Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Share Wicked Secrets in New Special (Exclusive)

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande reveal the movie magic behind the Land of Oz and the Emerald City.

PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of NBC’s new special Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked.

The special, which airs Tuesday, Nov. 19, will feature stars Erivo, 37, and Grande, 31, along with much of the cast — including Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh and Ethan Slater — as they discuss the film’s production and share behind-the-scenes insights into the film from the set.

“We are happy to share all ours Evil secrets with you,” Grande said in the clip.

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“In celebration of Universal Pictures’ new cinematic event, international superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead an all-star cast in a spectacular behind-the-scenes journey through Oz for their new film Evil,” an official description of the particular pranks.

The one-night event will also feature an exclusive debut of a scene from the film before it opens in theaters on November 22.

The two-part film musical adaptation of the Evil comes from director Jon M. Chu, who previously made 2021’s In the Heights and the 2018s Crazy rich Asians. Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s Tony-winning Broadway musical itself is adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Evila revisionist prequel set in the world of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels.

The film had its world premiere in Australia on 3 November. Grande and Erivo recently shared New York Times that they were both stricken with COVID-19 during the film’s production in the days before each was to film their most important numbers.

“I came to the set wearing a mask in my last days of recovery … nobody liked this joke, but I loved it, so I’ll tell it: We were in the dorm room together, and I sang in her ear, ‘Positive, you will be positive!’ Grande joked about her character Glinda’s song “Popular.”

“But I wasn’t positive anymore, don’t worry!” she added. “I took the test.”

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked airs on NBC Tuesday, November 19 at 10:00 PM ET, then streamed the following day on Peacock. Wicked: Part One is in theaters November 22, and Wicked: Part Two is set for 26 November 2025.