"The Wiz" eases on down to Broadway

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The '70s Tony Award-winning musical "The Wiz," a soulful retelling of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," is back on Broadway. Contributor Kelefa Sanneh talks with members of the cast (including Wayne Brady, who is stepping into the shoes of the Wiz), and with director Schele Williams and writer Amber Ruffin, who are revising the show for today's audience.
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@robingrant1965 2 месяца назад

I saw it 1974 on Broadway with my high school sweet heart! It was our first Broadway show experience! I remember Stephanie Mills she was beautiful and amazing! We were about the same age and came from the same neighborhood! -That really meant a lot to me as a young Black Girl! When she sang home I knew what she was talking about!-🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾👏🏾👏🏾Love You Always Stephanie!❤

@cartomancycarmen 28 дней назад

Awww your sweetheart had sophisticated taste!

@peterjoseph-limitlesslifes4606 Месяц назад

I saw this company at The Marquis Theatre on Broadway a couple of weeks ago. I loved it! The audience went wild for it as well.

@mskeepinit1hundred Месяц назад

I saw it too at the Marquis a couple of weeks ago….had a phenomenal time and met the cast all except for Brady….he must have left as soon as they exited the stage

@shallownguyen 3 дня назад

I went to New York to see it in may

@autumnof1992 2 месяца назад

This Broadway show was amazing. I saw it twice in one month.

@wendysharpe9277 2 месяца назад

This new version was spectacular. The tin man has some serious swag and the lion was full of energy and fun. The scarecrow was hysterical. Saw Stephanie Mills in the 70’s and this new Dorthy held her own. Wayne Brady is the perfect Wiz.

@lovettcarson1393 Месяц назад

WE HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED OUR TICKETS FOR MAY 2..NEW YORK CITY, .I HAVE LOVED THE WIZ SINCE 1974....I have chills just watching this right now, I AM SO EXCITED, WOW...I still have it on DVD, I watch it with my grandchildren..THEY KNOW, GRANNY LOVES "THE WIZ"

@reneej7241 24 дня назад

How was it?

@lovettcarson1393 20 дней назад

AWESOME, AWESOME, THE WIZ WAS AWESOME...IF YOU ARE IN NEW YORK..PLEASE GO SEE IT...WOW!..

@mozellephilpart1726 2 месяца назад

No one sings Home like Stephanie Mills!❤

@classyboy04 2 месяца назад

Or Diana

@sarahneu8349 Месяц назад

No one sings anything like Stephanie Mills. What a goddess.

@arthurfletcher8489 2 месяца назад

So sad! As a baby boomer the first thing some of us immediately think of Stephanie Mill--Home!

@theoriginalmr.j1422 2 месяца назад

😊

@ask4theupgrade359 2 месяца назад

Absolutely, I was a baby boomer coming of age when I saw “The Wiz” on Broadway. Stephanie Mills sang “Home” so hard that she blew off one of her ribbons. 🎀 Just Wow I own both The Broadway and The Movie soundtrack.

@reggietjevans Месяц назад

No one will ever touch Stephanie Mills’ version

@angelinamclaughlin-heil 2 месяца назад

Brady has always belonged on Broadway!

@BrettWhitmarsh 2 месяца назад

The incredible Amber Ruffin!

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 2 месяца назад

Wayne Brady has so much talent that oozes from his core. He's literally good at every form of entertaining.

@yvonnecooper5004 2 месяца назад

And he has a good time

@chrisfinch8637 2 месяца назад

I've been noticing that, since watching "Whose Line is it Anyway?", back in my day, and with him hosting "Let's Make a Deal", with his co-star/announcer, Jonathan Magnum, they show that they can really mix a lot of comedy and musical styles, into their work, on that show.

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 2 месяца назад

@@chrisfinch8637 he's great on LMAD because he's entertaining, but he doesn't hog the spotlight.

@TheLast-One 6 дней назад

And he's a gangster at night

@skh1964 2 месяца назад

I would love to see it, I am such a fan of The Wiz.

