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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 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 Wiz is a 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name , the film reimagines the classic children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , by L. Frank Baum with an African-American cast.
The Wiz is the original motion picture soundtrack album for the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz.Although the film was produced for Universal Pictures by Motown Records' film division, the soundtrack album was issued on MCA Records as a two-LP collection (Universal was owned by MCA Inc. at the time).
The chain was founded by four brothers, Stephan, Lawrence, Marvin, and Douglas Jemal, in New York City in 1977. [1] Later, it officially changed its name to its well-known advertising slogan, "Nobody Beats The Wiz."
The Wiz Live! was an American television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015. [1] Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron , it was a performance of a new adaptation of the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz , a soul / R&B reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . [ 2 ]
William Ferdinand Brown (April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019 [1]) was an American playwright, best known for writing the book of the musical, The Wiz (1974), which is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, for which Brown received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
The Wiz is a Broadway musical based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Wiz may also refer to: The Wiz, the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz, the soundtrack to the film; The Wiz (store), former chain of American electronics stores; The Wiz, nickname of Jeff Farmer (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
"Ease on Down the Road" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Charlie Smalls–composed tune is the show's version of both "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and "We're Off to See the Wizard" from the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz.