Wicked’ composer Stephen Schwartz opened up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview about Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo doing a reworked version of 'For Good' with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. The group performed the song during NBC’s 'One Wonderful Night' special earlier this month.

The movie is expected to take in about $151.5 million from Friday through Sunday, earning 35 percent more than the first installment last year.

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,

The stage musical of “Wicked” opens with a time jump from Elphaba’s rebellious moment in “Defying Gravity.” The first scene of Act II is “Thank Goodness,” sung by Glinda as she seeks to spread joy and raise spirits as the rest of Oz wages war against Elphaba, now dubbed the Wicked Witch of the West.

"Wicked: For Good," the second act of "Wicked," takes Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo to new heights. With director Jon M. Chu and Jeff Goldblum.

A slog of a sequel could spell trouble for 'Wicked' in the Oscar race, our columnist writes: Equaling the first film's 10 nominations will be a tough task indeed.

Jonathan Bailey made a NSFW joke about how he looked while wearing a significant amount of prosthetics for his spoiler-heavy transformation in Wicked: For Good. PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive said in a new interview that the prosthetics work was "the first thing I started thinking about" when he signed on to the movie.

Wicked: For Good’ retells the story of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ via the perspective of the Wicked Witch (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande).