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Smash hit movie “Wicked” now screening at the Jones Theater

An appealing and popular journey of words, images, and lyrics from a narrative novel to a grandiose Broadway musical to a proverbial blockbuster on the silver screen is a rare occurrence in the entertainment industry. But Wicked, the holiday offering at the historic Jones Theater, is the mega-hit culmination of such a journey. At half a billion dollars in pocket, surpassing Grease as the most successful adaptation of a musical to a movie, the makers of Wicked are looking at nothing but pure profit ahead, a yellow brick road, if you will, to Holly- wood history. And this coffer will no doubt enhance the production of Wicked: Part II, scheduled to be released in November 2025; Wicked is actually formally titled as Wicked: Part I.…