Before Ariana Grande was perfectly cast as Glinda in the new Wicked movie, she was busy manifesting playing the Good Witch one day. After falling in love with the Wicked Broadway show as a child, the then-7-year-old “7 Rings” singer performed “Popular” while meeting Glinda,

Grande, who first saw Wicked on Broadway with her mother, shares a special bond with original Broadway Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth. In fact, Chenoweth not only passed the wand to Grande but also made a brief cameo in the new Wicked film, which is already breaking box office records.

Because they knew each other, Kristin Chenoweth and Ariana Grande have been changed for good - and now, they have matching jackets to prove it. On Monday (Dec. 2) - just over a week after Jon M. Chu's Wicked premiered in theaters Nov.

Wicked is taking the world by storm, and is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. The cinematic adaptation of the hit Broadway musical (itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel) is now the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation of all time at the domestic box office.

Meanwhile, Ariana has won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Glinda on the big screen, and on Monday, Kristin proved that she is nothing but supportive of the star stepping into her shoes. Calling it the “passing of the wand,