Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.

I am very excited to bring in my conversation this week with one of the co-stars of the highly anticipated new movie musical, Wicked. Yes, based on the Broadway show that starred Kristen Chenoweth and Edina Menzel way back when.

Cynthia Arrivo is my guest today. She plays Elfaba. She's the Green Witch, the Wicked Witch of the West.

In the story that takes us to Oz before Dorothy arrived, Cynthia plays opposite. Ariana Grande as Glinda, the Good Witch. It's a phenomenal performance, and it's a show that Cynthia has loved since she was a kid. It originated on Broadway in 2003. It was based on a novel as well.

She went and took herself to see it as you'll hear when she was 25 years old, had already

memorized all the music, and now a dream come true to be starring in this huge movie opposite

Ariana Grande. So we get into the movie. We talk about how it came about for her,

about how nervous she was and how she just heard about the movie and development, but didn't

want to set any expectations that maybe they would call her. They did. She crushed her audition

with the director, John M. 2, who also did Crazy Rich Asians, just as a point of reference.

I got a chance to see it.

It is amazing for anybody.

If you got kids, if you don't have kids, if you love musicals, if you don't love musicals,

it is truly amazing.

So I will get out of the way.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversation right now with Cynthia Arrivo on the Sunday Sit Down podcast.

Cynthia, it's so good to see you.

You too.

I'm so happy for you because I saw the film yesterday.

It is absolutely spectacular.

Thank you very much.

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