The wiz musical

Some people on Twitter are upset that "The Wiz Live!" musical features an all-Black cast. Really.

The new revival at the Marquis Theatre closed out the morning show's Broadway Week.

Tony Walton, costume designer for the film The Wiz (1978), enlisted the help of New York's biggest fashion designers for the hundreds of costumes for the Emerald City sequence.The scene was shot in the plaza between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC.

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The Wiz! Come see at hillcrest high school, nov 21-25, 2013!! (: tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door! This is the show with 7 Tony awards and a phenomenal cast! Come see!!

Evillene is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wiz, the all African-American version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. She seeks to capture Dorothy and her friends to take the Silver Slippers, and rule all of Oz. She first appeared in the stage production of The Wiz on Broadway, which was a hit. She is depicted as a large woman with unappealing makeup, and is the second-most powerful witch after Glinda. She wears dark clothing and a spiky hair. She sits on a strange looking…

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Although NBC is set to release a revival of the 1978 cult classic The Wiz, one has to wonder if anyone can really outdo Diana Ross skipping down a yellow-brick road in metallic block-heeled pumps with such grace.

(Publicity) photos of the original Broadway production of THE WIZ. 1975.