Spotlight MOVIES | PROFILE Jonathan Bailey says ‘Wicked’ had profound effect on him Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Nov 27, 2025 Nov 27, 2025 Updated Jun 5, 2026 0 × Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Wicked: For Good" lets Ariana Grande come out of her co-stars' shadows. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Wicked’s” Fiyero had a definite effect on his portrayer, Jonathan Bailey.kAm“%96 3:886DE 5:D4@G6CJ 7@C >6 :D ;FDE 9@H D6C:@FD 96 :D[” q2:=6J D2JD] “w:D 492?86 2?5 EC2?D7@C>2E:@? :D 23@FE E96 E9:?8D H6[ 2D 9F>2?D[ 6IA6C:6?46] *@F 92G6 E@ >@G6 E9C@F89 6C2D :? J@FC =:76] p?5 :? @C56C E@ C62==J 364@>6 D@>6@?6 H9@ DE2?5D 3J 2 >@C2= 4@56 2?5 G2=F6 DJDE6>[ J@F 92G6 E@ =6E 8@ @7 E96 23:=:EJ E@ 36 7C:G@=@FD 3642FD6 DF556?=J E9:?8D 4@>6 :?E@ 7@4FD 2?5 E96J 5@ >62? 2 =@E]”k^AmkAm(96? “(:4<65i u@C v@@5” 368:?D[ u:J6C@ :D :? =:?6 E@ >2CCJ v=:?52] w6 DE:== =@G6D t=A9232[ 3FE D96 92D 366? >2C<65 2D E96 (:4<65 (:E49 @7 E96 (6DE[ 2?5 96 >FDE =625 E96 492C86 E@ 7:?5 2?5 56DEC@J 96C] (96? 96 C64@??64ED[ 96 5:D4@G6CD 96’D DE:== :? =@G6 H:E9 96C] |2<:?8 92C5 49@:46D 364@>6D 9:D 56DE:?J]k^Am People are also reading… Nebraska football wide receiver target cancels weekend visit Dan Oborn hosts roundtable with Omaha small business owners Nebraska DED official who guided multimillion-dollar state grant program leaves for Omaha post Goodwill opens new thrift and donation center in north Lincoln LFR investigating grenade found at Lincoln Goodwill store Papillion's Shadow Lake gets new owner, which plans new tenants Way-too-early, way-too-specific Super Bowl 61 prediction: Will Seahawks repeat? He loved frogs, big hugs: After act of bravery, 8-year-old is buried in Lincoln. Tiny town Weston defies the odds, is celebrating 150 years After Brendan Sorsby ruling, Nebraska A.D. Troy Dannen directs coaches: Don't schedule Texas Tech Social media reacts to Nebraska softball's pitching coach retiring Nebraska offensive lineman JuJu Marks leaves football team Nebraska's Jordy Frahm joins softball team coaching staff as assistant Longtime Lincoln restaurant Ali Baba Gyros opening 2nd location. Here's where. New Lincoln road closures could affect how you get around kAm“x H2?E65 :E E@ 766= =:<6 96’D 2 3FC?:?8 DA2C<=6C E92E’D D=@H=J 5:>>:?8[ 3FE E96 962E :D DE:== E96C6[” q2:=6J D2JD]k^Am Movies & Television Ariana Grande says planning pays when approaching an epic like ‘Wicked’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises kAmu:J6C@[ 96 255D[ :D 2 >:DF?56CDE@@5 492C24E6C :? E96 H@C=5 @7 “(:4<65]”k^AmkAm“qFE E96 >@DE :?DA:C:?8 E9:?8[ 6G6? 7@C >6[ :D E96 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ D9@H 2 >2D4F=:?:EJ E92E :D <:?5 @7 7=2H65[Q q2:=6J D2JD] QtG6CJ@?6 :D EC2AA65 3J E96:C @H? ?2CC2E:G6D E92E E96J 6:E96C :?96C:E65 @C E96J AFE FA@? E96>D6=G6D] w6’D 6G:56?46 @7 D@>6@?6 H9@ C62==J 92D E@ 7:?5 9:>D6=7 2E DF49 2 E2FE 2?5 E:89E A=246 @7 A2:?[ >:D6CJ 2?5 24E:G2E:@?] w6 D24C:7:46D 6G6CJE9:?8 7@C D@>6@?6 H9@’D 4@>A=6E6=J G:=:7:65 2?5 >2C8:?2=:K65] w6 <?@HD H92E 96 92D E@ 5@ :? E92E >@>6?E] (92E 2 AC:G:=686 E@ A=2J E92E A2CE 2?5 <?@H E92E :7 x 6G6C 7:?5 >JD6=7 :? E92E A@D:E:@? x H:== <?@H H92E E@ 5@]”k^Am kAm#646?E=J ?2>65 E96 “$6I:6DE |2? p=:G6” 3J !6@A=6 >282K:?6[ q2:=6J 2AAC@24965 E92E 56D:8?2E:@? H:E9 E96 D2>6 =:89E962CE65?6DD 2D 96 5:5 u:J6C@ 367@C6 E96 7:CDE 7:=> H2D D9@E]k^AmkAm“%96C6’D DF49 2 H6:C5 2?5 3C:==:2?E 4@?EC25:4E:@? 