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itemprop="datePublished"><br /> Published on November 23, 2025</time> </p> </p></div> <div> <article> <figure> <div> <p><img alt="Ariana Grande in 13 The Musical, Cynthia Erivo in 'The Color Purple,' Ethan Slater in SpongeBob Musical, and Jonathan Bailey in Company" decoding="async" height="" data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=125%2C70 125w, 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width="" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 12" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1"><noscript><img alt="Ariana Grande in 13 The Musical, Cynthia Erivo in 'The Color Purple,' Ethan Slater in SpongeBob Musical, and Jonathan Bailey in Company" decoding="async" height="" sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=125%2C70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=200%2C113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=295%2C166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=435%2C245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=1000%2C563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=681%2C383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Wicked-Cast-Broadway-The-West-End-MAIN-Split-Getty-H-2025.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=450%2C253 450w" width="" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 12"></noscript></img></p> </p></div><figcaption> <p> <span>Ariana Grande in ’13: The Musical,’ Cynthia Erivo in ‘The Color Purple,’ Ethan Slater in ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ and Jonathan Bailey in ‘Company.’</span></p> <p> <cite>Walter McBride/Corbis/Getty Images; Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic; Jenny Anderson/Getty Images; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images</cite></p> </figcaption></figure> </p> <div> <div> <p> Before landing in Oz, these stars all had their time on the stage.</p> <p> Based on the classic musical and book, Jon M. Chu’s second <em>Wicked</em> film, <em><a data-id="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/wicked-for-good-review-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-musical-1236426337/" data-type="link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/wicked-for-good-review-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-musical-1236426337/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wicked: For Good</a>,</em> follows Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) as their paths diverge. Glinda embraces her role as Glinda the Good Witch — originated on Broadway by Kristin Chenoweth — while Elphaba continues to be seen as the Wicked Witch of the West, a role first played on stage by Idina Menzel.</p> <p> This installment raises the bar with <a data-id="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wicked-for-good-reviews-what-critics-are-saying-1236430079/" data-type="link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wicked-for-good-reviews-what-critics-are-saying-1236430079/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two new songs</a>, “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble,” written by Stephen Schwartz, who composed the original score for the 2003 Broadway production. And the seasoned cast is ready, as many come from theatrical backgrounds, with several taking home trophies at Broadway’s Tony Awards and London’s Olivier Awards.</p> <p> Below, <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> highlights the <em>Wicked: For Good</em> castmembers who built their careers on the stage. You may even spot a few surprises. (<strong>Spoiler alert!</strong> Menzel and Chenoweth don’t appear on this list — they belong in the first film’s roll call.) </p> <div id="pmc-gallery-vertical"> <div> <ul> <li> <article> <h2>Ariana Grande (Glinda)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Billy Crudup (L) and Jeff Goldblum take a bow after performing during the opening night of The Pillowman on Broadway, April 10, 2005 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 13" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Billy Crudup (L) and Jeff Goldblum take a bow after performing during the opening night of The Pillowman on Broadway, April 10, 2005 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-524272170-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 13"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Peter Kramer/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Before Ariana Grande became the superstar who sells out worldwide arenas, she started her career at local theaters in Boca Raton, Fla. At 15, she made her Broadway debut in <em>13: The Musical </em>in 2008. Grande was part of the original cast, which consisted entirely of teenagers. The show, directed by Jeremy Sams, ran for three months at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. There, she met Liz Gillies (<em>Dynasty</em>), whom she later co-starred with on Nickelodeon’s<em> Victorious </em>from 2010-13.</p> <p> While <em>13</em> is the only Broadway show she’s appeared in so far, she would like to return to the stage. “That’s where I started,” Grande said during a recent interview on the<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRNR3blgYsA/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRNR3blgYsA/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Today</a></em> show to promote <em>Wicked: For Good. </em>“It would be a dream to find the right thing to come back to, to be on stage.”</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Cynthia Erivo takes her curtain call at The Color Purple on Broadway at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on May 10, 2016 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 14" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Cynthia Erivo takes her curtain call at The Color Purple on Broadway at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on May 10, 2016 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-530461858-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 14"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Cynthia Erivo made her Broadway debut in 2015 in <em>The Color Purple</em> revival, after first playing Celie in the show’s 2013 London production at the Menier Chocolate Factory. She reprised the role on Broadway through 2017, earning a Tony for best leading actress in a musical, as well as a Grammy for the cast album and a Daytime Emmy for a performance on <em>Today</em>. Erivo has since earned three Oscar nominations — two for 2019’s <em>Harriet</em> (best actress and best original song) and one for 2024’s <em>Wicked</em> — leaving her just an Oscar shy of <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/stars-close-egot-status-1124503/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EGOT status</a>.</p> <p> Originally from London, Erivo made her West End debut in 2011 for <em>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. </em>She is set to return for a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/cynthia-erivo-dracula-london-1236215183/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one-woman version of <em>Dracula</em></a><em> </em>at the Noël Coward Theatre starting Feb. 4, 2026.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Alex Gaumond (L) and Jonathan Bailey bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of Company at The Gielgud Theatre on October 17, 2018 in London, England." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 15" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Alex Gaumond (L) and Jonathan Bailey bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of Company at The Gielgud Theatre on October 17, 2018 in London, England." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1052402444-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 15"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> <a data-id="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jonathan-bailey-interview-jurassic-world-rebirth-bridgerton-1236293095/" data-type="link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jonathan-bailey-interview-jurassic-world-rebirth-bridgerton-1236293095/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Bailey </a>also began his career as a child actor, making his West End debut at 8 years old in <em>Les Misérables </em>as Gavroche. The <em>Bridgerton</em> star went on to act in other plays at London theaters, including <em>The York Realist</em> in 2018, <em>Othello </em>in 2013 and <em>Cock</em> in 2022. Bailey received rave reviews for his performance as Jamie in the 2018 West End revival of <em>Company. </em>For his role, he won a Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a supporting role in a musical the following year. Earlier this year, he was in <em>Richard II</em> playing the title role, which concluded its run at the Bridge Theatre in May. He has yet to make his Broadway debut.