This year, Wicked isn't the only Wizard of Oz-inspired musical that's eliciting standing ovations on Broadway. A new revival ...
In 1975, The Wiz was a landmark event on Broadway. Though not the first black musical, it was the first to be "entirely post-Jim Crow," according to Jack Viertel, noted producer and scholar of ...
Frank Baum's children's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", The Wiz takes one of the world's most enduring (and enduringly white) American fantasies, and transforms it into an all-Black musical ...
It's been 50 years since "The Wiz," Charles Smalls' Motown musical reimagining of "The Wizard of Oz," had its debut run on Broadway, and the weight of bringing back the seven-time Tony-winning ...
Half a century after its debut, The Wiz is easing on down the road again. The touring Broadway musical is currently in San Francisco, its second-to-last stop before parking in New York. Hinton Battle, ...
This year’s cast album nominations mean that plenty of performers not typically associated with music, or only music, could ...
The musical based on the best-selling novel, which inspired the iconic 2004 film starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, ...
She's joined by British singer-songwriter and six-time Grammy Award nominee Yola as Persephone and original The Wiz star Stephanie ... this beloved musical fairytale, back on Broadway for the ...
“Let’s Be Bad,” from “Smash,” their cult-favorite NBC television series from a decade ago about the making of a Broadway ...
His turn in Guys And Dolls established him on Broadway and set him up for ... his knees drained once a week' while in The Wiz, Page told A Musical Theater Podcast. Page ultimately left the ...
Phantom of the Opera” — the blockbuster mega-musical that ran for an unprecedented 35 years on Broadway — will launch its ...