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If a quick request to not sing were enough to stop theater kids, then they would not be theater kids. Read on for all the people not holding space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” how the stars feel about it, and what AMC is doing about it.
Defying theater norms
November 22, 2024: AMC is planning to air a “please don’t sing”–themed, 30-second-long advertisement before upcoming showings of Wicked, per ABC. But, this is said with love, we’re not sure if that is enough of an “immovable object” to compete with “the unstoppable force” that is the theater-kid impulse to sing along to Wicked. A better option might be to tell these theater kids they should simply wait until Christmas to see the movie, when there will be scheduled “sing-along” screenings in roughly 1,000 movie theaters across the country, per Variety. The total theater count has not been finalized yet, so if you live in a county where the high school has an arts program, please send a flare up ASAP so they know to come to you. It may be your area’s only hope.
Cynthia Erivo has made her peace with you singing
November 28, 2024: Congrats, theater kids! Your leader is fine with all the singing. At Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cynthia Erivo said it’s “good” people are singing along. “I’m okay with it,” she told Hoda Kotb. “We spent this long singing it ourselves, it’s time for everyone else to join in. It’s wonderful.”
Ariana Grande is perhaps less on board with the singing. “If someone throws popcorn at you, or their phone or something, maybe stop,” she told NBC News previously. No one will mourn your wicked ass if the theater kicks you out.
Before getting into the Wicked of it all, Erivo presented Kotb with a bouquet to celebrate her final Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kotb is leaving The Today Show in January, and Erivo wanted to mark the occasion. “Before you even begin, these flowers are for you because I know this is the last Thanksgiving parade you’re doing, and I wanted to celebrate that, and I wanted to say we love you,” she said.
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