{"id":2172499,"date":"2025-11-22T17:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2172499"},"modified":"2025-11-22T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:24:08","slug":"how-bethany-weaver-who-plays-dorothy-in-wicked-for-good-landed-her-dream-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-bethany-weaver-who-plays-dorothy-in-wicked-for-good-landed-her-dream-role\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bethany Weaver, who plays Dorothy in &#8216;Wicked: For Good,&#8217; landed her dream role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F116025893.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bethany Weaver is certainly dancing through life.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/20\/ticket-sales\/wicked-for-good-hits-theaters-soon-how-much-are-ariana-grande-tour-tickets\/\">In \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d<\/a> which hit theaters on Friday, the actress stars as Dorothy Gale, the \u201cWizard of Oz\u2019s\u201d titular pigtail wearing character. It\u2019s a role she manifested years ago.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\">In March 2022, Weaver shared a video to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbOCHI1oGim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0singing \u201cThe Wizard and I.\u201d  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethany Weaver, who plays Dorothy in \u201cWicked: For Good.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bethanyweavesx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethany Weaver poses in a fiery red costume.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bethanyweavesx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\">She captioned the footage: \u201cHad a little sing song after work today, I love teaching but miss performing on stage so very much. It\u2019s not perfect but brings me such joy \ud83c\udf3b also aggressively manifesting that one day I will be in wicked!\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Both <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/23\/entertainment\/wicked-director-compares-set-to-kindergarten-reveals-odd-way-cast-rehearsed\/\">part one and two of Jon M. Chu\u2019s \u201cWicked\u201d<\/a> heavily features the origin stories of characters from the \u201cWizard of Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/entertainment\/wicked-for-good-review-cynthia-erivo-and-ariana-grande-bring-on-the-tears-in-musical-finale\/\">Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba\u2019s (Cynthia Erivo) journey<\/a>, viewers will see Scarecrow (Jonathan Bailey), the Tin Man (Ethan Slater), and the Cowardly Lion (Colman Domingo).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethany Weaver poses on a balcony in a burgandy dress. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bethanyweavesx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unlike \u201cWicked\u201d on Broadway, Dorothy will have a more prominent role in the movie. However, audiences won\u2019t see her face.<\/p>\n<p>She is only seen from behind and has no lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s such a wonderful thing to do, because then everyone gets to keep the Dorothy that they know,\u201d Erivo, 38, expressed to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/dorothy-will-only-be-seen-from-afar-in-wicked-for-good-everyone-keeps-the-dorothy-that-they-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Empire Magazine<\/a>\u00a0in September. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethany Weaver as Dorothy in \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d sporting silver heels instead of ruby slippers.  <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A scene from \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d which explores the origin stories of the characters from \u201cWizard of Oz.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to step on who you think Dorothy is in whatever story that you came into this with,\u201d Chu, 46, added to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-wicked-for-good-special-issue-exclusive-11838269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> in October. <\/p>\n<p>The director explained that the story is \u201cstill Elphaba and Glinda\u2019s journey, and she is a pawn in the middle of all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Universal Pictures kept Weaver\u2019s identity a secret until the \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d premiere. Despite being listed in the credits of the film, her resume on her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kmc.management\/bethanyweaver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">management\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a> simply states an undisclosed part in the \u201cWicked\u201d projects. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d featuring the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy and Cowardly Lion. <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Weaver didn\u2019t join the cast on any of their red carpet stops during the recent press tour.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the dancer hails from Surrey, a town located in South East England, per her\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonstage.com\/stage-names\/bethany-weaver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsOnStage<\/a>\u00a0bio.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver trained at the Urdang Academy in London and graduated in June 2018. Celebrating the monumental moment, she penned to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkTa5wgHd0Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> at the time: \u201cHere\u2019s to the very exciting future \u2661.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star also noted she loves to spend her free time at the Pilates studio. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethany Weaver smiles in a white dress.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bethanyweavesx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m not performing, choreographing or acting, you\u2019ll find me here on the reformer, at the barre or on the mat \ud83d\udc9c,\u201d she wrote on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DG8n4YBICRS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0in March. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful for the mini empire I have built for myself that allows me to live the life I have always dreamed of \u2728 Here\u2019s to continuing to grow, build and conquer \u2728.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, another major change in \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d is that Dorothy is no longer sporting ruby slippers.<\/p>\n<p>In the original 1939 film starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, she takes the red sequin shoes off of the Wicked Witch of the East after a house falls on her.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ariana Grande in \u201cWicked for Good.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cynthia Erivo in \u201cWicked for Good.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later in the film, Dorothy gets back home by clicking the heels of those sparkling shoes together three times.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, Chu followed the\u00a0\u201cWizard of Oz\u201d book, which was written by L. Frank Baum in 1900.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not ruby,\u201d the movie\u2019s costume designer, Paul Tazewell, told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/why-arent-the-ruby-slippers-red-in-wicked-11854653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>. \u201cIn the book, they were these odd little silver boots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s the idea of Cinderella and the glass slipper, and then it\u2019s like how we make shoes a myth and how we\u2019ve indulged them into our fantasy fairytale storytelling,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn the book they were silver shoes, and then they became crystal and silver shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethany Weaver is certainly dancing through life. In \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d which hit theaters on Friday, the actress stars as Dorothy Gale, the \u201cWizard of Oz\u2019s\u201d titular pigtail wearing character. It\u2019s a role she manifested years ago. In March 2022, Weaver shared a video to\u00a0Instagram\u00a0singing \u201cThe Wizard and I.\u201d Bethany Weaver, who plays Dorothy in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2172500,"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":[25174],"tags":[24076,21751,40246,21741,21993,21912,346133,357874],"class_list":["post-2172499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-ariana-grande","tag-celebrities","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment","tag-films","tag-movies","tag-the-wizard-of-oz","tag-wicked"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-Bethany-Weaver-who-plays-Dorothy-in-Wicked-For-Good.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172499","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=2172499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172501,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2172499\/revisions\/2172501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2172500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2172499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2172499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2172499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}