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When Dwandalyn Reece was a kid, in the 1970s, her mother took her to see the original Broadway production of The Wiz, the ...
The Wiz, a reimagining of "The Wizard of Oz" with an all-Black cast, returns to Detroit's Fisher Theatre after 50 years. This production, recently on Broadway, features new direction, choreography ...
L. Frank Baum’s original story gets some inventive tweaks, complete with moves by Beyoncé’s 'Single Ladies' choreographer.
But the WiZ light comes with a straightforward app; it’s intuitive enough that after about 15 minutes of playing around with it, I could even use the bulb’s more advanced functions.
Those 21st-century projects may seem a million Yellow Brick Road miles away from a theater classic like “The Wiz,” adapted from L. Frank Baum’s children’s book by composer-lyricist Charlie ...
The groundbreaking Broadway sensation, The Wiz, made its triumphant return to the stage with a pre-Broadway premiere at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre on Nov. 29.The production was is nothing ...
Wiz Khalifa‘s freestyle run over the last year has been remarkable. Since November of 2023, he’s dropped 14 freestyles. These days, that’s more than most rappers do in their entire careers.
Entertainment ‘The Wiz’ brings the magic, spectacle and power of the classic musical to Playhouse Square on its way to Broadway. Published: ; Oct. 07, 2023, 7:00 a.m.
The Wiz’s sound design, which had been glitchy for much of the show, was askew, at least from my vantage point, ... her Evillene never becomes scary. She’s just one more yeller. 5.
The mystique in Alan Mingo Jr.'s performance of “Meet the Wizard” as The Wiz illustrates that even when Broadway casts visit the Tiny Desk out of costume and away from their sets, they can’t ...
"The Wiz," the soft-rock, all-Black telling of the story of Dorothy, Toto and a yellow brick road, debuted on Broadway 50 years ago with Stephanie Mills, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Mabel King.
Schele Williams on directing both 'The Wiz' revival and 'The Notebook' in one season after no Black women had directed a Broadway musical for nearly 50 years ...