Dearest Gentle Reader,

We are but two months away from “Wicked: For Good!” With that, I’ve asked ten “Wicked” fans what they are looking forward to the most and compiled them into this handy list.

Without further ado, here they are!

1. Ariana Grande’s “Thank Goodness”

Glinda gets everything she wanted, but her emotional turmoil is bubbling to the surface: this song is a masterclass in lip quivering, fake smiling, sad-happy acting.

We look forward to Ariana’s unique take on this challenging song, as well as the movie’s ability to show Glinda’s day-to-day life more than the stage show.

Will we see some Evita references? In the Broadway version, she wears an Eva Perón-esque gown, so we are curious to see where John Chu will take these parallels.

If her rendition of “Popular” is anything to go by, we know she’ll make the number entirely her own!

2. Cynthia Erivo’s “No Good Deed”

The powerhouse number of Act 2, where Elphaba declares she will never do a good deed ever again because all her good deeds so far have been returned with nothing but pain.

Cynthia Erivo’s soaring vocals will no doubt send the glass of our screens shattering in our faces. And we’d thank her!

We also look forward to the cinematography of this scene, and how they’ll show Elphaba’s inner world and turmoil as the camera pans through her lair. The trailer looks promising!

3. “For Good”

It’s in the name. (We are so ready to cry…)

After an entire two movies and two years together with this cast, this “For Good” is shaping up to be incredibly emotional.

We’re also bound to have an incredibly “For Good”-coded press run with more crying!

Personally, I’m holding space for that.

4. The Wicked Witch of the East

Nessa’s tragic turn to the dark side. This one scene has so many stellar moments:

• Elphie and Nessa’s reunion
• Elphie casting a spell to make Nessa walk
• Boq turning into a tin man (body horror)
• Nessa blaming Elphie for everything

We’ll see what kind of movie magic they employ to make Marissa Bode walk!

5. Jonathan Bailey and Cynthia Erivo’s “As Long As You’re Mine”

In “Wicked,” we had the forest scene. In “Wicked: For Good,” we’ll have the romantically charged ballad “As Long As You’re Mine” with hands touching, faces hovering inches from each other, alone in the woods, and the “run away with me” kind of energy.

We can’t wait!

6. “Wonderful”

The Wizard sings a little number about how morality is just marketing. You don’t have to be good, just look good.

We look forward to Jeff Goldblum knocking it out of the park with this number.

7. Fiyero and Glinda’s Wedding

This is it. The scene that has captured our hearts since the first trailer: the dreamy yellow butterflies fluttering around Glinda as she is about to marry the “love of her life,” contrasted with that look of reluctance in Fiyero’s eyes. (Almost a death stare- what happened there?)

Will these scene recapture some of that “Bridgerton Season 2” wedding magic?

If I had a nickel for every time Jonathan Bailey played a reluctant groom about to marry a girl for social status and acceptability, while pining for the girl he truly wants, I’d have two nickels!

8. The CATFIGHT

This scene is chock full of golden one-liners.

Glinda: Well I’m a public figure now, and people expect me to-

Elphie: to lie!?

Glinda: BE ENCOURAGING🫵🏻😡 And just what exactly have you been doing besides riding around on that filthy old thing?

Elphie: Well… we can’t all come and go by BUBBLE! (Some Elphabas mock the Glinda hair flip at this part)

We’ll see if Jon Chu retains the comedy part of this catfight or turns it into something devastating. Either way, we’re waiting for it!

9. “Let the green girl go!”

The Tarzan-esque swinging in on a vine. The drama. The hearts breaking.

Enough said!

10. The Finale

How will they do the ending?

While the musical and novel leave things open-ended after Elphaba is “melted,” the movie will have the time and leeway to explore this in more detail: Will they show Elphie and Fiyero together happily ever after?

Will they show the trap door, and exactly how Elphaba escapes? Will they show Glinda’s life after “No One Mourns the Wicked,” after she has cast out the Wizard and Madame Morrible? Perhaps there will even be reforms in Munchkinland!

Lastly, as the Wizard escapes the Emerald City, will the movie show his fate afterwards?

Needless to say, we’re all excited for John Chu’s take on this as it may be the most detailed ending any adaptation of Wicked has ever gotten!

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