Video: Go Behind the Scenes of Shiz University in New Wicked Featurette
Jon M. Chu is directing the screen adaptation of the international hit Broadway musical.
A new video featurette from the forthcoming film version of Wicked goes behind the scenes of Shiz University—where Glinda and Elphaba first meet—with commentary from director Jon M. Chu.
Chu explains that “magic is an every day happening” at Shiz. Find out more about the Oz university in the video above, which also features 2023 Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible.
The first part of the screen version of the 2003 Broadway musical is set to hit movie theatres November 22 with Wicked: Part Two arriving November 21, 2025.
Tony
winner Cynthia Erivo and Grammy winner Ariana Grande co-star as Elphaba and
Glinda, respectively. Joining them in the cast are West End Company Olivier winner and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, SpongeBob SquarePants
star Ethan Slater as Boq, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, 2023
Oscar winner Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as The
Wizard, and newcomer Marissa Bode as Nessarose, the first
wheelchair-using actor in the musical’s history to take on the role.
Stage and screen star Keala Settle, SNL‘s Bowen Yang,
Bronwyn James, Aaron Teoh, and Colin Michael Carmichael also play roles
new to the musical’s screen version, with Settle as Miss Coddle,
Carmichael as Professor Nikidik, and Yang, James, and Teoh as Shiz
students Pfannee, ShenShen, and Avaric, respectively.
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The screen adaptation, which will include new songs by Stephen Schwartz, features a screenplay penned by Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman, and costumes designed by Tony winner Paul Tazewell.
Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz,
debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at
the Gershwin Theatre. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the
musical features music and lyrics by Schwartz and a book by Holzman. The
original cast included Tony winners Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. The musical is now the fourth
longest-running production in Broadway history.
The show won 2004 Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (Menzel),
Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty), and Best Scenic Design (Eugene
Lee).
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