Playbill readers, many of you have been preparing for this moment for more than two decades. Jeopardy! featured an entire category of Wicked-related answers on a recent episode, and now it's time to show the world just how many useless vitally important factoids you carry in your brain about the Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical. Watch above to play along.
The category is part of the prolific marketing campaign around the musical's movie adaptation, the first part of which is currently in preview screenings ahead of an official release November 22. Cast members Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jeff Goldblum get in on the fun to deliver several of the Jeopardy! answers.
Find tickets for Wicked at a theatre near you at WickedMovie.com. Pre-orders and pre-saves are also now available for the film's soundtrack, which will also be released November 22. The second film is set to follow November 21, 2025.
Tony winner Erivo and Grammy winner Grande co-star as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. Joining them in the cast are West End Company Olivier winner and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, SpongeBob SquarePants star Ethan Slater as Boq, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, 2023 Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Goldblum as The Wizard, and newcomer Marissa Bode as Nessarose, the first wheelchair-using actor in the musical's history to take on the role.
Stage and screen star Keala Settle, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Aaron Teoh, and Colin Michael Carmichael are also in the cast, with Settle as Miss Coddle, Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, and Yang, James, and Teoh as Shiz students Pfannee, ShenShen, and Avaric, respectively.
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The screen adaptation, which includes new songs by Stephen Schwartz, is helmed by In the Heights screen director Jon Chu. Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman has penned the screenplay, and Tony winner Paul Tazewell designed the costumes.
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Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the musical features music and lyrics by Schwartz and a book by Holzman. The original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. The musical is now the fourth longest-running production in Broadway history.
The show won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Menzel), Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty), and Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee).
