Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel pose with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo at the premiere of Wicked in LA

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Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, the founders of the Evil The Broadway co-stars of Glinda and Elphaba joined Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, who play the roles in the film adaptation, during the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 9th.

The group posed for photos Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where they were joined by other film stars including Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater and Bronwyn James.

Notably absent was the film’s director, Jon M. Chu, who had to miss the event to be by his wife’s side as she prepares for the birth of their fifth baby together.

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Based on the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name, Evil tells the emotional origin story of the Wicked Witch of the West, the villain from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

But before the Wicked Witch was feared throughout the land of Oz, she was simply Elphaba Thropp, a reserved and misunderstood young woman who happened to be born with green skin and special powers. At Shiz University she meets her fellow student Glinda, a lively – and yes, popular – aspiring sorceress (and future good witch).

Elphaba and Glinda become roommates and then unlikely friends—until outside forces come between them and test their bond.

Newcomer Bode, who plays Elphaba’s younger sister Nessarose, remembers Erivo and Grande’s acts of kindness.

As she said in the PEOPLE special Evil Problem, Erivo brought home-baked cookies to bake and made vegan and gluten-free varieties “just in case” anyone had special dietary needs. “[It] “It was so sweet that she was thoughtful,” Bode told PEOPLE.

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Of course, the film’s main actors didn’t just show up and say their lines. Production designer Nathan Crowley gathered Erivo and Grande’s thoughts on Elphaba and Glinda, which helped him make decisions about the set.

As he told PEOPLE, “There were many, many conversations with the actresses to see how they see their characters and how the props relate to those characters.”

Evil will be released in two parts, with the first hitting theaters on November 22nd.