Advertisement"Wicked," directed by Jon M. Chu, is a film adaptation of the iconic stage musical — well, just act one.
Directed by Jon M. Chu ("Crazy Rich Asians") and starring Broadway and pop music's biggest legends — Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, respectively — "Wicked" is a stunning act of adaptation.
The stage musical version is also an adaptation, the looser kind, of Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name.
AdvertisementAs in the stage musical, Glinda lends Elphaba the ugliest hat in her closet for a party.
In the end, though, "Wicked" is one of the best musical adaptations recently put to screen.
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Jon M, Chu, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande's, It's, Broadway, Ariana Grande, Gregory Maguire's, Dorothy's, Glinda, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Ariana, Giles Keyte, Erivo, doesn't, She's, Grande, aplomb, Jonathan Bailey, sycophants, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Oscar, —, it's, Elphaba, — it's, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
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Shiz University, Broadway, Universal Pictures, Universal