36EH66? E96 D@CE @7 A@A[ AF=D:?8 >6=@5J @7 ‘s2?4:?8 E9C@F89 {:76’ 2?5 E96 =JC:4D E92E D2J[ ‘(6 D9@F=5 2== ;FDE 42CCJ @? 3642FD6 H6’C6 8@:?8 E@ 5:6 2?JH2J[V” q2:=6J D2JD]k^AmkAmu:J6C@[ 96 D2JD[ 92D =@H D6=7\6DE66> 2?5 96’D E@@ D42C65 E@ 766= E9:?8D DEC@?8=J] p?5 E96? 96 >66ED t=A9232[ “H9@’D … :?4C65:3=J A@:D65 2?5 5J?2>:4 2?5 ;FDE AF=D2E6D H:E9 :?E68C:EJ]”k^Am kAmx? E96 D64@?5 7:=>[ t=A9232’D :>A24E D9@HD[ 2?5 u:J6C@ 5@6D E9:?8D E92E 2C6?’E :? <66A:?8 H:E9 E92E “42C67C66[ EH:?<=J” :>286 96 42CC:65 :? E96 7:CDE 7:=>]k^Am kAmu@C q2:=6J[ H9@ DE2CE65 9:D A6C7@C>2?46 42C66C 2D 2 32==6E 52?46C[ E96 7:=> 92D 366? 2 H2J E@ 5:DA=2J 9:D E2=6?ED @? 2 3:8 DE286] Ww6 2=D@ H@? 2? ~=:G:6C pH2C5 7@C 9:D H@C< :? E96 >FD:42= “r@>A2?J]”Xk^AmkAm$:?8:?8 2 5F6E H:E9 rJ?E9:2 tC:G@[ H9@ A=2JD t=A9232[ H2D 2 C62= 82>6 492?86C]k^Am kAm“xE’D 2 8C62E AC:G:=686 H96? J@F <?66= :? 7C@?E @7 96C H9:=6 D96 D:?8D :? J@FC 7246[Q 96 D2JD] Qx E9:?< 92:C 2?5 >2<6FA 925 E@ <66A AFEE:?8 >J 92:C 324< 3642FD6 @7 E96 7@C46]”k^Am Movies & Television 'Wicked: For Good' star Cynthia Erivo says it pays to dissect the lyrics Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises kAmx? E96 4@FCD6 @7 E96 D64@?5 7:=>[ u:J6C@ 92D E@ C6E2:? 9:D =@G6 2?5 25>:C2E:@? 7@C 3@E9 t=A9232 2?5 v=:?52i “w6 A=2465 9:>D6=7 2E E96 7C@?E @7 E96 82=6 7@C46 E@ 86E E@ t=A9232 7:CDE 3642FD6 E96 DE2<6D 2C6 D@ 9:89 7@C 9:>]Qk^Am kAmw6’D 2E E96 A62< @7 9:D A@H6CD 2D E96 >2? :? v=:?52’D =:76] “(92E 2 3C:==:2?E 492C24E6C E@ 36 23=6 E@ 4@>>F?:42E6 E@ A6@A=6 E92E :E’D ?6G6C E@@ =2E6 E@ BF6DE:@? E96 H@C=5 2?5 E96 64@DJDE6> E92E J@F’C6 E9C:G:?8 :?[Q q2:=6J D2JD]k^Am kAmq642FD6 u:J6C@ 5@6D?’E 86E 2D >F49 D4C66? E:>6 2D v=:?52 2?5 t=A9232[ q2:=6J D2JD E96C6’D >F49 >@C6 96’5 =:<6 E@ 6IA=@C6]k^AmkAm“x’== 5@ E92E 2E 9@>6[Q 96 D2JD] QqFE H92E 2 E:>6 E@ 36 2=:G6 7@C >6 2D 2? 24E@C — E@ A=2J E96D6 C@=6D E92E >2J36 H@F=5?’E 92G6 366? 2G2:=23=6 E@ >6 7:G6 @C `_ J62CD 28@]”k^Am Movies & Television 'Wicked' returns and Jason Clarke talks 'Murdaugh' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises Movies & Television What to watch before the turkey: 5 Thanksgiving movie picks Tribune News Service Movies & Television Review: ‘Running Man’ isn’t on track with its predecessor Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Review: Ariana Grande creates magic in ‘Wicked: For Good’ Ariana Grande gets more to do as Glinda, the good witch, in “Wicked: For Good,” and she doesn’t waste a second. Movies in a Minute: "Wicked: For Good" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Wicked: For Good" lets Ariana Grande come out of her co-stars' shadows.
Movies & Television Ariana Grande says planning pays when approaching an epic like ‘Wicked’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises
Movies & Television 'Wicked: For Good' star Cynthia Erivo says it pays to dissect the lyrics Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises
Movies & Television 'Wicked' returns and Jason Clarke talks 'Murdaugh' | Streamed & Screened BRUCE MILLER and TERRY LIPSHETZ Lee Enterprises
Movies & Television Review: ‘Running Man’ isn’t on track with its predecessor Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises
Review: Ariana Grande creates magic in ‘Wicked: For Good’ Ariana Grande gets more to do as Glinda, the good witch, in “Wicked: For Good,” and she doesn’t waste a second.
Movies in a Minute: "Wicked: For Good" Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, says that "Wicked: For Good" lets Ariana Grande come out of her co-stars' shadows.
