Critics and fans alike have been raving about Ariana Grande ‘s performance as Glinda in the new film adaptation of Wicked. But according to the show’s original composer, one of her most pivotal scenes almost sounded very different.

Ariana Grande, pop singer-turned-actress playing “Glinda” in Wicked, explored her character’s sexuality while doing an interview promoting the new film. Grande and her co-star Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba,

Now, Grande, a Boca Raton native, is celebrating that full circle moment of seeing “Wicked” for the first time with her beloved 99-year-old nonna, to sitting in the exact movie theater she grew up going to as a child watching her nonna watch her in her dream role.