and CynthiaErivo as Elphaba, future Wicked Witch of the West — is the movie’s winning hand. Their vocals are clear and strong and supple to a degree many of us have learned not to expect ...
CynthiaErivo and Ariana Grande play Elphaba and Glinda ... but it also makes the movie astonishingly dull in comparison to all of the other movies set in Oz. This grayness intrudes most ...