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Music By Charlie Smalls
Lyrics By Charlie Smalls
Book/Libretto by: William F. Brown
Based on: The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Produced by: Ken Harper
Choreography by: George Faison
Directed by: Geoffrey Holder
Type of Musical: Broadway, Movie
Opened: January 5, 1975
Theatre: Majestic Theatre
# of Performances: 1,672
Licensing Agent: Samuel French ,Inc.
Synopsis
Dorothy, the little girl from Kansas is blown by a tornado into Munchkinland in the Land Of Oz. While there she meets the Scarecrow, the Tinman & the Cowardly Lion on the Yellow Brick Road. She defeats the evil witch and gets to see the powerful Wizard who turns out to be a phoney. But he is able to convince Dorothy that she can do anything she wants if she just believes in herself.
Song List
- Prologue
- Feeling We Once Had, The
- Tornado
- He's The Wizard
- Soon As I Get Home
- I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday
- Ease On Down The Road
- Slide Some Oil To Me
- I'm A Mean Ole Lion
- Be A Lion
- So You Wanted To See The Wizard
- What Would I Do If I Could Feel
- Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
- Everybody Rejoice
- Y'All Got It!
- If You Believe
- Home (Finale)
Movie
- Universal Logo
- Wiz
- Home
- Believe In Yourself
- He's The Wizard
- Is This What Feeling Gets? - (Dorothy's theme)
- Home
- Aunt Em
- Feeling That We Have, The
- Can I Go On?
- Glinda's Theme
- He's The Wizard
- March Of The Munchkins
- Soon As I Get Home
- Home
- You Can't Win
- Ease On Down The Road - (#1)
- What Would I Do If I Could Feel?
- Slide Some Oil To Me
- Now Watch Me Dance
- Ease On Down The Road - (#2)
- Mean Ole Lion, (I'm A)
- Ease On Down The Road
- Poppy Girls
- Home Medley:
- Be A Lion
- End Of The Yellow Brick Road
- Green
- Red
- Gold
- So You Wanted To See The Wizard
- Sorry Phoney, A
- Is This What Feeling Gets? (Dorothy's Theme)
- Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
- Liberation Agitato
- Brand New Day, A
- Liberation Ballet
- Dorothy's Intro
- Good Witch Glinda, The
- Believe In Yourself (Reprise)
Cast List
Original Broadway Cast included: Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Hinton Battle, Stephanie Mills, Clarice Taylor, Mabel King, Andre De Shields, Tasha Thomas & DeeDee Bridgewater
Movie Cast includes: Diana Ross (Dorothy); Michael Jackson (Scarecrow); Nipsey Russell (Tinman); Ted Ross (Lion); Richard Pryor (The Wiz); Lena Horne (Glinda); Mabel King (Eviline); Thelma Carpenter (Miss One); Theresa Merrit (Aunt Em).
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Added: Mon Apr 11 2005
Last Modified: Wed Nov 15 2006