@d.m.5017 2 месяца назад

Awesome Show, new up to date spin on it!!! As a baby my mom use to sing the Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow" with my daughter & we saw the sold out show on Easter Sunday, 03/31/24. As a child my parents took me to see the Original The Wiz Broadway Play, starring Stephanie Mills. Played the soundtrack in our home all the time. My daughter & son watched the Diana Ross & 🕊💔Michael Jackson film on dvd all the time. Timeless classic🗽🏙💘Brooklyn Love

@robzphotoz5465 2 месяца назад

Saw this show on it's national tour! Absolutely incredible! Every cast member is so talented!! ❤

@DJShawn1980NYC 2 месяца назад

Kandi Burruss is a producer for The Wiz

@daledonaldson3672 2 месяца назад

Just saw this show this past Thursday. It was so much fun! Very entertaining with great choreography, music, and acting. I only wish Glinda had been on stage more, and that Toto was included. A fantastic updated version of a classic.

@googleuser1197 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this review! Yes, why would they leave Toto out of it? Seems like a mistake on the part of the producers.

@lcruisin 2 месяца назад

I saw this in Chicago and I had so much fun!!! I hope to see it again in New York soon!!

@johnwebb2442 Месяц назад

Love The Wiz.

@aviaforrester1481 Месяц назад

"Nobody beats the wiz, nobody beats the wiz."

@mozellephilpart1726 2 месяца назад

I'm happy for the new Broadway Show the Wiz but I absolutely loved the Wiz with Stephanie Mills! To me that show was Great! It was so great to me I took 3 different 5th classes to it! Love you Stephanie!❤

@fannishmarcia 2 месяца назад

Andre DeSheilds as The Wizard was INCREDIBLE. I do like Wayne Brady, yet his rendition is tame by comparison. I was fortunate to see it on Broadway more than once. Yay! Stephanie Mills has no equal as Dorothy. And I cannot forget the Yellow Brick Road. I don't see them here, either. They were more than dynamic!

@bloatedsodium7301 2 месяца назад

That was one of the zestiest lions I’ve ever seen 😂 💅

@bluejay9638 Месяц назад

I'ma be so fr....I thought they had genderbend ion until I checked the playbill at intermission 😭

@hopehealthhappiness465 2 месяца назад

Love Wayne Brady. So talented!

@edreid7872 2 месяца назад

Having seen the Judy Garland version many, many times, the original Broadway, the Diana Ross version in the theatre, and many times on television..and the live version on TV as well..I can honestly say, I'm whizzed out..🤣

@sjwilloughby-greene8214 2 месяца назад

Best wishes to all the cast & crew. I am sure it will be fantastic. 🙏

@r9taylor 2 месяца назад

How do you do a news story about The Wiz returning to Broadway and make no mention of Stephanie Mills or Andre DeShields?

@meccawalker4773 2 месяца назад

Exactly

@newcreature222 2 месяца назад

As usual humanity is disrespectful , never honoring the ones who paved the way and in this case the yellow brick road and you can’t even speak their names it’s just sad 😔

@sampa2nyc 2 месяца назад

This story also failed to mention the original Wiz won 7 Tony Awards. I hope this lives up to the hype. So far, it's giving me high school production or community theater vibes. I hope I'm wrong.

@jefflong1799 Месяц назад

OR Quincy Jones, Nipsey Russell??

@tonysmith6166 Месяц назад

@@sampa2nycI 💯 agree with you. It’s giving high school musical theater 🎭

@AmandaRestivo 2 месяца назад

Amber is right, you cannot NOT like The Wiz. It's such a great show!

@Faithful1ne07 2 месяца назад

Saw this in Chicago and it is definitely a show to see! Hope they do a cast recording soon!

@chaksheba 2 месяца назад

Saw it in SF and LOVED IT!

@chrisfinch8637 2 месяца назад

The WIZ is truly one of the best musicals and movie adaptations from the original Broadway show, as well as the original 1939 Judy Garland movie (in which no one can replace her as Dorothy). Even like the late Michael Jackson, I’m always easing on down that Yellow Brick Road, whenever I’m watching any adaptation of The WIZ, myself.

