Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey to star in 'Sunday in the Park with George'

Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande teased the news in an Instagram post, which showed them sat in front of "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" at The Art Institute of Chicago.

Summary

• Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey will reunite on stage in Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical
• The pair have starred in Wicked and Wicked: For Good together
• Sunday in the Park with George won the Pulitzer Prize as well as Tony and Olivier Awards

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey will have an on-stage reunion in a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George.

Performances will begin at the Barbican in London in 2027.

The pair teased the news in an Instagram post on 14 January, which showed them sat in front of the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" at The Art Institute of Chicago.

The musical will be directed by Tony Award and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliott, with design by Tom Scutt.

Sunday in the Park with George follows painter Georges Seurat in the months leading up to the completion of his most famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte". The musical was last revived on Broadway in 2017, and last seen in London in 2005, with Jenna Russell cast as Dot.

Grande will make her West End debut in the show, opposite her Wicked and Wicked: For Good co-star Bailey. The pair played Glinda and Fiyero in the popular films based on the stage musical, with Cynthia Erivo playing Elphaba.

Bailey was last seen on stage in Richard II at the Bridge Theatre in 2025. Bailey has previously worked with Elliott on Cock in 2022 and Company in 2018.

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Photo credit: Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey. (Photos by Helen Murray and Jason Hetherington)