In its opening weekend, "Wicked" made a gravity-defying debut at the box office with $164.2 million globally, a record for a Broadway musical adaptation. For those who aren't familiar with the Broadway musical or book its based on, "Wicked" tells the origin story of how the misunderstood Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) becomes the Wicked Witch of the West that audiences know of in "The Wizard of Oz." She attends Shiz University, under headmistress Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), alongside the prim and popular Galinda (Ariana Grande). Also among the ensemble cast is Tony nominee Ethan Slater ("SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical," "Spamalot") as Boq Woodsman. "He is somebody who is coming from Munchkinland – an insular community, agricultural society – going to Shiz, and his whole world is changing," Slater said. "He's looking for a place where he belongs, and while looking for love, he ends up finding friends in this first movie that mean a lot to him." "Wicked" is now in theaters. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/entertainment/movies/ethan-slater-interview-boq-wicked-universal-pictures-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-marissa-bode-nessarose/531-471f5388-6037-4d7e-9500-0979022037f8