For Good moment required some serious effects, and director Jon M. Chu said it ran the risk of turning into a horror movie.

We can also head over to the original Wicked from last year, which ended up with an 88% critic score and a still ultra-high 95% audience score, there with 25,000+ reviews in. So no, a 98% does not sound all that far off from what the final score could be in the end, even if we’re seeing 25x the reviews come in over time.

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan bailey were just some of the stars at the "Wicked: For Good" premiere in New York City.

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For Good follows Act II, which is typically an hour long.

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