Wicked: One Wonderful Night soared onto NBC on November 6, featuring big-voiced performances from Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and the cast of Wicked and Wicked: For Good . But the magic really happened over a month ago, when Wicked: One Wonderful Night was taped in front of a live audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Disclosure: I was there in my capacity as host of Universal’s official Wicked podcast .) Here’s what the cameras didn’t capture—and which moments didn’t make it to the final telecast.

Ariana Grande and company NBC A LONG YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Audience members were instructed to arrive at the theater no later than 4:30 p.m. to guarantee entry to the taping—and they were in for a lengthy night. By the time One Wonderful Night had concluded, it was ha

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