Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater.Photo:Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty, Stephen Lovekin/Variety/Penske/Getty
Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty, Stephen Lovekin/Variety/Penske/Getty
Ariana Grande’s Christmas decorations include some special love for boyfriendEthan Slater.
On Thursday, the Grammy-winning singer, 30, shared a carousel of photos to Instagram, including one snap that showed a Spam can ornament hanging on a wall Christmas tree made of green garland.
Of course, fans will know the ornament is a shoutout toSpamalot, the 2005 Tony-winning musical adaptation ofMonty Python and The Holy Grail.A revival of the comedy is currently running on Broadway, starring Slater, 31, in a variety of roles.
Grande has been a visible supporter of the show, heading to the St. James Theatre in New York City to see Slater in the musical multiple times since it began rehearsals in October. She wasseen cheering him onduring the show’s first preview performance on Halloween and attended theopening night of the Broadway musicalon Nov. 15.
She also posted photos a series of selfies on her Instagram Story Thursday, snapped as she and friends sat in theSpamalotaudience.
Ariana Grande Christmas decoration shared on Instagram on Dec. 21, 2023.Ariana Grande/Instagram
Ariana Grande/Instagram
Grande and Slater met on the set of theupcoming movie adaptationofWicked, and developed a romance offscreen.
Both Grande and Slater have a love for musical theater in common. He made his Broadway debut in 2017, as the title character inSpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Grande got her start on Broadway too, with her first big credit in Jason Robert Brown’s short-lived 2008 musical13.
Ethan Slater (center) ‘Spamalot’ castmates Jimmy Smagula, Taran Killam, Leslie Kritzer, Nik Walker, Christopher Fitzgerald, Michael Urie and James Monroe Iglehart on opening night.Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
While Grande has been seen atSpamalotoften, she and Slater have yet to make their red carpet debut.
Production on the film adaptation, which be broken into two parts, paused during the writer’s strike with just 10 days of shooting left to go. The halt on production, however, has not appeared to have an affect on the film’s release date.Wicked Part 1is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 27, 2024, whilePart 2will come out a year later, on Nov. 26, 2025.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in Grande’s Instagram post Thursday, the star shared a mirror selfie of her posing in a turtleneck black mini dress, as well as a photo of a string of Christmas lights on the floor.
Other pictures included screengrabs of a family Facetime call, which featured her brother Frankie Grande and mother Joan Grande.
The artist shared too various selfies with friends, before finishing the post with a pic of two furry animals.
source: people.com
