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Wicked's Glinda Actor Goes Blonde As Ariana Grande Preps For Musical
Ariana Grande has teased her transformation into Glinder for her role in Wicked, the upcoming two-part movie musical adaptation of the hit stage show. In 2003, the Wicked stage musical, based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, left theatre audiences and critics impressed. The story charts the unlikely friendship between contrasting witches of the Land of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda, as circumstances lead them to become mortal enemies, with each taking up the title of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch respectively. The Wicked musical won 6 Tony Awards out of 10 nominations and broke several production records while surpassing $1 billion in total Broadway revenue. Inspired by its astounding success, a film adaptation has long been discussed.
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