The second act of even the best musicals is so often less memorable, more sincere, and less outright fun than the first act. So it is with Wicked For Good, the Jon M. Chu-directed Act 2 of the Stephen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not long before Glinda and Elphaba’s paths cross once again — thanks to the arrival of the mysterious Dorothy Gale (Bethany ...

Anyone who’s seen Wickedon Broadway — including those who love Wicked — will tell you: The first act is stronger than the second. It contains almost all of the show’s best songs and most spectacular ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande look at something off camera in dim light in Wicked: For Good. Image via Universal Pictures When a musical makes its way to the silver screen, it has to take on several ...

Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” made over $750 million at the box office. It won two Academy Awards, for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. And if the existence of the limited edition “Wicked” ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — All yellow brick roads have led to this. Perhaps it’s because I wasn’t really expecting anything from it, but I was quite taken by Wicked: Part I. We don’t get that many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. "Glinda (Grande), meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, ...

Are you ready for more “Wicked”? “Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack” offers a bulked-up take on the music of the original “Wicked” musical’s second act, grounded in yet-again stellar vocals from ...

That “Wicked: For Good” is excellent is about as surprising as the sun rising again this morning. After all, director Jon M. Chu and his brilliant collaborators in front of and behind the camera ...

A darker and sadder Part 2 brings the story of Oz's witches to a moving close and cements Jon M. Chu's adaptation of Wicked as an absolute triumph. But, For Good suffers slightly from thinner source ...

Wicked: For Good will be released in theaters on November 21. Midway through Wicked: For Good, at the climax of one the musical’s many songs, Cynthia Erivo is harshly backlit by that pesky Ozian sun ...