The Wiz Live!
2015 American TV series or program
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- is an American television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015.
- Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz .
- This adaptation of the musical combined aspects of both the Broadway play and its 1978 film adaptation.
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 was 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. The broadcast was performed live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. This adaptation of the musical combined aspects of both the Broadway play and its 1978 film adaptation.
Cast and characters
Main
- Shanice Williams as Dorothy Gale
- Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow / Sticks the Farmhand Man #3
- Ne-Yo as the Tin-Man / John the Farmhand Man #1
- David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion / Robert the Farmhand Man #2
- Mary J. Blige as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West
- Queen Latifah as the Wiz
- Amber Riley as Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North
- Uzo Aduba as Glinda, the Good Witch of the South
- Stephanie Mills as Auntie Em / Emily Gale
- Common as The Bouncer / The Gatekeeper of the Entrance to the Emerald City
- Scooter the Dog as Toto
Ensemble
Pit voices were provided by Broadway Inspirational Voices.
Source: Broadway World
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