{"id":2109614,"date":"2025-10-23T01:40:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2109614"},"modified":"2025-10-23T01:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:40:41","slug":"ariana-grande-shares-first-glimpse-of-nbcs-wicked-special-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ariana-grande-shares-first-glimpse-of-nbcs-wicked-special-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande shares first glimpse of NBC&#8217;s Wicked special &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ariana Grande has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Ariana Grande shares rare glimpse into bond with dad after estrangement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/168568\/ariana-grande-glimpse-relationship-dad-estrangement\">given fans a glimpse<\/a> into NBC&#8217;s forthcoming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Wicked (musical)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/wicked-musical\">Wicked<\/a>: One Wonderful Night concert.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/florida\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Florida<\/a>-born singer, 32 is slated to reprise her role as Glinda on stage during the network&#8217;s special, which is set to air on Nov. 6, just weeks before Wicked: For Good.<\/p>\n<p>As anticipation builds for the live special, Ariana took to Instagram to share behind-the-scenes footage that appears to have left <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/movies\/168033\/ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-give-first-look-wicked-sequel-i-m-ready\">fans both satisfied and eager for what&#8217;s next<\/a>. Alongside a carousel of 15 photos, she penned, &#8220;let us rejoicify ! the Wicked: One Wonderful Night concert airs november 6th on @nbc and streams the next day on @peacock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In true Glinda style, Ariana was spotted at rehearsals donning a light pink ballgown. The dress featured a ribbed bodice and tiered skirt.<\/p>\n<p>She also revealed other aspects of the show, including Glinda&#8217;s bedroom set, crystal-adorned heels, and her glittering microphone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The insider described their relationship as &#8220;more than a little toxic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pair are allegedly &#8220;keeping it together for now,&#8221; with the source claiming they might break up after Wicked: For Good releases.<\/p>\n<p>The couple might be ensuring history won&#8217;t repeat itself with the delay.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week after the musical finished filming in July 2023, it was announced that the actress was dating <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Ethan Slater\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/ethan-slater\">Ethan<\/a>, who plays Boq in the musical. Their romance quickly dominated headlines and fans started raging given the close timing to both of the stars&#8217; divorces to previous partners. This caused the news about Wicked to take a backseat which had Universal Pictures&#8217; studio executives &#8220;worried&#8221; their pairing could affect the film&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen news of the relationship first broke, studio execs were extremely worried about how it would impact the film,\u201d a source shared.<\/p>\n<p>After &#8220;feeling the heat,&#8221; the actors were instructed to &#8220;disappear for six months&#8221; to give enough time for the backlash to die down before the release date.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ariana and Ethan will appear on NBC&#8217;s Wicked: One Wonderful Night when it airs on Nov. 6, as well as Wicked: For Good when it hits theaters on Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande has given fans a glimpse into NBC&#8217;s forthcoming Wicked: One Wonderful Night concert. The Florida-born singer, 32 is slated to reprise her role as Glinda on stage during the network&#8217;s special, which is set to air on Nov. 6, just weeks before Wicked: For Good. As anticipation builds for the live special, Ariana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2109615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24076,399488,399489,319952,40246,24386,363487,353108,24075,399487,21890,357874,399486,399485,399490],"class_list":["post-2109614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ariana-grande","tag-ariana-grande-boyfriend","tag-ariana-grande-instagram","tag-bowen-yang","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment-news","tag-ethan-slater","tag-jon-m-chu","tag-nbc","tag-nbc-wicked-special","tag-saturday-night-live","tag-wicked","tag-wicked-concert-special","tag-wicked-part-one","tag-wicked-part-two"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ariana-Grande-shares-first-glimpse-of-NBCs-Wicked-special.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109616,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109614\/revisions\/2109616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2109615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}