'Wicked: For Good' just landed on Netflix — but these 3 musicals are even better

'Wicked: For Good' just landed on Netflix — but these 3 musicals are even better

It's been an unusually rough year for movie musicals, with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas' "Power Ballad" and the live-action "Moana" both bombing at the box office. There's a glimmer of respite this week with John M. Chu’s 2025 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, "Wicked: For Good," landing on Netflix on July 20. But let's be real: All the best songs are in the first half of "Wicked," and "For Good" was always going to be stuck playing second f…

'Wicked: For Good' just landed on Netflix - but these 3 musicals are even better

It’s been an unusually rough year for movie musicals, with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas’ “Power Ballad” and the live-action “Moana” both bombing at the box office. There’s a glimmer of respite this week with John M. Chu’s 2025 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, “Wicked: For Good,” landing on Netflix on July 20. But let’s be real: All the best songs are in the first half of “Wicked,” and “For Good” was always going to be stuck playing second f…