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Lunch and a Movie: Wicked: Part One (2024)

Lunch and a Movie: Wicked: Part One (2024) In-Person

Bring your lunch (beverages provided) to our final movie musical of the summer...another prequel to a classic story. This time, it's one we've waited over twenty years to see on the big screen! This long, LONG-awaited adaptation of the Broadway megahit (at least the first part--the second comes out this fall) is based on Gregory Maguire's bestselling novel, and not only shows what might really have been going on behind the story of The Wizard of Oz, but questions whether its villain was all that evil after all. Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) has been an outcast all her life due to the green skin she was born with. When she arrives at the University of Shiz, she clashes with roommate Glinda (Ariana Grande)...but, once the two find common cause in helping Oz's oppressed talking Animals, they become friends. They also befriend Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), a prince whose shallowness Elphaba challenges. Elphie has always dreamed of learning sorcery and working with the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) himself...until she finds out that he is a fraud and is behind the Animals' oppression. She vows to stop the Wizard, who, along with Shiz's headmistress Madame Morrible, starts a propaganda campaign painting Elphaba as a wicked witch. Where will this leave her? We'll find out more in the second part, but for now...it's time to try defying gravity! No signups required. Popcorn generously donated by Regal Cinemas. 

Date:
Monday, August 25, 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Meeting Room B
Monroe Library:
Monroe Library
Audience:
  Adult     All-Ages     Seniors  
Categories:
  Movie  

Event Organizer

Jennifer Schillig