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Jeff Goldblum (The Wizard)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Billy Crudup (L) and Jeff Goldblum take a bow after performing during the opening night of The Pillowman on Broadway, April 10, 2005 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 16" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Billy Crudup (L) and Jeff Goldblum take a bow after performing during the opening night of The Pillowman on Broadway, April 10, 2005 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-52612707-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 16"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Peter Kramer/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Jeff Goldblum has been on both Broadway and the West End in several different productions. Before he became the Wizard in <em>Wicked: For Good, </em>he made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical <em>Two Gentlemen of Verona</em> in 1971. Then he went on to star in <em>The Moony Shapiro Songbook</em> in 1981 and <em>The Pillowman</em> in 2005. Goldblum, most recently on Broadway, appeared in <em>Seminar</em> in 2011-12. Like his <em>Wicked</em> co-stars, the <em>Jurassic Park</em> actor has also had West End credits, appearing in <em>Speed-the-Plow</em> in 2008 and <em>The Prisoner of Second Avenue</em> in 2010.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Ethan Slater (Boq)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Ethan Slater attends the Spongebob Squarepants Broadway opening night at Palace Theatre on December 4, 2017 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 17" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Ethan Slater attends the Spongebob Squarepants Broadway opening night at Palace Theatre on December 4, 2017 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-885889128-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 17"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Jim Spellman/WireImage </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Ethan Slater (aka Boq) <a data-id="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tonys-2018-ethan-slater-humanizing-spongebob-squarepants-stage-1115241/" data-type="link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tonys-2018-ethan-slater-humanizing-spongebob-squarepants-stage-1115241/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">originated the role</a> of SpongeBob in <em>SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical </em>in 2017, which was also his Broadway debut. Slater’s portrayal of the beloved animated character earned him a Tony Award nomination for best leading actor in a musical, and he also won a Drama Desk Award. He returned to <a data-id="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/spamalot-broadway-revival-cast-michael-urie-ethan-slater-1235559747/" data-type="link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/spamalot-broadway-revival-cast-michael-urie-ethan-slater-1235559747/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Broadway with <em>Spamalot</em></a><em>, </em>where he played the Historian and Prince Herbert, from 2023-24, and his girlfriend and <em>Wicked</em> co-star Grande would frequently attend to support. He has also appeared in several off-Broadway productions, including <em>Baghdaddy</em> (2017), <em>Assassins</em> (2020-2022), <em>Camelot</em> (2022), <em>Edge of the World</em> (2024) and <em>Marcel on the Train</em> (2025), the latter of which he co-wrote with Marshall Pailet.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Colman Domingo (Cowardly Lion)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Colman Domingo as Mr Bones, Julian Glover as The Interlocutor and Forrest McClendon as Deputy Tambo with artists of the company in John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys directed by Susan Stroman at the Garrick Theatre in London." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 18" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Colman Domingo as Mr Bones, Julian Glover as The Interlocutor and Forrest McClendon as Deputy Tambo with artists of the company in John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys directed by Susan Stroman at the Garrick Theatre in London." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-539881212-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 18"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Robbie Jack/Corbis/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Academy Award-nominated actor Colman Domingo surprised <em>Wicked </em>fans in October when it was revealed he was <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/colman-domingo-cowardly-lion-wicked-for-good-1236403538/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">playing the Cowardly Lion</a> in <em>Wicked: For Good.</em> However, his time in theater dates back decades, as his credits include the play <em>Well</em> (2005) — and his Broadway debut — as well as the musical<em>Passing Strange</em> (2008) and<em>The Scottsboro Boys</em> (2011), also a musical, for which he received aTony Awardnomination. In 2014, he reprised the role in a West Endproduction and received aLaurence Olivier Awardnomination. He then extended his talents to writing. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical<em>Summer: The Donna Summer Musical</em>. He also played Billy Flynn in two separate engagements of <em>Chicago</em> in 2010 and 2011.</p> <p> The <em>Sing Sing</em> star’s off-Broadway work consists of his 2009 one-man autobiographical play<em>A Boy and His Soul </em>and <em>Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole</em>, which he co-wrote with Patricia McGregor and that ran at the New YorkTheatre Workshop earlier this year.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Sharon D. Clarke (Dulcibear)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke attend the photocall for the Arthur Miller classic Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly theatre in London." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 19" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke attend the photocall for the Arthur Miller classic Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly theatre in London." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-1179422466-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 19"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Gary Mitchell/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <div> <p> Dulcibear, Elphaba and Nessarose’s talking grizzly bearnanny in <em>Wicked: For Good, </em>is voiced by Tony nominee Sharon D. Clarke. She’s a three-time Olivier Award winner for her roles in<em>The Amen Corner</em>, <em>Caroline, or Change</em> and <em>Death of a Salesman</em>. In 2021, Clarke reprised her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in <em>Caroline, or Change</em> on Broadway (which was also her debut), earning her a Tony and Grammy nomination. The following year, <em>Death of a Salesman</em> also transferred to Broadway.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Bronwyn James(ShenShen)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="Bronwyn James attends as Universal Pictures proudly presents the Wicked For Good US Premiere on November 17, 2025 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201296%20730'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 20" data-lazy-src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?w=1296"><noscript><img decoding="async" alt="Bronwyn James attends as Universal Pictures proudly presents the Wicked For Good US Premiere on November 17, 2025 in New York City." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?w=1296" srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg 1296w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=200,113 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=295,166 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=435,245 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=1000,563 1000w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2247222895-H-2025.jpg?resize=450,253 450w" height="730" width="1296" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History 20"></noscript></img><figcaption> Image Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images </figcaption></figure> <p> The actress, who plays Glinda’s friend at Shiz University ShenShen and is a part of the popular clique withPfannee (Bowen Yang), has appeared in the 2015 production of <em>Hangmen </em>on the West End, which <em>The Banshees of Inisherin</em>‘s writer-director Martin McDonagh wrote and Matthew Dunster directed.</p> </article> </li> <li> <article> <h2>Alice Fearn (Glinda’s Mother)</h2> <figure> <img decoding="async" alt="(L-R) Sophie Evans and Alice Fearn at the 'Wicked: Part One' European Premiere on Nov. 18, 2024 in London, England." data-lazy-sizes="(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201500%20966'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg 7281w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg?resize=1500,966 1500w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg?resize=200,129 200w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg?resize=295,190 295w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg?resize=435,280 435w, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2185467278.jpg?resize=1000,644 1000w" height="966" width="1500" title="These Wicked: For Good Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage 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Ariana Grande in ’13: The Musical,’ Cynthia Erivo in ‘The Color Purple,’ Ethan Slater in ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ and Jonathan Bailey in ‘Company.’

