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The Wiz Live! is an American television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, it is a performance of a new adaptation of the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, a soul/R&B reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Dec 3, 2015 · The Wiz Live!: Directed by Matthew Diamond, Kenny Leon. With Common, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba, Stephanie Mills. A live production of the 1975 Broadway musical, "The Wiz," which put a modern spin on the classic "Wizard of Oz" tale with a cast of African-American actors.
- Matthew Diamond, Kenny Leon
- 27
- 3 min
Dec 4, 2015 · David Alan Grier as Lion, from left, Ne-Yo as Tin-Man, Shanice Williams as Dorothy, Elijah Kelley as Scarecrow and Common as the Bouncer during a dress rehearsal of “The Wiz Live!” in New...
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Elijah Kelley stars as the Scarecrow in NBC's "The Wiz Live!" Kelley first exploded on the big screen in the New Line musical "Hairspray" in 2007, earning a Critics Choice Award for Best...
Dec 4, 2015 · That’s the version of “The Wiz” that NBC aired on Thursday — a balmy celebration of what should be the natural order of things: black America, unoppressed.
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Dec 19, 2015 · When NBC announced The Wiz -- the African-American version of The Wizard of Oz, presented as a hit Broadway musical and a movie — would be produced as a live television production, some TV...
Dec 4, 2015 · Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Shanice Williams as Dorothy, Elijah Kelley as Scarecrow, David Alan Grier as Lion, and Ne-Yo as Tin-Man in "The Wiz Live." NBC/Episodic/Virginia Sherwood/NBC. CNN...
