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Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey in talks to star in West End musical

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Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande at a special "Wicked: For Good" Q&A. The pair are in talks to sing in a Sondheim show.

The former onscreen couple may be taking their chemistry onstage for a Sondheim show.

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There's a chance that Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey will take their undeniable on-screen chemistry to the stage.

According to Deadline, the Wicked: For Good costars are in discussions to revive Stephen Sondheim's musical Sunday in the Park With George, with the show planned to begin performances in 2027. The report says sources close to the project are "cautiously optimistic" about having the two join the production, and they also said the two "excelled" in early read-throughs of the show.

In a recent interview with The New York Times last month, Grande hinted at the possibility of returning to the stage, saying, "It’s not on Broadway, but it’s something that I’m very excited about and inspired by.”

Sondheim penned the music for the Pulitzer Prize-winning show, whereas James Lapine wrote the book. It was inspired by Georges Seurat's pointillist painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, which depicts Parisians of different social classes enjoying a day in the park by the Seine. The show is a fictionalized account of who the people in the painting might be, and one of those people is Seurat's lover, Dot. The roles were originally played on Broadway by Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters .

Grande and Bailey have experience in the theater. The latter worked with Marianne Elliott on the 2018 production of Company, whereas Grande made her Broadway debut in the original cast of 13: The Musical. Grande's schedule is about to get much busier after wrapping up press for Wicked and throughout her Oscars campaign. Not to mention her Eternal Sunshine tour, which starts in June. It'll be a miracle if she makes time to secure her role for this new project — but the Glinda actress is also no stranger to magic.

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