Greater than 20 years after originating the onstage function of Glinda in Depraved, Kristin Chenoweth is praising her big-screen successors.
After noting she “can not affirm or deny” a cameo within the long-awaited function adaptation, which premieres Nov. 22 in theaters, the Tony winner shared a rave evaluation for director Jon M. Chu‘s function adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Talking for herself and OG co-star Idina Menzel, Chenowth instructed Us Weekly they’re “each actually glad for the women [Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo]. We are able to’t wait to see them tackle these characters.”
Following a screening with the movie’s solid, Chenoweth gave the film musical her seal of approval in a video from her experience house. “Y’ALL WON’T EVEN BELIEVE HOW GOOD IT IS,” she captioned the clip. “I’ll by no means be the identical!!!”
Chenoweth raved within the video, “Oh my gosh I simply noticed the film and I’m dying. I’m deceased, I’m truly useless, I’m not right here. Persons are not going to be effectively after they see this movie. It’s so good, it’s so particular.
“The story is so fantastic, and Cynthia and Ariana are superb. The entire solid is superb. Jon Chu nailed it. I used to be so moved, emotional, glad, crammed with pleasure. Please everyone go see Depraved, you’ll be blessed,” she added.
Chenoweth and Menzel performed Glinda, the Good Witch, and Elphaba, the Depraved Witch of the West, within the 2003 Broadway musical — which was primarily based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel and L. Frank Baum’s The Great Wizard of Oz books — incomes Menzel the Tony for Finest Actress in a Musical, for which her co-star was additionally nominated.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Depraved.
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The movie follows Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) as they first meet at Shiz College and share a life-changing encounter with the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum).
Chu was tapped to direct the Common adaptation again in 2021. The primary Depraved installment premieres Nov. 22, 2024, with the second following on Nov. 21, 2025.
