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The Wiz

Index 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. [1]

197 relations: A Brand New Day (The Wiz song), Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz, African-American culture, Amber Riley, André De Shields, Andy Blankenbuehler, Anika Noni Rose, Ann Duquesnay, Anthony Van Laast, Ashanti (singer), Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Records, Aunt Em, Australia, Baltimore, Basic Black, Ben Harney (actor), Berry Gordy, Beyoncé, Billboard Hot 100, Birmingham, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Box office, Broadway theatre, Broadway Theatre (53rd Street), Busta Rhymes, Butterfly McQueen, Carl Hall (singer), Cast recording, CeCe Peniston, Charlie Smalls, Chris Stokes (director), Cinderella (1997 film), Clarice Taylor, Colman Domingo, Columbus Circle, Common (rapper), Consumer Rapport, Cowardly Lion, Craig Zadan, Cult following, David Alan Grier, David Gallo, Dawnn Lewis, De Passe Entertainment, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Des McAnuff, Diana Ross, Dorchester, Boston, Dorothy Gale, ..., Drama Desk Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design, Dreamgirls, Ease on Down the Road, Elijah Kelley, Ella Mitchell, Emerald City, Encores!, Fox Broadcasting Company, Frank Rich, Geoffrey Holder, George Faison, Glinda the Good Witch, Good Witch of the North, Grace Jones, Gregg Baker, Hackney Empire, Harold Wheeler (musician), Hinton Battle, Home (The Wiz song), Howard Porter (artist), James Monroe Iglehart, Jerry Wexler, Joel Schumacher, Joop van den Ende, Josette Bushell-Mingo, Joshua Henry, Kansas, Kenneth Kamal Scott, L. Frank Baum, La Jolla Playhouse, LaChanze, Land of Oz, Leeds Playhouse, Lena Horne, Library of Congress, List of Oz characters, Little Richard, London, London Evening Standard, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Luther Vandross, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), Mabel King, Majestic Theatre (Broadway), Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle), Mary J. Blige, Melbourne, Michael Jackson, Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Munchkin, Musical theatre, National Recording Registry, NBC, Ne-Yo, Neil Meron, Netherlands, New Alexandra Theatre, New York City Center, Nikki M. James, Nipsey Russell, Omaha, Nebraska, Orlando Jones, Patti LaBelle, Paul J. Medford, Peabo Bryson, Peter Pan Live!, Phylicia Rashad, Pop music, Purlie, Queen Latifah, Quincy Jones, Raisin (musical), Ralph Wilcox (actor), Renée Harris, Renn Woods, Revival (theatre), Rhythm and blues, Richard Pryor, Rob Cohen, Royalty payment, Rustie Lee, San Diego, Scarecrow (Oz), Shanice Williams (actress), Sharon D. Clarke, Sidney Lumet, Silver Shoes, Soul music, Stage Entertainment, Stephanie Mills, Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts), Sydney, Tamsier Joof Aviance, Tasha Scott, Tasha Thomas, Ted Ross, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music Live!, The Wiz (film), The Wiz Live!, The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Thelma Carpenter, Theresa Merritt, Thomas Kail, Tichina Arnold, Tiger Haynes, Time Warner Center, Tin Woodman, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Choreography, Tony Award for Best Costume Design, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Original Score, Tony Terry, Toto (Oz), Tryout (theatre), Uncle Henry (Oz), Universal Pictures, Utrecht, Uzo Aduba, Victor Willis, Victoria Wilson-James, Walt Disney anthology television series, West End theatre, WGBH-TV, Wicked Witch of the East, Wicked Witch of the West, William F. Brown (writer), Winged monkeys, Wizard of Oz (character), Yellow brick road, 20th Century Fox. Expand index (147 more) »

A Brand New Day (The Wiz song)

"A Brand New Day", also known as "Everybody Rejoice", is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz written by American R&B singer and songwriter Luther Vandross.

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Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum.

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African-American culture

African-American culture, also known as Black-American culture, refers to the contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture.

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Amber Riley

Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986) is an American actress, singer and author.

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André De Shields

André De Shields (born January 12, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an African-American actor, singer, director, dancer, novelist, choreographer, lyricist, composer, and professor.

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Andy Blankenbuehler

Andy Blankenbuehler (born March 7, 1970) is an American dancer, choreographer and director primarily for stage and concerts.

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Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 film Dreamgirls.

