Wicked Witches! Cynthia Erivo and Idina Menzel Unite as Elphabas at 2024 Tony Awards: 'Green Girl Power'

Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo defy gravity — together!

Menzel, 53, and Erivo, 37, teamed up at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16 to present the night’s biggest award — best musical — Outsiders. The actresses bonded for a moment over their shared role — Elphaba, known as the Wicked Witch of the West, in Wicked — before they presented the award.

“I’m just going to go off script really quickly and say how excited I am to see what I know is going to be an amazing performance in that movie that you’re doing,” Menzel said. Erivo replied, “I love you.”

“I just wanted to say green girl power,” Menzel added, to which Erivo said, “Green girl power, really.”

Menzel won the 2004 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in the play. She played the role from the show’s opening on Broadway in October 2003 until January 2005.

Erivo, meanwhile, is also a Best Actress in a Musical winner, for her role in the 2015 revival. Purple. The British star stars as Elphaba in the upcoming film adaptation, which will tell the beloved story in two parts, to be released in November 2024 and November 2025.

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Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo June 16, 2024

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In 2022, Menzel admitted that it was “hard” for her not to play Elphaba in the film adaptation, which also stars Ariana Grande as Glinda. “The answer is, yes, I’m very excited and I know she’s in good hands and I’ve sent so much love to Cynthia and Ariana and I’m here for them if they need me,” she told Broadway.com at the time. “And yeah, I’m a little sad that I’m just older and I can’t act the part, you know? And that’s the honest truth.”

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However, Menzel told PEOPLE in 2022 that she was open to appearing in the film adaptation. “If they asked me to do it at the age of 51, I’d say of course – just put some vaseline on the lens, some green makeup on me, use some CGI and I’ll look beautiful,” she joked. in that time.

“But no, everything is fine. That ship has sailed,” she added. However, fans speculated that Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, who played Glinda, would have cameo roles in the film. The couple also attended the performance Wicked last October to celebrate the play’s 20th anniversary on Broadway.

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Cynthia Erivo June 16, 2024

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As for Eriva, her Wicked costars have also given her their trust. Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey, who plays Fiyero in the films, told PEOPLE in 2023, “Watching her perform and work opposite her and just seeing what she does is pretty amazing.”

Wicked arrives in theaters on November 27.

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