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Wicked: For Good 2hrs 17mins (PG) Second instalment ...

Did you spot these nods to the Old Hollywood classic?

The star of Wicked: for Good on tickling the ivories, sobbing in the cinema — and why he loves us Brits

In 1976, the revolutionary singer-songwriter LAURA NYRO returned from self-imposed exile. But her comeback confounded expectations, shifting away from the impassioned intimacies of her early albums to embrace more radical perspectives. Fifty years on, Nyro’s collaborators revisit her striking second act. “She was a hip American from the Bronx,” one friend and producer tells Rob Hughes. “But her soul was old.”

THERE’S A MOMENT IN WICKED: FOR GOOD WHEN Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) is debating whether to flee. The Land of Oz, led by Jeff Goldblum’s conniving Wizard, is full of injustice and idiocy. But running won

It’s a joy watching our favourite singers or actors, but though we might admire them and enjoy the happiness they bring, do we ever give a thought as to how precarious the world of entertainment actua