A Depraved stay musical efficiency is ready to reach on NBC later this 12 months, with stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo set to carry out songs from the hit musical and movie.
What do we all know concerning the Depraved stay musical particular?
In accordance with a report from Selection, the particular occasion is ready to happen forward of the November 21, 2025 premiere of Depraved: For Good, the sequel to final 12 months’s Depraved. The occasion will happen on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and can be broadcast stay on NBC earlier than transferring to Peacock the subsequent day.
The TV particular can even function each Grande and Erivo, who play Galinda Upland and Elphaba Thropp, respectively, showing and singing songs from the musical. Different castmates from the movie can even seem, though it’s unclear which, or whether or not or not they are going to be performing every other content material from the Depraved musical.
Different “shock visitors” had been additionally teased by Jon M. Chu, who directed each Depraved movies, when he introduced the information throughout a presentation for NBCUniversal this week.
“I’m completely delighted to allow you to in on a centerpiece of our marketing campaign for the second movie, and it’s one thing that’s by no means been accomplished within the 22-year historical past of ‘Depraved,’” Chu mentioned. “This fall, our stars, the fantastic Cynthia Erivo and incandescent Ariana Grande, can be joined by their castmates and a few fantastic shock visitors in a one time solely occasion from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, they are going to carry out stay lots of the songs from the primary film — and possibly just a little bit from the second as properly, for an evening of leisure that we expect can be, as they are saying in Oz, thrillifying.”
Depraved was directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay written by the musical’s ebook author Winnie Holzman. It’s based mostly on Maguire’s bestselling novel and the Tony-winning stage musical.
The ensemble forged was led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, who play Galinda Upland and Elphaba Thropp within the movie, respectively. The remainder of the forged consists of Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar, Jeff Goldblum because the Wizard of Oz, Peter Dinklage as Physician Dillamond, Bowen Yang as Pfannee, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp, Bronwyn James as ShenShen, Ethan Slater as Boq, and extra.
(Supply: Selection)
