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Should not legendary triumphs like the 1939 film of The Wizard of Oz be left alone rather than inadequately reimagined as the 1978 movie The Wiz? The Tony Award-winning all-black Broadway musical Wiz ...

On December 22, 2015, The Wiz Live! will be released on DVD. The modern remake of the Tony winning 1975 Broadway play stars Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Common, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier, Stephanie ...

My apologies to Evilene, the wicked witch in “The Wiz,” who famously demands in song that her henchmen bring her “no bad news.” Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Marquis Theatre, ...

Dana Cimone, Cal Mitchell, Elijah Ahmad Lewis and D. Jerome in the North American tour of "The Wiz." (Courtesy Jeremy Daniel) Staging a classic tale can be risky. There is a balance of being novel ...

Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney's Aida), choreographer JaQuel Knight ...

A newcomer will be easing on down the road next year. Nichelle Lewis has been cast in the lead role of Dorothy in the Broadway revival of The Wiz, which is slated to hit the boards in the spring.

Take a groovy journey alongside reimagined versions of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion as Dorothy tries to find her way home from Oz. "The Wiz" recently debuted at the Fulton Theatre, leading ...