{"id":299049,"date":"2025-11-18T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/299049\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:13:09","slug":"ariana-grande-speaks-for-cynthia-erivo-at-wicked-for-good-nyc-premiere-amid-cynthias-illness-she-has-to-rest-her-voice-ariana-grande-cesily-collette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/299049\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Speaks for Cynthia Erivo at \u2018Wicked: For Good\u2019 NYC Premiere Amid Cynthia\u2019s Illness: \u2018She Has to Rest Her Voice!\u2019 | Ariana Grande, Cesily Collette Taylor, Cynthia Erivo, Emilie Livingston, Ethan Slater, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Karis Musongole, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Scarlett Spears, Wicked, Wicked: For Good | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/cynthia-erivo\/\" title=\"Cynthia Erivo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> is powering through the press duties for Wicked: For Good despite illness, holding hands with co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ariana-grande\/\" title=\"Ariana Grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> at the NYC premiere.<\/p>\n<p>The co-stars walked the red carpet together during the film\u2019s final premiere event on Monday (November 17) at Lincoln Center in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Ariana and Cynthia were joined at the event by co-stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jonathan-bailey\/\" title=\"Jonathan Bailey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Bailey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/michelle-yeoh\/\" title=\"Michelle Yeoh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Yeoh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jeff-goldblum\/\" title=\"Jeff Goldblum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Goldblum<\/a> (with wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/emilie-livingston\/\" title=\"Emilie Livingston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emilie Livingston<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ethan-slater\/\" title=\"Ethan Slater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Slater<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/marissa-bode\/\" title=\"Marissa Bode\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marissa Bode<\/a>, as well as child actors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/karis-musongole\/\" title=\"Karis Musongole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karis Musongole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/cesily-collette-taylor\/\" title=\"Cesily Collette Taylor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cesily Collette Taylor<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/scarlett-spears\/\" title=\"Scarlett Spears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scarlett Spears<\/a>, who play young Elphaba, Nessarose, and Glinda, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the premiere, Universal reps announced that Cynthia had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/11\/17\/universal-reps-explain-why-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-are-skipping-interviews-at-wicked-2-nyc-premiere\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fallen ill and lost her voice<\/a>, so she would have to skip red carpet interviews. Ariana decided to skip them too in solidarity. <\/p>\n<p>During the official red carpet live stream, the ladies did stop for a quick interview.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not letting her speak. She has to rest her voice!\u201d Ariana said. \u201cIt\u2019s so full circle to be in New York City where the Gershwin [Theatre] is, where Wicked is and to be celebrating tonight together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia, with a very hoarse voice, briefly spoke and said, \u201cIt\u2019s really beautiful that we\u2019re finishing here, where it started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Look back at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/11\/17\/12-actors-who-auditioned-for-wicked-movies-but-didnt-get-the-roles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 actors who auditioned for the movies<\/a>, but didn\u2019t get the roles. <\/p>\n<p>FYI: Cynthia is wearing Balenciaga. Ariana is wearing Schiaparelli Haute Couture. <\/p>\n<p>Browse through the gallery for all the photos from the Wicked: For Good red carpet\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cynthia Erivo is powering through the press duties for Wicked: For Good despite illness, holding hands with co-star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-299049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}