{"id":2236777,"date":"2026-01-15T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2236777"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:20:06","slug":"jonathan-bailey-and-ariana-grande-tease-collab-after-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jonathan-bailey-and-ariana-grande-tease-collab-after-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande Tease Collab After &#8216;Wicked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Wicked <em data-node-id=\"0.0.1\">stars Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande are teaming up for a new project.<\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\"><em data-node-id=\"0.1.0\">The actors confirmed they will star in a West End revival of <\/em>Sunday in the Park With George, <em data-node-id=\"0.1.2\">which will premiere in the summer of 2027. <\/em><em data-node-id=\"0.1.3\"><br data-node-id=\"0.1.3.0\"\/><\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\"><em data-node-id=\"0.2.0\">Jonathan reacted to the big announcement with a heartfelt post on Instagram.<\/em><br data-node-id=\"0.2.1\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Guess what, <em data-node-id=\"2.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wicked-Bonus-Jon-M-Chu\/dp\/B0DGZV9Z5Z\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wicked-Bonus-Jon-M-Chu\/dp\/B0DGZV9Z5Z\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Wicked\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"9b8ae91a-238a-4d5e-88fe-07dc02c066b8\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"2.1.0\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Wicked<\/a><\/em> fans? <strong data-node-id=\"2.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a69250552\/jonathan-bailey-sexiest-man-alive-2025-wicked-for-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a69250552\/jonathan-bailey-sexiest-man-alive-2025-wicked-for-good\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Jonathan Bailey\" data-node-id=\"2.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Jonathan Bailey<\/a><\/strong> and <strong data-node-id=\"2.5\">Ariana Grande<\/strong> are reuniting for a project that&#8217;ll have everyone absolutely screaming. <strong data-node-id=\"2.7\"\/><strong data-node-id=\"2.8\"\/><em data-node-id=\"2.9\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Ever since the two starred together in <em data-node-id=\"3.1\">Wicked<\/em> and <em data-node-id=\"3.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a69496713\/when-will-wicked-for-good-be-streaming-where-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a69496713\/when-will-wicked-for-good-be-streaming-where-to-watch\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Wicked: For Good\" data-node-id=\"3.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Wicked: For Good<\/a><\/em>, viewers have been eager to see Jonathan and Ariana work together on other acting projects. So, when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/ariana-grande-jonathan-bailey-sunday-in-the-park-with-george-1236649423\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/ariana-grande-jonathan-bailey-sunday-in-the-park-with-george-1236649423\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"rumors swirled\" data-node-id=\"3.5\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">rumors swirled<\/a> that the duo would be part of a West End revival of the beloved 1984 musical <em data-node-id=\"3.7\">Sunday in the Park With George<\/em>, people were desperate for that dream to come true. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Well, the wait is officially over, thanks to a surprise announcement on January 14. <em data-node-id=\"4.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/jonathan-bailey-ariana-grande-stephen-sondheim-1236682640\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/01\/jonathan-bailey-ariana-grande-stephen-sondheim-1236682640\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Deadline\" data-node-id=\"4.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Deadline<\/a><\/em> revealed both Jonathan and Ariana will star in a new production of <em data-node-id=\"4.3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sundayintheparkmusical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/sundayintheparkmusical.com\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Sunday in the Park With George\" data-node-id=\"4.3.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">Sunday in the Park With George<\/a><\/em>, with performances beginning at the Barbican Centre in London in the summer of 2027. Jonathan reacted to the news with a photo of him and Ariana sitting in front of the subject of the musical\u2014George Seurat&#8217;s famous painting &#8220;A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.&#8221;<em data-node-id=\"4.5\"\/><em data-node-id=\"4.6\"\/><\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"6.0\"\/><em data-node-id=\"6.1\"\/>&#8220;&#8216;All it has to be is good,'&#8221; he wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTfKmr8FZZd\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTfKmr8FZZd\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on Instagram\" data-node-id=\"6.3\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">on Instagram<\/a>, with the caption referencing a lyric from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00138H53I\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00138H53I\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"song of the same name\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"8973a238-0374-471a-97f0-ad7fdcd4b388\" data-node-id=\"6.5\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">song of the same name<\/a> that&#8217;s featured in <em data-node-id=\"6.7\">Sunday in the Park With George<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"instagram\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Given that this news marks Jonathan and Ariana&#8217;s second collaboration, it didn&#8217;t take long for some of their celebrity contemporaries to react to the announcement online.  <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Oh my goodness WHAT IS HAPPENING?!&#8221; <strong data-node-id=\"9.1\">Lea Salonga<\/strong> screamed in the comments. &#8220;<strong data-node-id=\"9.3\"\/>I\u2019m going to have a heart attack,&#8221; <strong data-node-id=\"9.5\">Maude Apatow<\/strong> penned. &#8220;Oh the art that will be made!!! \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f Excited!!!!!!&#8221; <strong data-node-id=\"9.7\">Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><strong data-node-id=\"9.8\"\/> (a.k.a. Jonathan and Ariana&#8217;s <em data-node-id=\"9.10\">Wicked<\/em> co-star) <em data-node-id=\"9.12\"\/>added. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-epuhkm e94w1mj9\">\n<h6 class=\"css-y4ppz4 e94w1mj7\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p0\"\/><span class=\"css-8lle59 e94w1mj5\">Get More About &#8216;Wicked&#8217;<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Fans were also ecstatic to learn that Jonathan and Ariana would take the stage together for an all-new project.  <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;I know Stephen Sondheim is kicking his feet somewhere in the great beyond that Jonathan Bailey is playing George,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;OH MY GOD OH MY GOD,&#8221; another shouted. &#8220;Okay cue my goosebumps! \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f,&#8221; a different follower replied. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Ariana originated the role of Charlotte in the original cast of the 2009 Broadway musical <em data-node-id=\"13.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/13-the-musical-where-are-they-now\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/13-the-musical-where-are-they-now\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"13\" data-node-id=\"13.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">13<\/a><\/em>. Jonathan has performed in the West End multiple times over the last decade. He most recently starred as Richard II in a 2025 production of William Shakespeare&#8217;s play.<em data-node-id=\"13.3\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"14.0\">Sunday in the Park With George<\/em> tells the fictionalized story of George Seurat and his great-grandson as they explore the meaning of art and legacy across two eras. Jonathan is set to play George, while Ariana will portray Dot, George&#8217;s lover and muse. <em data-node-id=\"14.2\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"15\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">We can&#8217;t help but be excited about this!<em data-node-id=\"15.1\"\/><\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"16\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-18-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-18-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Read More TV + Pop Culture News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/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 www.goodhousekeeping.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wicked stars Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande are teaming up for a new project. The actors confirmed they will star in a West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, which will premiere in the summer of 2027. Jonathan reacted to the big announcement with a heartfelt post on Instagram. 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