@JohnSmith-qj6bj 9 дней назад

Saw it yesterday on Broadway, it was FABULOUS! Everyone was amazing!

@peterbernhardt5169 2 месяца назад

Saw the original on Broadway in '74. Half-priced matinee tickets were cheap and easy to get as reviews were lukewarm and no one thought it would last. Saw Andre de Shields and Hinton Battle and loved Mabel King as a growly Wicked Witch. Took my best friend in college with me. He died two weeks ago, ending a great 50-year friendship. A live dog as Toto had a few seconds on stage in the beginning and the end, so no big loss here but the flying monkeys and mice are taken from the book and repurposed for dance and satire. It makes me wonder how this new version gets the lion out of his poppy girl induced stupor or how Dorothy is taken to the witch's castle?

@fannishmarcia 2 месяца назад

Sorry for the loss of your beloved friend. I too saw it in NY and it will never leave me as an incredible event. I will add that the Yellow Brick Road men, were a very nice addition!

@angiecasey7023 19 дней назад

The Wiz was sooooo good. The costumes, dancing, singing and acting, was phenomenal.

@nymet2454 2 месяца назад

In the whole segment, they didn't mentioned the great Stephanie Mills.

@blackbroadwayandbeyond Месяц назад

They didn't mention any of the people involved in the original production. I was hoping to hear Geoffrey Holder's name in addition to Stephanie Mills, Andre de Shields, etc. Also, no mention of Charlie Smalls, whose music and lyrics are the heart and soul of "The Wiz." The original Broadway production won multiple awards.

@barefootbuddy7140 2 месяца назад

Saw it in Baltimore and it was fantastic! Got tickets to see it again in July on Broadway! Where’s the cast album?!

@george4u1960 2 месяца назад

No matter how many times they do it Stephanie mills boys made that play and of course Miss late Mabel King.

@johnfd0210 2 месяца назад

I was thinking of Mabel King during this; thanks for mentioning her.

@maryannfelice148 2 месяца назад

I wish I could see it. These young actors are amazing!

@BedStuyDOD62 2 месяца назад

I saw original on broadway back in HS, MY FIRST PLAY. I got my tickets…can’t wait to see it AGAIN!

@dallasjordan1311 25 дней назад

Saw it last evening and I was amazed. Very well done, and the casting was spectacular.

@clwxrf6007 Месяц назад

I just came back from this show on Broadway at the Marquis. This show is fantastic!

@ebybeehoney 2 месяца назад

I think this looks fantastic. Too bad I'm in the Midwest (not a major city) and not planning a trip to Broadway.

@opinionatedindividual8146 2 месяца назад

It just toured around the entire US

@drubert1981 Месяц назад

Saw it twice in SF before they hit LA and Broadway. They all killed vocally.

@Backpack16 Месяц назад

I’m glad, they gave us a background, for Dorothy.

@jen1007 27 дней назад

This play was AMAZING ❤!!!!

@threemusketeers4109 4 дня назад

I can’t wait to see this show!!!!❤

@NFNJP 2 месяца назад

I saw it in Baltimore and hated it. The Original Broadway version was incredible.

@Jhene_Simone 11 дней назад

Cried twice. Loved it ❤

@cmarie9817 Месяц назад

I had the absolute pleasure to see this last week! Loved it!

@williamcrowe2576 2 месяца назад

One thing I admire about the songs is their backgrounds. "The Feeling We Once Had", for example, has a kind of Gospel flavor.

@amandamctyre1615 Месяц назад

The WIZ was my first Broadway show to see back in the 70’s… Looking forward to this adaptation 😊

@thewizboy 2 месяца назад

Saw this stage version in LA and it was absolutely terrible. I will just continue to L❤VE the monumental lavish chic incredible film version with the incomparable Diana Ross and the brilliant Michael Jackson and cast. Diana Ross is my favorite Dorothy, and THE WIZ film is the most extravagant and creative heartfelt version of them all. This new Broadway stage conception was absolutely High School amateurish level at best.

@Daleylife 2 месяца назад

Why was it terrible?