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Ann Duquesnay

Ann Duquesnay is an American musical theatre singer/actress, composer and lyricist best known for Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, which earned her a Tony Award and Grammy Award nomination.

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Anthony Van Laast

Anthony Van Laast is a choreographer, mainly for the stage, concerts, television and film.

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Ashanti (singer)

Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980), known simply as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Aunt Em

Aunt Em is a fictional character from the Oz books.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Basic Black

Basic Black is a weekly television series airing on WGBH in Boston.

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Ben Harney (actor)

Ben Harney (born 29 August 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American actor and dancer who was active in his career between 1972 and 1985.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England.

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Box office

A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)

The Broadway Theatre (formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre, Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre, and Ciné Roma) is a Broadway theatre located in midtown Manhattan.

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Busta Rhymes

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive and actor.

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Butterfly McQueen

Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen (January 7, 1911December 22, 1995) was an American actress.

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Carl Hall (singer)

Carl Hall (died September 1999, New York City, New York, USA) was an African-American singer, actor, and musical arranger.

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Cast recording

A cast recording is a recording of a stage musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience.

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CeCe Peniston

Cecilia Veronica "CeCe" Peniston (born September 6, 1969) is an American recording artist and former beauty queen.

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Charlie Smalls

Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an African-American composer and songwriter, best known for writing the music accompaniment to playwright William F. Brown's 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, later adapted to a 1978 film version of the same name, by Motown Productions in collaboration with Universal Pictures, and starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

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Chris Stokes (director)

Chris Stokes is an American record producer, manager, and film director.

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Cinderella (1997 film)

Cinderella (also known as Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella) is a 1997 American made-for-television romantic musical fantasy film from The Wonderful World of Disney, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault and the third version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's television movie musical following the 1957 and the 1965 versions.

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Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011) was an American stage, film and television actress.

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Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo (born November 28, 1969) is an American actor, playwright, television and stage director.

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Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South (West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. (born March 13, 1972), better known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, poet, and film producer.

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Consumer Rapport

Consumer Rapport was a disco studio group from New York City in the 1970s.

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Cowardly Lion

The Cowardly Lion is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.

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Craig Zadan

Craig Zadan (born April 15, 1949) is an American executive producer, director, and writer.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic.

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David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1956) is an American actor and comedian.

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David Gallo

David Gallo (born January 10, 1966) is an American scenic designer and media/projection designer for Broadway, international productions, television, and arena shows.

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Dawnn Lewis

Dawnn J. Lewis (born August 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer, voice actress, and songwriter.

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De Passe Entertainment

de Passe Entertainment is an American film and television production company run by entertainment executive Suzanne de Passe.

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer.

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Des McAnuff

Desmond "Des" McAnuff (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian Tony Award-winning former artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and director of such Broadway musical theatre productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.

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Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

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Dorchester, Boston

Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a historic neighborhood comprising more than in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Dorothy Gale

Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum as the main protagonist in many of his ''Oz'' novels.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen.

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Ease on Down the Road

"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.

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Elijah Kelley

Elijah Kelley (born August 1, 1986) is an American actor, singer, and dancer.

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Ella Mitchell

Ella Mitchell (15 August 1937) is an African-American soul singer and actress.

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Emerald City

The Emerald City (sometimes called the City of Emeralds) is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

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Encores!

Encores! is a Tony-honored concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, usually with their original orchestrations.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Frank Rich

Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist, liberal / progressive op-ed columnist and writer notable for having held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011, and a producer of television series and documentaries at HBO.

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Geoffrey Holder

Geoffrey Lamont Holder (August 1, 1930 – October 5, 2014) was a Trinidadian-American actor, voice actor, dancer, choreographer, singer, director and painter.

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George Faison

George W. Faison (born December 21, 1945) is an American dancer, choreographer, teacher, and theater producer, and winner of a 1975 Tony, a Drama Desk Award, and a 1991 nominee for the Emmy Award for choreography.

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Glinda the Good Witch

Glinda, also known as the Good Witch of the South, is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum in his Oz novels.

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Good Witch of the North

The Good Witch of the North, sometimes named Locasta or Tattypoo, is a fictional character in the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum.

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Grace Jones

Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, and actress.

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Gregg Baker

Gregg Baker is an American football coach in the United States.

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Hackney Empire

The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.

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Harold Wheeler (musician)

William Harold Wheeler, Jr. (born July 14, 1943), better known as Harold Wheeler, is an American orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director.

