[39], The Original Cast Recording for The Wiz was released in 1975 on the Atlantic label, produced by Jerry Wexler. NBC’s ‘The Wiz Live’ – Full Cast, Performers, & Songs List! i have had this double cd for a while now, well a few years in fact and i have forgotten how good the music is, we know it was not a big hit but diana and the gang did good in my book, i think it was made long befor its time and it still stands the test of time' we all know diana was a little old to play dorothy but who cares, its still great stuff. After Dorothy gets swept up in a tornado, she finds herself in the fantastical world of Oz. The "Tornado" instrumental was released as both a 7" single and a 12" extended single, while the show's musical arranger Harold Wheeler co-produced a cover of "Ease on Down the Road" with studio group Consumer Rapport that became a charting single in 1975, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. When Glinda, the good witch, musically instructed Dorothy to 'believe in herself,' she seemed to be delivering a broader inspirational message. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. But don’t worry Nipsey gets another great song that I think tops “If I only had a Heart” later on this list! "), but he points out that the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion already have the things they seek as shown in their behavior on the journeys they have made ("Believe In Yourself"). Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Tin Man sing about going to visit the wizard. There was also a second national touring company which was a scaled down production. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. "The Wiz" is a more soulful take on the famous classic "The Wizard of Oz". It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture. The Fiddlehead Theatre Company, in the historic Strand Theatre in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, mounted a production, directed by Stacey Stephens, Fiddlehead Theatre Company's Associate Producing Artistic Director, in February 2015.[23]. Actress Phylicia Ayers-Allen, a munchkin and swing in the original production, co-hosted the performance with George Faison. Not being made of flesh, the Scarecrow and Tin Man are unaffected, but Dorothy and the Lion begin to become disoriented and drowsy. She explains that she only scolds because she wants Dorothy to be the best she can be, and fears that she will not be prepared for the responsibilities life will soon put upon her. Harney also originated the leading role of Curtis in the Broadway debut of Dreamgirls. [35] Other principal cast-members included Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow, Ne-Yo as the Tin Man, and Common as the Bouncer, the gatekeeper of the entrance to Emerald City. He agrees on one condition: they must kill Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West. "Everybody Rejoice/A Brand New Day" is composed by Luther Vandross. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This has an amazing cast and is a wonderful album. They remain unconvinced, so he creates physical symbols of their desires and they are satisfied. [26] The O.Z., a hip-hop re-adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with an all-Black cast that was to use original music rather than adapt The Wiz, was then planned by FOX and director Chris Stokes in the early 2000s. It's depressing to watch a once-fervent expression of black self-respect and talent be spilled on the stage as if it were a trunkload of marked-down, damaged goods. [32] The following month, David Alan Grier was cast as the Cowardly Lion, and newcomer Shanice Williams was chosen to play Dorothy. Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2018. With her magic unable to take Dorothy beyond the country boundaries, Addaperle decides Dorothy's best chance for assistance is to follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City in the centre of Oz, to see the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, or "The Wiz" for short ("He's the Wizard"). As the tornado hits the farm, the house, with Dorothy inside, is lifted into the air and flies for miles, with the wind represented by dancers ("Tornado"). Get ready to click your heels-the smash-hit 1978 soundtrack to The Wiz is finally on CD! View All. Other than that the music on this soundtrack sounds so very soulful. Aunt Em loves her dearly and hopes they will always be as close as they were when she was younger ("The Feeling We Once Had"). In the truest and most positive sense of the phrase, McAnuff's show is color-blind. "The Wiz – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds", The Public Reviews. Director Sidney Lumet's big-budget film version of The Wiz, an updated musical treatment of … They continue following the Yellow Brick Road deeper into the forest, where they are attacked by a large lion ("I'm a Mean Ole Lion"). NBC announces casting call for Dorothy in The Wiz Live!

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