For Good New York City premiere, which streamed live on November 17, 2025 and marked the final stop of the press tour for the film. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh,

This special event will bring fans, industry insiders, and the global “Wicked” community closer than ever to the epic conclusion of the global cinematic phenomenon.

Scroll on to see who showed up and what they wore to the NYC red carpet premiere of Wicked: For Good. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the “Wicked: For Good” New York Premiere held at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on November 17, 2025 in New York, New York.

"Wicked: For Good" director Jon M. Chu made the film's New York premiere a family affair on Monday, after missing last year's "Wicked" premiere in Los Angeles for the birth of his youngest child.

Wicked: For Good has officially arrived — and fans and critics have a lot to say about the musical sequel. Director Jon M. Chu’s For Good picks up five years after the events of the 2024 blockbuster Wicked,

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum and Ethan Slater reunited at the New York premiere of Wicked: For Good, the follow-up to the Jon M. Chu-directed 2024 movie.

As the world anticipates the return of Oz’s most famous witches, who soar back onto cinema screens tomorrow, early reviews for Wicked: For Good suggest audiences are in for a treat. However, some critics say the prequel falls short of expectations.

Ariana Grande stopped work in solidarity with her “Wicked: For Good” costar Cynthia Erivo when Erivo fell ill. Then Grande suffered the same fate. The petite actress and singer — Grande, not Erivo, who also fits that description — posted a photo on her Instagram stories from the set of “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.”

Join BroadwayWorld on the red carpet from the swankified Wicked: For Good New York City premiere, which streamed live on November 17, 2025 and marked the final stop of the press tour for the film. Watch video interviews with composer Stephen Schwartz,

For Good" premiere in New York City was also affected on Monday evening: Cynthia Erivo could barely speak, which is why she and her colleague Ariana Grande largely skipped interviews.

The Oscar winner’s oversized Givenchy gown perplexed some fans, with one quipping “Joan Rivers would have a ball with this.”

Each witch gets a new number as part of an effort to flesh out the arc of the stage show’s second act. As the composer Stephen Schwartz was working on the 2003 stage musical “Wicked,” one of the stars, Kristin Chenoweth, repeatedly asked for another number for her character, Glinda, to sing in the second act.