Alt Name: | A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway |
Genre: | Music |
Director: | Glenn Weiss |
Presenter: | Kristin Chenoweth Idina Menzel |
Composer: | Stephen Schwartz |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Executive Producer: | Marc Platt David Stone Ricky Kirshner Glenn Weiss |
Editor: | Yossi Kimberg Jessie Rogowski |
Runtime: | 42 minutes |
Company: | Marc Platt Productions White Cherry Entertainment |
Network: | NBC |
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway is a Halloween television special commemorating fifteen years since the premiere of the musical Wicked on Broadway. The concert special aired on NBC on October 29, 2018, and was hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, and featured performances by Ariana Grande (who would later portray Glinda in Wicked (2024) and Wicked Part Two (2025), the musical's two part film adaptation), Adam Lambert, Ledisi and Pentatonix.[1] [2]
The program included performances by Menzel, Chenoweth, Grande, Lambert, Ledisi, Pentatonix, the current Broadway company of the musical and others, singing many of the musical numbers from Wicked to a live studio audience at the Marquis Theatre in New York. The concert special was directed by Glenn Weiss.[3]