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Before landing in Oz, these stars all had their time on the stage.

Based on the classic musical and book, Jon M. Chu’s second Wicked film, Wicked: For Good, follows Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) as their paths diverge. Glinda embraces her role as Glinda the Good Witch — originated on Broadway by Kristin Chenoweth — while Elphaba continues to be seen as the Wicked Witch of the West, a role first played on stage by Idina Menzel.

This installment raises the bar with two new songs, “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble,” written by Stephen Schwartz, who composed the original score for the 2003 Broadway production. And the seasoned cast is ready, as many come from theatrical backgrounds, with several taking home trophies at Broadway’s Tony Awards and London’s Olivier Awards.

Below, The Hollywood Reporter highlights the Wicked: For Good castmembers who built their careers on the stage. You may even spot a few surprises. (Spoiler alert! Menzel and Chenoweth don’t appear on this list — they belong in the first film’s roll call.)

Ariana Grande (Glinda)

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Before Ariana Grande became the superstar who sells out worldwide arenas, she started her career at local theaters in Boca Raton, Fla. At 15, she made her Broadway debut in 13: The Musical in 2008. Grande was part of the original cast, which consisted entirely of teenagers. The show, directed by Jeremy Sams, ran for three months at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. There, she met Liz Gillies (Dynasty), whom she later co-starred with on Nickelodeon’s Victorious from 2010-13.

