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Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth share behind-the-scenes photos

Please note: this article contains spoilers for Badin theaters now.

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth finally reveal some behind-the-scenes moments from Bad: Part One‘s biggest spoiler.

On Monday, November 25, after the movie musical earned a whopping $114 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend, Menzel, 53, shared a series of photos on Instagram from the “one short day” she and Chenoweth, 56, spent on the set to film their cameos in Oz’s Emerald City.

“This was a special day. Sisterhood all around. 💚🩷🧹🫧,” Menzel wrote in the caption of her seven-photo post.

Menzel and Chenoweth – which famously emerged Bad‘s Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, in the 2003 Broadway musical, portray members of a troupe of singers in the Emerald City who perform “One Short Day,” the story of the Wizard’s mythical arrival in Oz in the film.

The pair are part of a performance that greets Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda in the Emerald City for their rendezvous with the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) at the film’s climax.

The photos Menzel posted to Instagram show her interacting with her Elphaba counterpart Erivo, 37, in costume, as well as photos of her and Chenoweth posing with actors Ethan Slater. Bad‘s executive music producer Stephen Oremus and others on set.

Chenoweth also shared her own photos on Instagram on November 25. She captioned her post with: “a short day 🥹🫧 the most magical time back in the emerald city 💚🩷 who saw @wickedmovie this weekend?!?”

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Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in ‘Wicked’ on Broadway in 2004.

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Grande, 31, previously told PEOPLE that filming scenes for the new movie with the Broadway show’s original stars was “such a surreal honor.” The musical’s creators, Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, also appear in that musical series.

“To come up with parts with them and see them sing and do their shtick (was really an) out-of-body experience,” Grande continued.

Grande also said she believes Bad: Part One “couldn’t have happened without that piece, because this entire film is a love letter to (Menzel and Chenoweth) and to the original Broadway show. So it felt like a really important full-circle moment and a gift to a fan.”