The Wiz Live!
| The Wiz Live! | |
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Promotional poster
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| Based on |
The Wiz by William F. Brown |
| Written by | Harvey Fierstein |
| Directed by |
Kenny Leon Matthew Diamond |
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| Composer(s) | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Craig Zadan Neil Meron |
| Production company(s) |
Universal Television Sony Pictures Television Cirque du Soleil |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 3, 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Peter Pan Live! |
| Followed by | Hairspray Live! |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Wiz Live! is a television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, it is a performance of a new adaptation of the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, a soul/R&B reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The broadcast is performed live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. This adaptation of the musical combines aspects of both the Broadway play and its 1978 film adaptation.
Pit voices were provided by Broadway Inspirational Voices.
Source: Broadway World
The production, a co-production between Universal Television and Cirque du Soleil Theatrical – who provided special acrobatic performers for the "Tornado", "You Can't Win", and "Funky Monkeys" sequences – was a follow-up to NBC's live musical events, The Sound of Music Live! and Peter Pan Live!. Like the previous specials, The Wiz Live! was televised from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. The role of Dorothy was cast via an open audition; on August 5, 2015, it was announced on Today that Shanice Williams of New Jersey would fill the role in The Wiz Live!. Williams had co-starred in local productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and West Side Story among others, and in 2014, was nominated for a Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for best leading actress.
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