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1. www.playbill.com › article › how-the-wiz-went-fromFrom the Archives: How The Wiz Went From Nearly Closing on ...

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   In 1972, an ex-disc jockey named Ken Harper came up with a notion you could look at in one of two ways: either revoltingly cornball or commercial as hell.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 1988/01/22 › obituariesKenneth Harper, 48, Producer of 'The Wiz' - The New York Times

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   Jan 22, 1988 · Kenneth G. Harper, who produced ''The Wiz'' on Broadway in 1975, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 48 years old. The cause of death was cancer, said his mother, Mildred Harper.

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   The idea for the musical originated with producer Ken Harper. He replaced the original director, Gilbert Moses, with Geoffrey Holder in Detroit during out-of-town tryouts.

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6. archives.nypl.org › scm › 20618archives.nypl.org -- The Wiz collection - New York Public Library

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   The Wiz collection documents the Broadway musical and movie versions of The Wiz, an all African-American adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. It contains clippings, scripts, playbills, awards, and other materials related to the production, cast, and reception of The Wiz.

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   Ken Harper was the producer of the Broadway musical The Wiz and its movie adaptation. This collection contains his professional correspondence, contracts, scripts and legal papers related to The Wiz and other projects.

8. www.newyorksocialdiary.com › a-happy-broadway-taleA happy Broadway tale | New York Social Diary

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   Aug 30, 2021 · And lo, on January 5, 1975, eight or ten years after meeting him, Ken Harper’s “dream” The Wiz (the Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”) opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre. What on Opening Night looked like a triumph for Ken Harper was not so easy.

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   How old was Ken Harper when he met The Wiz?

   • Ken Harper was 32 years old at the time and had just given up a job as a program affairs director of PIX Radio to spend full time time talking up The Wiz. He talked to anyone and everyone. "If I’d met you three years ago," he said to me, "I’d given you the rap and asked if you knew anyone."

   From the Archives: How The Wiz Went From Nearly Closing on Opening

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   Where can I find the Ken Harper papers?

   • Any items that should receive special disposition are clearly marked. The Ken Harper Papers (4 lin. ft.) can be found in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the Library for the Performing Arts, New York Public Library. Request an in-person research appointment. The series contains an extensive amount of material about various aspects of the play.

   archives.nypl.org -- The Wiz collection - New York Public Library

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   When was 'The Wiz' based on 'Cinderella'?

   • In 1998, following their TV-movie production of Cinderella (1997), producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron began pre-production on a TV-movie adaptation of The Wiz for The Wonderful World of Disney, which was to star a then-unknown Anika Noni Rose as Dorothy.

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10. www.youtube.com › watchKen Harper’s THE WIZ celebrates 50 years of Excellence on 1/5/25

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    Apr 16, 2024 · The Wiz, Charlie Smalls’ musical adaption of The Wizard of Oz, opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 5, 1975. The production played 15 previews and 1,672 performances before closing January...

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