The show opened this year with a hotly anticipated dual performance from Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. But the songs they sang were a bit of a surprise.
Grande started things out alone by performing the Wizard of Oz classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” while Erivo got her own chance to belt solo on “Home,” from The Wiz. Fittingly, their thrilling “Defying Gravity” duet marked the performance’s rousing climax—call it a case of the Oscars imitating the nominees.
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