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Everybody look around, there’s reason to rejoice! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back. For the first time in decades, THE WIZ returns home to the American stage with an all-new Broadway-bound adaptation.
Along with other musicals including Purlie (1971) and Raisin (1974), The Wiz was a breakthrough for Broadway, a large-scale big-budget musical featuring an all-Black cast. It laid the foundation for later African-American hits such as Bubbling Brown Sugar , Dreamgirls and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies .
1 day ago · The Tony Award-winning musical eases on down the road to Broadway! Tickets starting at $72.89. Buy Tickets. Wayne Brady will play his final performance on June 12, 2024. Show Times.
The Wiz, featuring a score by Charlie Smalls and a book by William F. Brown, premiered on Broadway in 1975, transforming L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel into an all-Black "super soul...
Apr 17, 2024 · Now “The Wiz” returns to Broadway in a revival directed by Schele Williams and an updated book by Amber Ruffin, with the aim of creating a take “through the Blackest of Black lenses.” This ...
Jan 14, 2019 · Buy tickets to The Wiz, read about the performances, and news about The Wiz from Broadway Direct. Everybody look around—there’s reason to rejoice! For the first time in decades, Tony Award®-winning Best Musical The Wiz returns home to the Broadway stage with a brand new adaptation.
THE WIZ, the groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz, changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring...
The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back. Based on L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of O z, The Wiz returns home to the American stage ...
6 days ago · THE WIZ is making its return to Broadway for a limited engagement starting in March 2024 following the 2023 National Tour, which launched in Baltimore, the same city where the original musical reimagining of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz made its debut in 1974.
This groundbreaking twist on "The Wizard of Oz" changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world.
