On November 14, Wicked held a New York premiere of the new film adaptation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hosted by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, attendees included the film's stars, composer Stephen Schwartz, and Broadway faces such as Kristin Chenoweth, Lea Michelle, Micaela Diamond, Alex Newell, and more. See Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno interview the stars in the video above.
On the red carpet, Wicked original cast member Chenoweth (who played Glinda onstage), was teary-eyed, saying, "I was hoping I'd be alive to see it. I didn't know that I would be! I didn't know if they'd make the movie." She chuckled, adding, "The fact that they did and I'm here to see and I get to enjoy the legacy of it and that it's in my DNA. And now it's in their hands and they can take it now and run."
The film's director Jon M. Chu dished that he actually had the film's stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, over to his house after they were cast. Composer Stephen Schwartz was there too. "They came to my house, in the living room, and sang 'For Good,' with Stephen Schwartz on the piano. It was the most magical thing I had ever seen...Then we knew we had a movie."
See photos from the evening below. Wicked, Part One will be widely released in theatres November 22 with the second part of the film due November 21, 2025.
Cynthia Erivo, Jon M. Chu, and Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey
Ariana Grande
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Anna Wintour
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
Jeff Goldblum, Jon M. Chu, Cynthia Erivo, and Ariana Grande
Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Ethan Slater, and Jon M. Chu
Ariana Grande
Bee Shaffer and Anna Wintour
Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Ethan Slater, and Jon M. Chu
Jeff Goldblum and Anna Wintour
Michael McCorry Rose
Stephen Schwartz and Michael McCorry Rose
Jon M. Chu and Peter Cramer
Jon M. Chu, Brian Roberts, and Aileen Roberts
Josh Bryant and Kristin Chenoweth
Marty Lauter
Mike Knobloch and Frankie Grande
Marty Lauter
Marc Platt and Bowen Yang
Donna Langman and Paul Tazewell
Donna Langman and Paul Tazewell
Jon M. Chu and Bowen Yang
Bowen Yang and Alice Brooks
Jordyn Woods
Kandy Muse (R) and guest
DJ Michelle Pesce
Bowen Yang
Terri Cole, Joan Grande and Frankie Grande
Terri Cole, Joan Grande and Frankie Grande
Lea Michele
Warren Egypt Franklin
Marchánt Davis
Kandy Muse
Marchánt Davis
Alex Newell
Jon M. Chu
Bowen Yang and Jon M. Chu
Jeff Goldblum
Jonathan Bailey
Ethan Slater
Christopher Scott
Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode
Jack Wiederhoeft
McKinley Guidry and McKaelyn Guidry
McKinley Guidry and McKaelyn Guidry
Jack Wiederhoeft
Jeffrey Harlacker
Jeffrey Harlacker
Frankie Grande
Amber Ruffin
June Ambrose
Shonda Rhimes
Fernando Garcia
Fernando Garcia
Bowen Yang
Jonathan Bailey
Wendi Murdoch
Jonathan Bailey
Michael McCorry Rose and Stephen Schwartz
Bowen Yang
Jeff Goldblum
Nicole Brydon Bloom and Justin Theroux
Emory McAlpine and Lizzy McAlpine
LaChanze
Micaela Diamond
La La Anthony
Nicole Brydon Bloom and Justin Theroux
Lea Michele
Lea Michele
La La Anthony
Amber Ruffin
Marissa Bode
Frankie Grande
Ethan Slater
Shonda Rhimes
June Ambrose
Marissa Bode
Ethan Slater
Christopher Scott
Ethan Slater and Marissa Bode
Allegra Eifler and Jamie Soros
Shonda Rhimes
Bowen Yang
Jeff Goldblum
Alice Brooks
LaChanze
Micaela Diamond
Emory McAlpine and Lizzy McAlpine
Frankie Grande
Jeff Goldblum
Jonathan Bailey
June Ambrose
Lea Michele
Kristin Chenoweth
