Ariana Grande belted out Somewhere Over The Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, Cynthia Erivo followed with Home from musical The Wiz and they joined in Defying Gravity from their hit musical Wicked in a rousing start to the 97th annual Academy Awards.
It was some singing from the dynamic duo, who star as Elphaba and Glinda in the box office smash first installment of the Wizard of Oz retelling based on the Broadway musical. The film by John Chu is up for Best Picture – one of ten nominations. Erivo is nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Grande for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
It will be a night of music but not the usual with no live performances of Best Original Song nominees in a change by AMPAS this year.
See Erivo and Grande above.