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Hinton Battle

Hinton Battle (born November 29, 1956) is a German-born American actor, singer, dancer, and dance instructor.

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Home (The Wiz song)

"Home" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz.

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Howard Porter (artist)

Howard Porter is an American comic book artist from southern Connecticut.

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James Monroe Iglehart

James Monroe Iglehart (born September 4, 1974) nypost.com, March 9, 2014 is an American stage actor and singer.

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Jerry Wexler

Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist-turned music producer, and was one of the main record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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Joel Schumacher

Joel T. Schumacher (born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Joop van den Ende

Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer, co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment, Europe’s largest live entertainment company.

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Josette Bushell-Mingo

Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE (born 16 February 1964) is a Swedish-based English theatre actress and director of African descent, who was born in London and has been living and working in Sweden for many years.

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Joshua Henry

Joshua Anthony Charlton Henry (born September 2, 1984) is an American actor and singer of stage and screen.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Kenneth Kamal Scott

Kenneth Kamal Scott (3 March 1940 – 1 February 2015) was a singer, dancer and actor whose sixty-five-year career had included numerous achievements in a diverse array of genres and settings, including Broadway, jazz, pop, opera, ballet and modern dance.

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L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919), better known as L. Frank Baum, was an American author chiefly famous for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels.

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La Jolla Playhouse

La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California San Diego.

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LaChanze

Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze (/ləʃɑnz/; born December 16, 1961) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Land of Oz

The fictional Land of Oz is a magical country first introduced in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

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Leeds Playhouse

Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the north of England.

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Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an African American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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List of Oz characters

This is a list of characters in the original sequel Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum, and in the later continued Oz series by his grandson Roger S. Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren McGraw, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, and Sherwood Smith.

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Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and actor.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard (or simply Evening Standard) is a local, free daily newspaper, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format in London.

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (previously known as the Globe Theatre) is a Broadway theatre located at 205 West 46th Street in midtown-Manhattan.

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Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)

The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre in King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions.

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Mabel King

Mabel Elizabeth King (née Washington; December 25, 1932 – November 9, 1999) was an American film, stage, and television actress, and singer.

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Majestic Theatre (Broadway)

The Majestic Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 245 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.

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Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle)

The Majestic Theatre was a theatre located at 5 Columbus Circle, the present site of the Time Warner Center.

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Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Morris A. Mechanic Theatre

The Morris A. Mechanic Theatre was a playhouse at 1 North Charles Street that was part of the Charles Center of Baltimore, Maryland.

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Munchkin

The Munchkins are the natives of the fictional Munchkin Country in the Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Ne-Yo

Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1982), known professionally as Ne-Yo, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.

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Neil Meron

Neil Meron (born October 26, 1955) is an American film producer known for producing the 2002 film Chicago and the 2007 film Hairspray.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Alexandra Theatre

The New Alexandra Theatre, commonly known as the Alex, is a theatre on Station Street in Birmingham, England.

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New York City Center

New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater,White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot; AIA Guide to New York City, 4th Edition; New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Crown Publishers/Random House. 2000.;. p.267.) is a 2,257-seat Moorish Revival theater located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City.

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Nikki M. James

Nikki Michelle James (born June 3, 1981) is an American actress and singer.

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Nipsey Russell

Julius "Nipsey" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, best known for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid.

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Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

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Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American comedian and actor.

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Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards known professionally as Patti LaBelle, (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944), is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur.

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Paul J. Medford

Paul James Medford is a British actor and performer of Barbadian descent.

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Peabo Bryson

Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peapo Bryson; April 13, 1951, given name changed from "Peapo" to Peabo c. 1965) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Peter Pan Live!

Peter Pan Live! is a television special that was broadcast by NBC on December 4, 2014.

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Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashād (née Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American actress, singer and stage director.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Purlie

Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld.

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Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), known professionally as Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, actress, and producer.

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Quincy Jones

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933), also known as "Q", is an American musician and record producer.

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Raisin (musical)

Raisin is a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, with songs by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan, and a book by Robert Nemiroff (who was Hansberry's former husband) and Charlotte Zaltzberg.

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Ralph Wilcox (actor)

Ralph Wilcox (born January 30, 1950) is an American actor and director who has appeared in many movies and guest roles on television series during his career in Hollywood, dating to the early 1970s.

