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When the Broadway Witches Watched 'Wicked'

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Summary
Nutrition label

66% Informative

Stars of Wicked on Broadway gathered for a screening of Jon M. Chu’s upcoming big-screen adaptation of the musical.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande play the musical's respective leads in the film.

All the divas were giggling with glee to reunite with their witchy sisters.

Idina Menzel , who won the Tony for leading actress in a musical for creating the role of Elphaba , was unable to attend the screening.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were joined by original cast members Norbert Leo Butz and Christopher Fitzgerald , who played Boq , sat in the same row.

Executive producer paid tribute to Gavin Creel , who played Boq in the first ever readings of Wicked and died on September 30th of a rare form of cancer.

Chenoweth gave Grande a standing ovation and a warm embrace after her rendition of Glinda ’s signature number.

VR Score

62

Informative language

58

Neutral language

27

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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