Producers Cancel ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ After Grande, Bailey Exits

Two weeks after Wicked star Jonathan Bailey dropped out of a planned West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, producers have pulled the plug on the production. The reboot of the musical was dealt a seemingly fatal blow in early August when the show’s lead, Ariana Grande, announced that she planned to take a break from her public commitments once her Eternal Sunshine tour wrapped on Sept. 1.

Then, Bailey — who co-starred with Grande in the Wicked films — announced on Sept. 1 that he would also be pulling out, explaining, “Ari is one of my dearest friends, and my support for her is…