Wicked: For Good , starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as frenemy witches Elphaba and Glinda, is fairly faithful to its source material. But fans of the Broadway musical may also be surprised to find that Wicked: For Good also makes a few surprising left turns not found in the second half of composer Stephen Schwartz and book writer Winnie Holzmann ’s stage musical. Those changes—which the film’s creative team discussed with me for Universal and VF ’s official Wicked: For Good podcast —mostly have to do with Grande’s Glinda the Good, who closes out her arc by stepping into her power in a new way.. (Spoilers for Wicked: For Good below.)

Wicked: Part One focused on Elphaba’s journey from green-skinned Shiz University student to the Wicked Witch of the West. But

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