"Nobody Wants To Hear Your Singing": A Major Debate Is Brewing About Whether It's OK To Sing While Seeing "Wicked" In Theaters

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No one mourns the (people singing during) Wicked.

It's Wicked weekend! The highly anticipated adaption of the hit Broadway musical arrives in theaters today with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda.

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However, a debate is quickly brewing over one very important film-going experience: Is it OK to sing along to the musical?

The conversation has grown so large that news outlets like the New York Times and ABC News have covered it. In fact, AMC has even warned moviegoers they shouldn't sing along with Cynthia and Ariana during the film.

A person excitedly poses inside a large, futuristic, rotating set with mirrors reflecting multiple angles of them and another person clapping nearby

Online, there doesn't appear as much nuance, with many coming down hard against singing along. So here are 11 people who've made it clear they would prefer you do not try your hand at "Defying Gravity" in the theater:

A character in a witch hat and black outfit, and another in a pink dress, both in a lively, magical setting

2.

At a Wicked screening.

Woman down the row just stood up and told the theater that if anyone starts singing, she will report them to the employees.

— Luke Perrin (@glukeperrin) November 20, 2024

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4.

if i hear a single word when i watch wicked in theater, all hell will break loose. nobody wants to hear your singing. stay quiet.

— wicked news hub (@wickednewshub) October 6, 2024

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5.

In a @nytimes article, a "Wicked" fan who intends to sing her heart out along with the movie says of those who would frown on that: "People who just are judgmental in that way, please wait to stream it." Nonsense. It should be the other way around.

— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) November 20, 2024

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6.

Bringing a spray bottle to the movie theater to make sure none of the gays sing along to Wicked

— hayden ⚡️ mia (@mia_spresso) October 8, 2024

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8.

when I saw west side story in 2021 a middle aged dude yelled “SHUT UP! We are TRYING to watch a MOVIE” at a bunch of talking & singing theater kids and they LEFT and I just wanna know if he can be back at my local AMC at 11:30 AM tomorrow

— kyra (@garlicemoji) November 22, 2024

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