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We’re not in theater camp anymore, Toto.

Ariana Grande wannabes sing along during screenings of “Wicked” – sparking outrage among moviegoers who say they should go to the Yellow Brick Road.

“I’m already angry about it,” Nanci Zoppi said as she headed to see the musical at the Regal Union Square Theater this week.

“I think it’s great that people are happy about it, but now everyone’s a house cat,” said Zoppi, a speakeasy singer from Newark whose love of music doesn’t extend to offensive public singing at the movies. “They don’t know how to be in public places.”

Some superfans who want to sing along to the film adaptation of the Broadway musical could be in big trouble.

AMC Theaters banned the playing of show tunes during screenings, responding to a trend that has sparked heated debate over movie-watching etiquette.

“Wicked,” starring Cynthia Eviro and Ariana Grande, has led to unwanted sing-alongs at screenings. AP

Zoppi’s friend Maria Dressler was disheartened when she learned that Regal didn’t have a similar ban.

“Oh, damn, we’re on a shelf,” Dressler, 41, complained.

They’re not the only ones who want to give up a house because of fake suckers.

The phenomenon of theater kids singing along to the box office hit has sparked a flood of comedic TikToks depicting gagged “Wicked” viewers and disbelieving moviegoers.

There is a huge debate raging on the internet, including on TikTok, about the etiquette of singing in cinemas. TikTok / @cynthiahannaa
TikTok singalongs to “Wicked” have gone viral. TikTok / @shyman390680

The consensus: Singing along to the spectacle of the musical “Defying Gravity” is antithetical to a good night at the movies.

Even some real theater nerds don’t like the Grande idiots – and support the AMC ban.

“We’re majoring in musical theater and we still agree because I feel like we need to hear the performance,” said Nyra Jerlagic, 24, who wore an Elphaba Wicked Witch hat with five of her classmates at a recent AMC Times Square performance .

“It’s like not doing this, like a Broadway show,” said her friend Bella King.

Brian Vargas, 34, and David Latt, 35, enjoyed the fact that no one was singing during their performance.

Their eyes widened and they said passionately, “No, no, no, no,” when asked if people sing in real Broadway musicals.

“Not unless the performance is specifically a sing-along show,” says Vargas, who works at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, where “& Juliet” is shown.

“I think there should be singalongs that they’ve done for other musicals on Broadway, but I’m here to hear the voices,” Latt said. “It’s not a concert.”

But other “Wicked” moviegoers expressed a different opinion: Don’t pay attention to the singing behind the curtain.

AMC has banned singing in performances of “Wicked.” Christopher Sadowski

Sophie Fabien, 25, came to AMC with her mother and sister to watch the show – and everyone was dismayed to hear about the ban.

“Oh my God,” Fabien gasped.

“We sing!” Her mother intervened.

“It’s in the body!” said Fabien. “I think it’s wrong to ban it.”

“Freedom of speech, freedom of singing,” her mother said. “I think that’s messed up, it’s so rude.”

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