While 13 is the only Broadway show she’s appeared in so far, she would like to return to the stage. “That’s where I started,” Grande said during a recent interview on the Today show to promote Wicked: For Good. “It would be a dream to find the right thing to come back to, to be on stage.”

Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba)

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Cynthia Erivo made her Broadway debut in 2015 in The Color Purple revival, after first playing Celie in the show’s 2013 London production at the Menier Chocolate Factory. She reprised the role on Broadway through 2017, earning a Tony for best leading actress in a musical, as well as a Grammy for the cast album and a Daytime Emmy for a performance on Today. Erivo has since earned three Oscar nominations — two for 2019’s Harriet (best actress and best original song) and one for 2024’s Wicked — leaving her just an Oscar shy of EGOT status.

Originally from London, Erivo made her West End debut in 2011 for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. She is set to return for a one-woman version of Dracula at the Noël Coward Theatre starting Feb. 4, 2026.

Jonathan Bailey (Fiyero)

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Jonathan Bailey also began his career as a child actor, making his West End debut at 8 years old in Les Misérables as Gavroche. The Bridgerton star went on to act in other plays at London theaters, including The York Realist in 2018, Othello in 2013 and Cock in 2022. Bailey received rave reviews for his performance as Jamie in the 2018 West End revival of Company. For his role, he won a Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a supporting role in a musical the following year. Earlier this year, he was in Richard II playing the title role, which concluded its run at the Bridge Theatre in May. He has yet to make his Broadway debut.

Jeff Goldblum (The Wizard)

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Jeff Goldblum has been on both Broadway and the West End in several different productions. Before he became the Wizard in Wicked: For Good, he made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. Then he went on to star in The Moony Shapiro Songbook in 1981 and The Pillowman in 2005. Goldblum, most recently on Broadway, appeared in Seminar in 2011-12. Like his Wicked co-stars, the Jurassic Park actor has also had West End credits, appearing in Speed-the-Plow in 2008 and The Prisoner of Second Avenue in 2010.

Ethan Slater (Boq)

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Ethan Slater (aka Boq) originated the role of SpongeBob in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical in 2017, which was also his Broadway debut. Slater’s portrayal of the beloved animated character earned him a Tony Award nomination for best leading actor in a musical, and he also won a Drama Desk Award. He returned to Broadway with Spamalot, where he played the Historian and Prince Herbert, from 2023-24, and his girlfriend and Wicked co-star Grande would frequently attend to support. He has also appeared in several off-Broadway productions, including Baghdaddy (2017), Assassins (2020-2022), Camelot (2022), Edge of the World (2024) and Marcel on the Train (2025), the latter of which he co-wrote with Marshall Pailet.

Colman Domingo (Cowardly Lion)

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Academy Award-nominated actor Colman Domingo surprised Wicked fans in October when it was revealed he was playing the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good. However, his time in theater dates back decades, as his credits include the play Well (2005) — and his Broadway debut — as well as the musicalPassing Strange (2008) andThe Scottsboro Boys (2011), also a musical, for which he received aTony Awardnomination. In 2014, he reprised the role in a West Endproduction and received aLaurence Olivier Awardnomination. He then extended his talents to writing. In 2018, he wrote the book for the Broadway musicalSummer: The Donna Summer Musical. He also played Billy Flynn in two separate engagements of Chicago in 2010 and 2011.

The Sing Sing star’s off-Broadway work consists of his 2009 one-man autobiographical playA Boy and His Soul and Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, which he co-wrote with Patricia McGregor and that ran at the New YorkTheatre Workshop earlier this year.

Sharon D. Clarke (Dulcibear)

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Dulcibear, Elphaba and Nessarose’s talking grizzly bearnanny in Wicked: For Good, is voiced by Tony nominee Sharon D. Clarke. She’s a three-time Olivier Award winner for her roles inThe Amen Corner, Caroline, or Change and Death of a Salesman. In 2021, Clarke reprised her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change on Broadway (which was also her debut), earning her a Tony and Grammy nomination. The following year, Death of a Salesman also transferred to Broadway.

Bronwyn James(ShenShen)

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The actress, who plays Glinda’s friend at Shiz University ShenShen and is a part of the popular clique withPfannee (Bowen Yang), has appeared in the 2015 production of Hangmen on the West End, which The Banshees of Inisherin‘s writer-director Martin McDonagh wrote and Matthew Dunster directed.

Alice Fearn (Glinda’s Mother)

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While Alice Fearn appears as Glinda’s mother in the two Wicked films, her connection to the musical runs much deeper: she played Elphaba in the West End production from 2017 to 2019. Her other theater credits include Les Misérables, Oliver!, Shrek: The Musical, The Woman in White, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Come From Away.

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