The most anticipated film of the year – for the second year in a row – Wicked: For Good has big ruby red slippers to fill, but that daunting challenge is handled with aplomb.

We dive straight back into the action with the building of the Yellow Brick Road. Time has passed, with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) established in exile while Glinda (Ariana Grande) is given her ‘vehicular spherical globule’ (e.g. bubble) to continue her ambassadorial job for Oz as the beloved ‘good’ witch under the watchful eye of Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh).

The film begins strongly with the one-two musical punch of No One Mourns the Wicked / Thank Goodness, but we’re still treated to riffs and references from the previous film to re-establish audience excitement, given that we were left on the phenomenal high of

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