Former “Wicked” on Broadway Star Shoshana Bean Shares Why She Hasn’t Seen the First “Wicked” Movie Yet (Exclusive)

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Bean explains to PEOPLE why she’s waited to watch ‘Wicked: Part 1’ moreover though nan follow-up, ‘Wicked: For Good,’ is astir to travel out

Published connected November 1, 2025 09:00AM EDT

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Shoshana Bean exclusively explained to PEOPLE why she hasn’t watched Wicked: Part 1 yet, moreover though nan follow-up, Wicked: For Good, is astir to get successful theaters connected Nov. 21
Bean played Elphaba connected Broadway from 2005 to 2006
Bean’s caller album, Only Smoke, comes retired Nov. 4

Shoshana Bean is excited to watch nan second installment successful nan Wicked movie franchise — but she still hasn’t seen nan first 1 yet.

Speaking to PEOPLE successful an exclusive speech astatine nan New York Restoration Project Hulaween Gala successful New York City connected Friday, Oct. 24, Bean explained why she hasn’t watched Wicked: Part 1 yet, moreover though nan follow-up, Wicked: For Good, is astir to get successful theaters connected Nov. 21.

“I waited until nan second, truthful I could watch them back-to-back,” Bean, 48, says of her logic for holding disconnected connected watching Wicked, adding that she’s “absolutely” thrilled to devour some films successful succession.

The former Wicked on Broadway star played Elphaba from 2005 to 2006.

From left: Marisha Wallace, Shoshana Bean, Bette Midler and Sandra Bernhard nan Hulaween Gala connected Oct. 24, 2025.

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Among nan reasons why she’s excited for nan movies is being capable to spot nan opus “No Good Deed” person nan large surface treatment.

“It’s a very cinematic song, and I would emotion to spot it person much life than what a shape is tin of doing,” Bean says. “I could not moreover perchance ideate to nan grade that Jon Chu’s brilliant tin dream, tin create.”

In Wicked: For Good, Cynthia Erivo arsenic Elphaba will singing nan melodramatic “No Good Deed” aft nan Wizard’s guards seizure Fiyero.

Jeff Goldblum and Jonathan Bailey will reprise their roles arsenic nan Wizard and Fiyero, respectively, while fans will besides spot nan return of Ariana Grande arsenic Glinda, Michelle Yeoh arsenic Madame Morrible, Marissa Bode arsenic Nessarose, Bowen Yang arsenic Pfannee and Ethan Slater arsenic Boq.

From left: Kristin Chenoweth, Shoshana Bean and Julia Murney astatine nan ‘Wicked’ connected Broadway 20th Anniversary Celebration successful 2023.

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As for Bean, she’s preparing for nan merchandise of her caller album, “Only Smoke,” which comes retired connected Nov. 4.

“Oh my god, my medium comes retired adjacent week,” Bean says, adding that she’s besides headlining Carnegie Hall for nan first clip connected Nov. 3.

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Wicked: For Good arrives successful theaters connected Nov. 21.