Two voices that spent more than a year turning Oz into a global obsession found each other again on a London stage. Fans who filled the O2 on Sunday night watched Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo share a microphone again. This time, though, it was as friends, not as Glinda and Elphaba.
The surprise came during the encore on the second night of Grande’s residency at the O2 on Aug. 16, part of her Eternal Sunshine Tour. After performing “hate that i made you love me,” she welcomed Erivo out for a duet of “For Good” from Wicked.
The pair followed it with their “Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again” medley before wrapping their arms around each other as the crowd roared. The embrace marked their first live performance together since the November NBC special Wicked: One Wonderful Night, when they last sang the same two numbers side by side.
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Grande and Erivo starred as Glinda and Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s two-part adaptation of the stage musical, and both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances. The bond they built across a long press run became its own storyline for fans, who watched the co-stars describe each other as family through months of interviews and red carpets.
“For Good” is a song about two people changed by knowing each other, and hearing it sung by the actresses who carried Elphaba and Glinda through two films has a special irony. Erivo’s appearance was unannounced, which is part of why the reaction inside the O2 built so quickly. For the fans in the room, it was very likely the version they had wanted to witness in person since the movies wrapped.
Grande’s representative recently confirmed that she plans to step back from the spotlight once the tour ends, making the duet seem like a sort of send-off.
Grande’s London stand is a 10-night residency that runs through Sept. 1, the final stretch of a 41-show run that began in Oakland in June and marked her first tour in six years. Whether Erivo returns for another night is unknown, though the response to their duet suggests fans would welcome it.
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