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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 an urbanized 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 with a new cast on January 5, 1975.

The 1975 Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical was an early example of Broadway's mainstream acceptance of works with an all-black cast. The musical has had revivals in New York, London, San Diego and the Netherlands, and a limited-run revival was presented by Encores! at New York City Center in June 2009. A big-budget film adaptation of the same name was released in 1978 and has since become a cult classic. A live television production of the stage show, The Wiz Live!, was broadcast on NBC on December 3, 2015, with an encore presentation on December 19 of the same year.

Music By - Charlie Smalls | Stage Date - 1975 | Film Date - 1978

Charlie Smalls : The Wiz

Piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of: Ease on Down the Road - Believe in Yourself - Home - and other great selections from this memorable retelling of The Wizard of Oz.

Songlist: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF (from 'The Wiz'), HOME (from 'The Wiz'), DON'T NOBODY BRING ME NO BAD NEWS (from 'The Wiz'), (I'M A) MEAN OLE LION (from 'The Wiz'), A BRAND NEW DAY (EVERYBODY REJOICE) (from 'The Wiz'), BE A LION, CAN I GO ON?, EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD, EMERALD CITY SEQUENCE (From 'THE WIZ'), HE'S THE WIZARD, IS THIS WHAT FEELING GETS? (DOROTHY'S THEME), SLIDE SOME OIL TO ME (from 'The Wiz'), SOON AS I GET HOME, THE FEELING WE ONCE HAD, WHAT WOULD I DO IF I COULD FEEL (from ôThe Wizö), YOU CAN'T WIN