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"The Wiz," a classic rite of passage in Black American homes for generations, this take on “The Wizard of Oz” first debuted ...
The Wiz is starting off their new tour right here in Detroit, where it all originally began. This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Wiz’s Broadway debut back in 1975. But while its Broadway ...
There are five stars with deep Philly roots easing on down to their stomping grounds, proving that all roads truly lead to ...
“The Wiz” changed everything, and it’s ready to do so again. An all-Black update of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” the 1974 “super soul musical” went on to win seven Tony ...
Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, The Wiz is a reimagining of The Wizard of Oz told through the lens of contemporary African-American culture. In this version, Dorothy Gale is ...
The Wizard of Oz: For the 1939 movie-musical, the Good Witch of the North was deleted and Dorothy encounters Glinda twice, in the land of the munchkins and later in the Emerald City. The Wiz ...
Frank Baum's children's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", The Wiz takes one of the world's most enduring (and enduringly white) American fantasies, and transforms it into an all-Black musical ...
This “Wiz” arrives in New York via a months-long ... In the 1970s, composer Charlie Smalls brought Motown-style music — the sort you don’t just hear, but feel from head to toe — to ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- “The Wiz” is back, baby. The highly anticipated revival of the classic musical arrived at the Connor Palace this week for the start of its pre-Broadway run ready to impress ...
Burruss and Tucker stopped by the Page Six studio to talk about The Wiz, what movie they’d like to give the Broadway musical treatment to, and how they also would have loved to have had a second ...
To quote Stephen Sondheim as to why he says “The Wiz” is his favorite musical: “It's the one show which makes you feel better when you come out of it than you did when you walked in.” ...