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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Vicky Jessop

Wicked: How London fell under the spell of the new blockbuster film

“I won’t trouble you with anything more than a snippet of ditties,” Jeff Goldblum told gobsmacked commuters at Kings Cross station last Wednesday.

He then sat down at the station’s piano and proceeded to treat a growing crowd of onlookers to a medley of Christmas music, jazz and – of course – a few tunes from the Wicked soundtrack. “Wicked comes out in theatres Friday, November 22,” he cried at the end, to a sea of phone cameras.

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