Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Are Bringing Depraved to TV

Come fall, Wicked followers will have the ability to maintain house for “Defying Gravity” at residence once more with a particular televised occasion. A dwell musical particular that includes Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the celebs of Jon M. Chu’s cinematic adaptation of the Broadway hit, might be broadcast on NBC and Peacock later this yr.

The announcement which was made throughout NBC’s upfronts, was reported by Variety. The panel presentation featured director Jon M. Chu readily available for the information. “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 executed within the 22-year historical past of Depraved,” Chu teased, earlier than discussing the ensemble present, which can function Erivo and Grande, amongst different members of the forged of the Depraved film, singing a collection of songs from the debut movie, in addition to, seemingly, just a few teasery renditions from this yr’s sequel, Depraved: For Good.

“This fall, our stars, the great Cynthia Erivo and incandescent Ariana Grande, might be joined by their castmates and a few great shock visitors in a one time solely occasion from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, they’ll carry out dwell lots of the songs from the primary film–and possibly just a little bit from the second as nicely, for an evening of leisure that we predict might be, as they are saying in Oz, thrillifying.” Chu added continued.

Though the particular has but to get a broadcast date, it’s set to coincide with promotion for For Good‘s launch, so we are able to count on it someday earlier than November 21,  2025.

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