“Did Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey just confirm they’re working on a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George? That seems to be what fans think after the Wicked co-stars uploaded a shared Instagram post on Wednesday. It’s a photo of them sat in front of one of George Seurat’s most famous”, — write: www.hollywoodreporter.com
That seems to be what fans think after that Wicked co-stars uploaded a shared Instagram post on Wednesday. It’s a photo of them sat in front of one of George Seurat’s most famous paintings, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatteat the Art Institute of Chicago. Below, Bailey and Grande write: “All it has to be is good” — a reference to one of the musical’s most iconic songs.
Reports swirled last month that the duo were teaming up to revive the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning show by Sondheim and James Lapine, which follows a fictionalized version of Seurat as he struggles to complete the portrait. It would go on to be considered a masterpiece, but artistic expression comes at a cost for the French painter.
According to Deadlinethe musical was planning a summer 2027 run at London’s Barbican Theatre. The venue did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hollywood Reporter.
Sunday in the Park With George first opened in 1984 on Broadway at the Booth Theater with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters. The last major production was in 2017 with Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford at the Hudson Theatre.
Followers of Bailey and Grande immediately went wild under the post on Wednesday. “Genuinely never been more excited about a musical in my life,” one user wrote, while todaytix said: “A great day for theater kids everywhere.”
After finishing Jon M. Chu’s Wicked two-parter, the pair have both spoken publicly about taking a break from the big screen. Grande — who would be making her West End debut in Sunday in the Park With George — is hitting the road for her Eternal Sunshine tour this year and recently told Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast that she’ll be taking a break after that. “I’m going to give it my all, and it’s going to be beautiful, and I’m so grateful. I think that’s why I’m doing it. Because I’m like, one last hurrah,” said the popstar. “For now.”
Bailey, on the other hand, is no stranger to the stage here in the British capital. He’s led multiple shows including Richard II last year and Cock in 2022. The Jurassic World Rebirth and Bridgerton star said in 2025 that he’d be pausing his acting work to focus on his LGBTQ+ charity The Shameless Fund.
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