@tonysmith6166 Месяц назад

I sensed that from watching this video 😂🤣 Thank you for your TRUTH

@diandrex4612 Месяц назад

These women are BRILLIANT ❤

@mililaniman 2 месяца назад

I wish I could see Wayne Brady's performance on the Wiz. There should be some catchy new tunes in this production.

@25mrkeys 4 дня назад

How did I miss this?? 🔥🔥🔥

@vanessagreen180 Месяц назад

I saw it DC! It was AMAZING!

@leeharrison8222 Месяц назад

My parents took me and my brother to see The Wiz on Broadway in the late 1970s. Amazing show. For Christmas that year, they also got for me the record of the soundtrack for the show featuring Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, and I proceeded to wear that record OUT. Loved the music and the spectacle of it. I would like to see the new version.

@KevinNYC1021 28 дней назад

The WIZ was the first move that I have seen in a movie theatre. Endless subliminal messages "Can you feel a brand new day", "You can't win, and you can't break even and you can't get out of the game"... all about life.

@yvonnecooper5004 2 месяца назад

Wishing you much success!!

@gabrielribeiro-mills8716 2 месяца назад

I hope Wayne Brady wins a Tony for his performance.

@corazonazultw 2 месяца назад

Wish you could at least mention or intervie Deborah Cox, Glinda in the Wiz.

@WhatsYourTea Месяц назад

so google Tamron Hall show. She Interviews Deborah Cox. great show and singing

@sonyahall5080 Месяц назад

I definitely need to take a trip to NYC!

@oc5939 2 месяца назад

No mention of Deborah Cox? 💐

@sailorpluto1556 2 месяца назад

Well, everything knows about she is in the production

@QueenBDreamwalker 2 месяца назад

Beauteous ~ this sounds like a great restaging ~ i know from experience what a Family of Thespians can bring to a production ~ the Love energy flows from the stage to the audience!!! Wish i could afford to come see y'all 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🎭🎶💖

@obiephillips9174 2 месяца назад

I'm missing the soul and funk of the original.

@prettypuffprincess Месяц назад

MY FAV MOVIE 🍿

@HedrickGreer998 2 месяца назад

So ready for this!!

@ciaartin2221 Месяц назад

I am going on friday! I cannot wait! Getting ready to 🎶Ease on down the road🎵🎶!!!

@jamesacoffey9006 Месяц назад

The music from the Wiz is so underrated. The songs are great both pertinent to the narrative and relevant on their own. Its unfortunate that only Ease on Down and Home have been embraced, because there are so many songs from this show with weight. Personally i find the film version an acquired taste due to tone. However, the original cast album is much cherished by me. And Stephanie Mills? Good god, what a voice! She deserves more recognition.

@latishatomblin8944 Месяц назад

No Toto? That makes me sad but i would still LOVE to see this! I enjoy the story The Wiz so much.

@Joan0414 Месяц назад

I love Wayne Brady and the rest of the cast looks amazing! This is going to be fantastic!

@calebhernandez187 2 месяца назад

I loved the movie so much,I’m down to watch this on broadway

@JoeSmith-vf7ew 15 дней назад

Wayne Brady was Awesome!

@A3Kr0n 2 месяца назад

I had successfully forgotten about that show years ago. Now I have to start anew.

@charlenacole5019 Месяц назад

Kandi and Todd, and everbody involved deserves all the accolades

@4biz 2 месяца назад

IM ROOTING FOR IT.LOVED THE WIZ.I WAS A CHILD WHEN I SAW THE MOVIE.I CANT WAIT TO SEE&HEAR THE MUSIC.

@tamarraclark4740 2 месяца назад

❤

@Daleylife 2 месяца назад

There's no Toto, the wicked witch has actually stolen Dorothy's friend's gifts, AND the actress playing her also plays Aunt Em! Everyone knows that SOMETIMES Glinda and Aunt Em are played by the same actress. Having her play the wicked witch is weird.

@JoeSmith-vf7ew 15 дней назад

I saw it!! I must see it again!! It's well done and the dialogue is not light weight. There's plots and meaning. Deborah Cox wasn't there. Everyone was Fabulous. Wayne Brady!!

