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Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an American composer and songwriter, best known for writing the music and lyrics for playwright William F. Brown's 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz and the 1978 film version of the same name.
CHARLIE SMALLS, the man who bagged a Tony — on his first toss — for the score of “The Wiz,” turned out, on meeting him in person at the pool of the Beverly Hills Hotel, to be as robust and irresistible as his music.
Dec 3, 2015 · The Wiz is smart and soulful, and follows the story of Dorothy, an energetic Kansas City girl who is eager to get out to see the rest of the world, when her house is swept up by a tornado and dropped in a magical new place filed with munchkins, and mysterious witches.
Charlie Smalls was born on 25 October 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Wiz (1978), Faces (1968) and The Marc Pease Experience (2009). He died on 27 August 1987 in Belgium.
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture.
Sep 4, 1987 · Charlie Smalls, whose music and lyrics for ''The Wiz'' won two Tony Awards in 1975, died of cardiac arrest during emergency surgery on Aug.. 27 in Bruges, Belgium.
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Charlie Smalls was born on 25 October 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for The Wiz (1978), Faces (1968) and The Marc Pease Experience (2009). He died on 27 August 1987 in Belgium.
Oct 21, 2015 · A prodigy who began studies at Julliard at age 11, Charlie Smalls became a respected pianist and composer, touring with the New York Jazz Repertory Company, Harry Belafonte and South African ...
Sep 8, 1987 · Charlie Smalls, who wrote the words and music to the hit musical “The Wiz,” has died in Bruges, Belgium, during surgery for a burst appendix. He was 43. The New York native, who died...
