After belting out Elphaba's iconic battle cry, the camera panned to capture the audience giving Erivo and Grande a much-deserved standing ovation. Among the crowd members were their Wicked co-stars ...

Look: We get why people would like to see Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform “Defying Gravity” at the Oscars: 22 years after its debut, Stephen Schwartz’s anthem remains a genuine showstopper, ...

Ariana Grande’s Wicked performance at the Oscars boosts three of her songs back onto the U.K. charts, with “Defying Gravity” leading the resurgence. US singer-songwriter Ariana Grande attends the 97th ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. After Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s Oscars performance, ...

The Oscars wasted no time in getting to the musical performance everyone wanted to see: The stars of the hit movie Wicked belting out the song’s signature track. That was Cynthia Erivo and Ariana ...

Cynthia Erivo felt a “huge responsibility” to give a perfect performance of ‘Defying Gravity’ in ‘Wicked‘. The 37-year-old star finishes the first instalment of the two-part musical adaptation with a ...

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the sensational stars of "Wicked," have opened the show at the 97th Academy Awards. Ariana, ...

Leave it to the Oscars to dish up memorable moments that sometimes are on par with the indelible scenes from the movies they honor. If you missed some or all of the 3½-hour show, here is the good, the ...

During last night's episode of Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang appeared on the Weekend Update segment dressed as a drone. He was there to comment on the mysterious drone sightings that have been ...

“American Idol” picked a “Wicked” powerful performance to close Monday night’s episode. Wielding an electrifying cover of the “Wicked” tune “Defying Gravity,” Amanda Barise was the last of the Top 24 ...

SOMERVILLE - More than 400 strangers became friends – and choirmates – inside the Armory in Somerville Saturday night. For the first time, "Gaia Music Collective," a New York-based "pop-up choir" came ...