Goodness knows, Ariana Grande has a lot of love for her Wicked castmates. The 30-year-old pop star joined Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum and Michell Yeoh in promoting the upcoming film duology at CinemaCon Wednesday (April 10) in Las Vegas, during which she posed for a set of sweet photos with the group backstage and walking around the event hand-in-hand with Ethan Slater.
Wearing a swankified dress modeled after a delicate pink flower, Grande took the stage alongside Erivo to speak about the film for the convention’s Universal Pictures and Focus Features Presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The “Yes, And?” singer plays Glinda and Erivo is Elphaba in Jon M. Chu’s two-part live-action adaptations of the Stephen Schwartz musical, which itself was based on Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel. The first film premieres this Thanksgiving.
Offstage, the R.E.M. Beauty founder and Erivo posed for a sweet mirror selfie at the makeup station with Goldblum, who portrays the Wizard of Oz in the films; Yeoh, aka Madame Morrible; Bailey, who plays Fiyero; and Slater, who appears as the munchkin Boq. Later, the Jurassic Park actor posted the snap, as well as another photo with Grande, on Instagram.
“Over the rainbow to be reunited with this magical family!” he captioned the post, under which the two-time Grammy winner commented, “my heart !!!!!!!!!”
In a video taken at the convention, Grande and Slater — who started dating while shooting Wicked in the U.K. last year — walked through the venue together while holding hands, the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical star matching his superstar girlfriend in a pink shirt.
The film event comes just a few days after the “We Can’t Be Friends” artist supported Slater at his finale show for Spamalot on Broadway, after which fan videos captured the couple holding hands on their way out of St. James Theatre in New York City. Grande later wrote on Instagram Stories, “Congratulations to the most beautiful and talented and kindest cast and crew on a magnificent run.”
See photos and video of Grande with her Wicked castmates below.
