In a recent interview with The Direct, Broadway’s longest-running Glinda in ‘Wicked,’ Katie Rose Clarke, said the Broadway cast gave the movie a standing ovation.
Clarke went to a special screening of the film with past and current Glindas and Elphabas, including Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. “And then the movie itself, viewing it was just emotional… The minute that Cynthia finished singing ‘The Wizard and I,’ I mean, the whole place just stood up and started applauding towards her,” she recalled her experience of seeing the film.
The actress talked about Grande and Erivo, saying, “The two of them… What you see them do on the press tour is exactly how they are. They’re just very emotional. It’s all very weighted for them. So just sobbing, you know.”
The screening included Broadway stars, the creative team, and the original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth. While original Elphaba Idina Menzel couldn’t attend, she sent a video message, and the group responded with a video.
In October, the original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth didn’t confirm or deny a cameo in the ‘Wicked’ movie but shared her thoughts on Jon M. Chu’s new version during a chat with Us Weekly.
“We’re both really happy for the girls,” Chenoweth shared her and original Elphaba Idina Menzel’s reaction, referring to Grande and Erivo. “We can’t wait to see them take on these characters.”
Both Menzel and Chenoweth were back in Oz for Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’ movie, but not as Elphaba and Glinda, as Variety shared. The original witches from Broadway sang a new verse in ‘One Short Day,’ sharing the story of the Wizard of Oz. Their characters fight for the spotlight in the Emerald City, which leads Menzel’s character to shut down the competition by singing her famous ‘Defying Gravity’ riff.
