Ariana Grande Plans On “Reconnecting” With Musical Theater After ‘Wicked’

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As Wicked makes the long-awaited leap from the stage to the screen, Ariana Grande is contemplating a return to her roots. The 2x Grammy winner recently opened up about the “healing” experience of portraying Galinda Upland in director Jon M.

Chu‘s adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which made her consider “reconnecting” with her love of theater. “I’m gonna say something so scary.

It’s gonna scare the absolute s— out of my fans and everyone, but I love them and they’ll deal, and we’ll always be here,” she said on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast. “I’m always gonna make music.

I’m always gonna go onstage, I’m always gonna do pop stuff, I pinky promise,” noted Grande. “But I don’t think doing it at the rate I’ve been doing it for the past 10 years is where I see the next 10 years.” In 2008, Grande made her Broadway debut at age 15 in the musical 13.