Between Jonathan Bailey's easy charm as Fiyero, Erivo lending her undeniable vocal talent to Elphaba, and the humor Ariana Grande captured as Glinda, it's easy to see just how much of the film's acclaim relied on getting the right actors.

Ariana Grande is teasing the follow-up to her Oscar-nominated performance as Glinda in “Wicked.” Grande, who will reprise her role for Part Two titled “ Wicked: For Good ,” told The Hollywood Reporter that the second installment is darker than the first film. “I’m still recovering,” Grande said.

As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."