Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about the Broadway show "The Wiz" and the movie "The Wiz".
This post also showcases two clips from the 1978 movie 'The Wiz': "No Bad News" and "Everybody Rejoice".
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Thanks to all those who were involved with this movie. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of these clips on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE WIZ
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz
" "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 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[2] with a new cast on January 5, 1975.
The 1975 Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It was an early example of Broadway's mainstream acceptance of works with an all-black cast."....
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz
"" The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure fantasy film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions, and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an all-black cast, the film was loosely adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name. It follows the adventures of Dorothy, a shy, twenty-four-year-old Harlem schoolteacher who finds herself magically transported to the urban fantasy Land of Oz, which resembles a dream version of New York City. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion, she travels through the city to seek an audience with the mysterious Wiz, who they say is the only one powerful enough to send her home.
Produced by Rob Cohen and directed by Sidney Lumet, the film stars Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor. Its story was reworked from William F. Brown's Broadway libretto by Joel Schumacher, and Quincy Jones supervised the adaptation of Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross' songs for it. A handful of new songs, written by Jones and the songwriting team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, were added for it.
Upon its original theatrical release, the film was a critical and commercial failure, and marked the end of the resurgence of African-American films that began with the blaxploitation movement of the early 1970s.[4][5][6] Despite its initial failure, it became a cult classic among black audiences, Jackson's fanbase, and Oz enthusiasts."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #1: The Wiz (5/8) Movie CLIP - No Bad News (1978) HD
Movieclips, Jun 27, 2011
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: The Wiz (6/8) Movie CLIP - Everybody Rejoice (1978) HD
Movieclips, Jun 27, 2011
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