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L. Frank Baum’s original story gets some inventive tweaks, complete with moves by Beyoncé’s 'Single Ladies' choreographer.
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’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.
When “The Wiz” opened on Broadway fifty years ago, it turned the Great White Way upside down with its smart update of a beloved film classic, easing down the road with a top-40 R&B fused into ...
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 ...
"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.