This week:

Will You Be Changed For Good?

Wicked is back!

Did Wicked ever really leave us? If I think really hard, there may have been a stretch of 10 days or so over the last two years when I didn’t see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on some TV show, or hear someone make a joke about “holding space.” (Genius marketing trick: Audiences don’t have to hold space if the actors never leave the damn space.)

It’s a Wicked era. We’re a Wicked culture. The United States of Oz. My skin has been looking strangely green.

Still, it’s a testament to the enthusiasm for this piece that, despite a saturation that could be deemed relentless, the release of Wicked: For Good in theaters still feels like an event. The sequel earned the year’s highest box-office tally in its previews, with $30.8 millio

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