered an epic onslaught of all things Oz.

From ‘Wicked’ being split into two movies that together turn the two-and-a-half-hour Broadway show into a five-hour epic to 'The Brutalist' featuring a 15-minute intermission, The Hollywood Reporter breaks down the recent mainstream films that casts and crews had to defend the lengths of.

Are you ready to return to Oz? Wicked fans will get just that chance when Wicked: For Goodcomes soaring into theaters on Friday, November 21, which sees the return of Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Ariana Grande as Glinda,