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After assembly on the set of the film adaptation of Depraved, costars Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater developed a romance offscreen — however they don’t seem to be the one pair introduced collectively by the magical musical.
Depraved first debuted on Broadway in 2003, placing a twist on the well-known dichotomy of The Wizard of Oz’s Glinda the Good Witch and the Depraved Witch of the West. The story — primarily based on the 1995 ebook of the identical identify, by Gregory Maguire — as a substitute follows Elphaba (the Depraved Witch), her unlikely friendship with Glinda, and the occasions that lead her to finally grow to be the Depraved Witch of the West.
Depraved: Half One is in theaters now. The film’s second act is slated for Nov. 26, 2025.
Beneath, a take a look at all of the real-life {couples} who noticed sparks fly whereas appearing in both the Broadway or movie adaptation of Depraved.
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater
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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s relationship was first confirmed by PEOPLE in July 2023 and commenced after Grande’s separation from her then-husband, Dalton Gomez, and Slater’s separation from his then-wife, Lilly Jay.
As a supply informed PEOPLE in December 2023, “[Ariana] loves being with [Ethan]. It is a very regular relationship.”
The 2 made their relationship Instagram official in November 2024. The picture, taken backstage on the Australia premiere of Depraved, confirmed Slater chivalrously carrying the practice of Grande’s robe.
Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs
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Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel first crossed paths whereas costarring within the authentic Broadway manufacturing of Lease again within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, finally tying the knot in 2003 and welcoming son Walker in 2009.
Menzel originated the function of Elphaba in Depraved on Broadway and whereas her husband wasn’t a part of the unique solid, he did be part of her onstage after actor Norbert Leo Butz (who performed Fiyero) took a medical go away. Diggs stepped into the function quickly, enjoying his spouse’s onstage love curiosity for a month.
In 2013, the 2 introduced their cut up after a decade of marriage, finalizing their divorce the next 12 months.
Nick Adams and Kyle Brown
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Nick Adams and Kyle Brown met in 2010, as castmates on Broadway’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Later, Brown performed Adams’ understudy in Depraved’s nationwide tour.
As Brown informed Playbill in a 2016 interview, the 2 “liked” working collectively on Depraved: “As quickly as I came upon he was popping out I used to be so excited as a result of my individual was going to be on the street with me, and he would get to expertise all of the issues that I used to be experiencing. I undoubtedly loved the tour extra with him than I did with out him.”
Norbert Leo Butz and Michelle Federer
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Each Norbert Leo Butz and Michelle Federer acted as a part of the unique Broadway solid of Depraved — Butz as Fiyero and Federer as Nessarose. The couple was married in 2007. They’ve three youngsters (one collectively, and two from Butz’s former marriage).
Butz joked to Broadway.com that he received over Federer with Fiyero’s tight white pants within the present, quipping that “she was testing these white pants once I was ‘Dancing Via Life.’ Now she’s dancing by spouse!”
Michelle Pawk and John Dossett
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Michelle Pawk and John Dossett, who married in 2004, at the moment star in Depraved on Broadway. Pawk performs Madame Morrible, whereas Dossett performs the Wizard.
Stephanie J. Block and Sebastian Arcelus
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Stephanie J. Block performed the function of Elphaba within the authentic readings of Depraved and in the course of the North American tour of the touring present. It was on tour that she met Sebastian Arcelus, who served as a substitute for the function of Fiyero for a short time.
They received married in October 2007 and are dad and mom to a daughter named Vivienne.
Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey
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Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey truly met whereas starring reverse each other in a manufacturing of Little Home on the Prairie.
Lindsay carried out the function of Glinda within the Broadway firm present and two nationwide excursions of Depraved, whereas Massey has served in numerous roles as an understudy of the Broadway present.
The couple married in 2013 and welcome their first baby, a son, that very same 12 months.