It Was a Great Week to be a Wicked-Loving Theater Kid

glamour.com:

We’ve reached the end of another long week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we’re giving props where they’re due. Here’s to our .If you'll allow me to nerd out about the history of for just a second, and why I've been skeptical from the jump: The show, based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, which is inspired by The Wizard of Oz, has been running and touring since 2003.

A movie was announced . Yeah…it doesn't take a decade to shoot a movie musical ( you're Richard Linklater). And every time there was a or a rumor that it was actually, finally going to happen I became less and less convinced.

So when the current iteration was first announced, I swear I turned to a friend and said, “please, the Wicked movie is never gonna happen.”Cut to and Cynthia Erivo being announced as the leads.

I was wrong, and they seemed passionate about the project (though my prediction that seems to ). But I remained hesitant to get my hopes up.