@nashshaffer6235 2 месяца назад

I want to see this

@steveconn 2 месяца назад

Can't really top the Diana Ross/young Michael Jackson film version, but good songs. It could also be a good title for a musical about aging prostates (Wayne will always be beloved for his Dave Chappelle Training Day sketch 🎉❤🎉).

@I_WANT_MY_SLAW 2 месяца назад

Wayne loves Chappelle, because he's the one who reminded everyone that he's black.

@arthurfletcher8489 2 месяца назад

Mills

@cartomancycarmen 28 дней назад

Love the scarecrows blond afro

@corriburman3962 2 месяца назад

Why we always have to mess with the classics

@ForeverKnight71 2 месяца назад

What? Stage musicals are revived all the time. ALL the time. Weird comment.

@BCNbananas Месяц назад

Please come to DENMARK :)

@azyurentertainment1496 2 месяца назад

Why is no one saying Stephanie Mills' name as 'Dorothy' from the original Broadway production?

@laynna3245 2 месяца назад

anyone know how long Wayne will be as the wiz on broadway?

@JacquelineButterfield Месяц назад

You could have said more about Stephanie Mills, she was excellent young and exuberant as Dorothy in the original play...before the movie with a mature woman being cast as Dorothy.

@edmundcasey7765 Месяц назад

WAYNE BRADY IS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR THE WIZ

@johnlewis195 Месяц назад

It wasn't nominated for a Tony...So Sad

@troygaspard6732 2 месяца назад

I remember Stephanie Mills.

@CoachNickCA Месяц назад

I wish directors could remake classics without simultaneously trashing the original during PR.

@GoldenLady1007 Месяц назад

So, no one else noticed the Afro picks on the top of Wayne Brady's throne? 🤔 😅😊💛

@JohnSmith-qj6bj 9 дней назад

Yes,I pointed them out to my partner as soon as I said them on stage last nite.

@Midnight_luan Месяц назад

So it’s not anything close to the Wiz Live Production? That’s legit how I thought it would come out.

@a.d.weaver6625 2 месяца назад

That Eviline in this show is a shoe in for the Tony and someone needs to do more coverage on her, because I wanna know more!

@davidbarnes1113 2 месяца назад

I’m sorry but the original Broadway cast with Stephanie Mills, will forever be the best version.

@reggietjevans Месяц назад

Avery Wilson plays scarecrow?!?! Oh man!!

@spinlok3943 2 месяца назад

Will Wayne sing a hoedown in the show?

@lisahowse6946 Месяц назад

Saw with Stephanie Mills.

@AM_9924 2 месяца назад

MJ the musical and now The Wiz. Great to see Michael Jackson being celebrated. What a talent.

@damamae950 2 месяца назад

No Toto? No way

@newcreature222 2 месяца назад

No Toto blasphemy 🧐

@desirecoco482 2 месяца назад

I saw it on Broadway in NYC. I was disappointed as there was no Toto, no Yellow Brick Road, no flying monkeys, no ruby slippers; the slippers were silver and no uncle Hank. The Wiz just ain't the Wiz with no yellow brick road or Toto!! Got dang shame😂😡🤬

@cynical_chai8922 2 месяца назад

@@desirecoco482 whaaaaaa

@keilitzb Месяц назад

With all due respect, the only version that matters and is still in my head in 2024 is the 1975 Broadway version. It had a spectacular cast, great scenery for that time, and a message that really meant something to the black community. This production looks like what it is a watered-down watch-the-budget roadshow tour. Broadway has become very expensive so I'm curious how many will be able to afford the ticket prices. If you want to sit in heaven (it's a big theatre) the cheapest seats average $75-$125 each and the best seats in the orchestra average $150-$500 each depending on the date and if it's a matinee or evening performance.

@KL-sw5xi 2 месяца назад

I saw the pre-Broadway tour at the Pantages Theatre (Los Angeles). This is an easy pay-check for Wayne Brady and Deborah Cox. Their characters don't add much to the musical.