The first Wicked movie starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Galinda made a killing at the box office, leaving little doubt that the second film, which covers the second half of the musical the movies are adapted from, will also see sold-out theaters when it comes out on November 21, 2025.
Before then, however, we’ll get to see Erivo and Grande on screen as their Wicked characters in another venue. During NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation today, the network announced that it will host a musical special titled Wicked: For Good, which will include a live broadcast on NBC of the musical starring Erivo and Grande at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater.
“I am absolutely delighted to let you in on a centerpiece of our campaign for the second film, and it’s something that’s never been done in the 22-year history of Wicked,” director John M. Chu said (via Variety) at the upfronts. “This fall, our stars, the wonderful Cynthia Erivo and incandescent Ariana Grande, will be joined by their castmates and some wonderful surprise guests in a one-time only event from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, they will perform live many of the songs from the first movie—and maybe a little bit from the second one as well, for a night of entertainment that we think will be, as they say in Oz, thrillifying.”
There’s no news yet on a release date, though we do know it will occur some time before the theatrical release of Wicked 2, and that the day after the live NBC broadcast the production will be streaming on Peacock.