Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth performing at the 58th annual Tony Awards.Photo:Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty
Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty
Kristin Chenowethis looking back on 20 years ofWickedwith a sweet memento.
Theletter opened withMenzel, 52, addressing Chenoweth as her “new beautiful friend, co-ambassador through life and sister of sorcery and all forms of magic, glitter and stardust.”
“I will never forget this experience as long as I live. I consider myself so lucky to be sharing it with you,” she continued. “You have made me a better person — taught me so much about life and most of all friendship. I am honored to be on a stage with you, feeling just an ounce of that joy and laughter that constantly surrounds you. You are intoxicatingly precious and beautiful to me.”
“Thank you for being my friend,” Menzel’s letter added, concluding, “I love you. - Idina.”
Chenoweth captioned the post, “Found opening night letters … truly was changed For. Good.💗💚#Wicked20,” including a nod to her and Menzel’sheartfelt duet in the show, “For Good.”
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Wickedbegan playing preview performances on Oct. 8, 2003, before opening night just over three weeks later, on Oct. 30, 2003.
Having begun in a pre-Broadway San Francisco tryout, the show has gone on to tour many times and open on London’s West End, and is still playing on Broadway two decades later.
Speaking withVultureabout opening night for a recent anniversary story alongside Menzel, Chenoweth admitted she doesn’t remember exactly how that show went, as she was “so nervous and excited.”
“I remember the party. I don’t know how you felt, Idina, but I just needed the opening-night thing to happen,” she told her former costar.
“I like an opening night a lot because the critics have gone already, so opening night is friends and family. I tend to have more fun,” said Menzel. “Unfortunately, I think I always give a better performance then than the night when the reviewers are there, but whatever.”
The casting ofCynthia ErivoandAriana Grandeas Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, wasrevealed in November 2021, whileJon M. Chuwasannounced as directorearlier that year.
“I love her so much; I’ve known her since she was 10,” Chenoweth said about the casting of Grande, 30, as Glinda during a March 2022 appearance on theTodayshow. “I think that crown and wand are going to the exact correct person. AndI think she’s gonna nail it.”
Wicked: Part Oneis scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 27, 2024, whilePart Twois slated for release on Nov. 26, 2025, per IMDb.
source: people.com
