AP PHOTOS: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande cut a 'Wicked' swath around the world

In “Wicked,” Elphaba and Glinda travel from Shiz University to the Emerald City on a glistening green train to meet the wizard. In real life, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have traveled much farther and wider and longer — and on airplanes — to promote their hotly anticipated film. The Oscars. The Met Gala. CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Premieres on both U.S. coasts and around the globe in London, Mexico City and Sydney. The two stars even appeared at the Paris Olympics, where they should really have won a gold medal for fashion. At the Oscars in March, Erivo channeled her green-skinned character with a Louis Vuitton gown in shiny green leather. Grande evoked spritely Glinda in a bubble-gum pink concoction. Onstage, the duo presented the awards for best song and score, and Erivo managed to get in some lines from “The Wizard of Oz.” Replied Grande: “How wickedly subtle of you.” At the Met Gala in May, the duo switched colors during a performance for the lucky dinner guests, with Grande...

Topics

A ‘Wicked’ Tearful Talk With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
Top stories - The New York Times - November 6
‘Wicked’ Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Oz
Top stories - The New York Times - 3 hours ago
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy
World - The Guardian - 2 days ago
Ariana Grande channelled her loss into Wicked role
Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday
How 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo became Elphaba, from 'Defying Gravity' to 'the perfect green'
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 11 hours ago
Movie Review: ‘Wicked’ fans, rejoicify! Erivo, Grande shine in lavish adaptation of Broadway classic
Entertainment - ABC News - 2 days ago
Ariana Grande celebrates romance with co-star Ethan Slater as 'Wicked' premieres Down Under
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 5
Cynthia Erivo defies more than gravity
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

AP PHOTOS: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande cut a 'Wicked' swath around the world

Topics

Related

A ‘Wicked’ Tearful Talk With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

‘Wicked’ Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Oz

Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy

Ariana Grande channelled her loss into Wicked role

How 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo became Elphaba, from 'Defying Gravity' to 'the perfect green'

Movie Review: ‘Wicked’ fans, rejoicify! Erivo, Grande shine in lavish adaptation of Broadway classic

Ariana Grande celebrates romance with co-star Ethan Slater as 'Wicked' premieres Down Under

Cynthia Erivo defies more than gravity

More from ABC News

Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?

'Ernest Cole: Lost and Found' resurrects a once-forgotten anti-apartheid photographer

US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW

Chris Stapleton wins 4 CMA Awards, but Morgan Wallen gets entertainer of the year

Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards