Wicked co-stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey will reunite for a revival of the award-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George.<\/p>\n
The Hollywood stars teased the announcement by sharing a photo to their Instagram profiles of them sat in front of the Georges Seurat painting which the production is based on, captioned with lyrics from the show.<\/p>\n
The reboot will be staged at London’s Barbican Theatre in summer 2027, the venue has confirmed. <\/p>\n
US composer Stephen Sondheim and playwright James Lapine created the original musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1984. <\/p>\n
The stars are a familiar pairing, having played Glinda and Fiyero in the recent film adaptation of Wicked and its sequel, For Good.<\/p>\n
Their performances cemented their places as two of Hollywood’s hottest properties, with Ariana earning an Oscar nomination last year.<\/p>\n
But they’ll hope to have theatre audiences under their spell when they swap Oz for London.<\/p>\n
Sunday in the Park with George was inspired by French painter Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, in which a fictional version of the artist is consumed by his work.<\/p>\n
The character, fixated by a particular hat in his painting, sings “all it has to be is good”, the lyric quoted in the co-stars’ Instagram caption.<\/p>\n
While their roles are unconfirmed, the musical’s female lead is Dot, Georges’ lover.<\/p>\n
The pair grow apart as Georges’ attachment to his art becomes more and more fierce.<\/p>\n
Ariana will already spend part of 2026 in London as she has 10 dates scheduled for The O2 across August and September as part of her Eternal Sunshine Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n