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Renée Harris

Renée C. Harris is an American singer, dancer and actress.

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Renn Woods

Renn Woods, also known as Ren Woods (born January 1, 1958), is an American film, television and stage actor, vocalist and songwriter.

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Revival (theatre)

A revival is a restaging of a stage production after its original run has closed.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic.

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Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American director of film and television, producer and screenwriter.

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Royalty payment

A royalty is a payment made by one party, the licensee or franchisee to another that owns a particular asset, the licensor or franchisor for the right to ongoing use of that asset.

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Rustie Lee

Rustie Lee (born 28 November 1949) in Portland, Jamaica is a British television personality, television chef, actress, singer and former politician.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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Scarecrow (Oz)

The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator W.W. Denslow.

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Shanice Williams (actress)

Shanice Williams (born July 9, 1996) is an American actress and singer best known for her performance as Dorothy in the televised live performance of NBC's The Wiz Live! in December 2015.

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Sharon D. Clarke

Sharon Delores Clarke (born 12 August 1966), is an English actress and singer.

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Sidney Lumet

Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit.

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Silver Shoes

The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Stage Entertainment

Stage Entertainment is a live entertainment company founded by Dutch media tycoon and theatrical producer, Joop van den Ende.

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Stephanie Mills

Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American Grammy award–winning singer, songwriter and Broadway stage actress.

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Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts)

Strand Theatre is a restored vaudeville house located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Tamsier Joof Aviance

Tamsier Joof Aviance or Tamsier AvianceTamsier's official Facebook page -.

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Tasha Scott

Tasha Scott is an American actress and singer.

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Tasha Thomas

Tasha Thomas (c. 1945 – November 8, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, known for her role as Aunt Em in the original Broadway production of The Wiz.

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Ted Ross

Theodore Ross Roberts (June 30, 1934 – September 3, 2002), known as Ted Ross, was an American actor who was probably best known for his role as the Lion in The Wiz, an all-African American reinterpretation of ''The Wizard of Oz''.

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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz is a 2005 American-Canadian fantasy television film directed by Kirk Thatcher and starring Ashanti and The Muppets with supporting roles done by Jeffrey Tambor, Quentin Tarantino, David Alan Grier, and Queen Latifah.

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The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013.

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The Wiz (film)

The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions, and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978.

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The Wiz Live!

The Wiz Live! is a television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015.

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The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)

The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, which was originally published in 1900.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900.

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Thelma Carpenter

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Theresa Merritt

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Thomas Kail

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Tichina Arnold

Tichina Rolanda Arnold (born June 28, 1969) is an American actress, comedian and singer.

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Tiger Haynes

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Time Warner Center

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Tin Woodman

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play.

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Tony Award for Best Choreography

The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays.

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Tony Award for Best Costume Design

These are the winners and nominees for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design.

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. It is the equivalent to the Best Supporting Actor award at the Academy Awards.

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Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950.

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Tony Award for Best Musical

The Tony Awards are yearly awards that recognize achievement in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Original Score

The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical or play in that year.

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Tony Terry

Antonio "Tony" Terry (born March 12, 1964) is an American soul/new jack swing singer from Washington, D.C., who had several R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Toto (Oz)

Toto is a fictional dog in L. Frank Baum's ''Oz'' series of children's books, and works derived from them.

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Tryout (theatre)

A tryout is the staging of performances of a theatrical production (i.e., a play or musical) at an off-site venue for evaluation and possible revision before the production premieres on Broadway or the West End.

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Uncle Henry (Oz)

Uncle Henry is a fictional character from The Oz Books by L. Frank Baum.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Uzo Aduba

Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress.

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Victor Willis

Victor Edward Willis (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Victoria Wilson-James

Victoria Wilson-James is an American-born British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress.

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Walt Disney anthology television series

Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 19), is a PBS member television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Wicked Witch of the East

The Wicked Witch of the East is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum.

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Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum as the most significant antagonist in his classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

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William F. Brown (writer)

William Ferdinand Brown (born April 16, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American playwright best known for writing the book of the musical, The Wiz (1974), an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.

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Winged monkeys

Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and popular culture as flying monkeys) are fictional characters created by American author L. Frank Baum in his classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

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Wizard of Oz (character)

Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs (also known as the Wizard of Oz and, during his reign, as Oz, the Great and Terrible) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.

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Yellow brick road

The Yellow Brick Road is a fictional element in the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz

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