The Wiz” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a national tour bursting with vivid color and unabashed joy.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Wiz Broadway revival recently opened on April 17, 2024 at the Marquis ...

Universal Pictures has announced the nationwide theatrical re-release of The Wiz, the 1978 Oscar-nominated musical starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor. The film will ...

The latest staged version of the soul, gospel and funk-fueled musical brings elements of ballet, contemporary popular music and jazz to the proceedings. Rounding out the cast of beloved characters are ...

Dorothy’s back on Broadway in a reimagined revival of The Wiz. Does the fresh take with new material by Amber Ruffin and movement by Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” choreographer JaQuel Knight ease on down ...

Description: When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) tries to save her dog from a storm, she's miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz. After accidentally killing the ...

NEW YORK — “Everybody look around,” they’re singing, festively, at the Marquis Theatre. “There’s reason to rejoice, you see.” For a lot of Broadway fans, especially Black audiences of a certain age, ...

Nichelle Lewis, who plays Dorothy, photographed by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com. Everybody rejoice! After a whirlwind national tour, the revival of The Wiz, the all-Black retelling of L. Frank ...

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Last year, a freshened up version of The Wiz returned to Broadway. It was the groundbreaking musical’s first revival on the Great White Way in 40 years, following the first leg of a national tour. The ...

It's a Tony Award-winning Best Musical. "The Wiz" takes a twist on "The Wizard of Oz." The musical has a score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk. Alan Mingo, Jr. plays "The Wiz." "While in ...