The Wiz
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| The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" | |
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Original Cast Recording
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| Music |
Charlie Smalls Timothy Graphenreed Harold Wheeler George Faison Luther Vandross |
| Lyrics | Charlie Smalls Zachary Walzer Luther Vandross |
| Book | William F. Brown |
| Basis |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum |
| Productions | 1974 Baltimore 1975 Broadway 1978 Film 1984 Broadway Revival 1984 West End 2006 San Diego 2006 the Netherlands 2009 City Center Encores! 2015 Live Television 2016-17 Broadway |
| Awards |
Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics |
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| Cast recording by Various Artists | ||
| Released | 1975 | |
| Recorded | 1975 | |
| Genre | R&B, soul, pop | |
| Length | 45:03 | |
| Label |
Atlantic SD 18137 |
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| Producer | Jerry Wexler | |
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Singles from The Wiz The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" |
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The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of modern African-American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to the Majestic Theatre with a new cast on January 5, 1975.
The 1975 Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical was an early example of Broadway's mainstream acceptance of works with an all-black cast. The musical has had revivals in New York, London, San Diego and the Netherlands, and a limited-run revival was presented by Encores! at New York City Center in June 2009. A big-budget film adaptation of the same name was released in 1978 and has since become a cult classic. A live television production of the stage show, The Wiz Live!, was broadcast on NBC on December 3, 2015, with an encore presentation on December 19 of the same year.
The idea for the musical originated with producer Ken Harper. He replaced the original director, Gilbert Moses, with Geoffrey Holder in Detroit during out-of-town tryouts.
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