Madonna couldn’t do it. Neither could Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears. And so far, neither have (apologies to their many, many fans) Harry Styles, Beyoncé or Taylor Swift.

With “ Wicked: For Good ,” Ariana Grande did the near-impossible. She proved that the first film was no fluke — and that she has definitively made the perilous crossover from pop icon to movie star.

Grande, who got her start as a performer on a Nickelodeon sitcom and who delights every time she shows up on “Saturday Night Live,” is no stranger to acting. But there’s acting, and then there is star power. As Glinda Upland, Grande does more than hold her own opposite Cynthia Erivo, who entered the franchise already a Tony winner and, for “Harriet,” a past Oscar nominee. She carries across a lifetime of yearning in

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