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The Wiz is a 1975 Broadway musical, an adaptation byKen Harper of The
Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, exclusively featuring African
American actors. The play features music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, and
starred Stephanie Mills, Hinton Battle, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Dee Dee
Bridgewater, André DeShields, Tasha Thomas and Mabel King. The Broadway
version opened on January 5, 1975 and ended on January 28, 1979, and ran
for 1,672 performances. A motion picture adaptation of The Wiz was produced
in 1978 (see 1978 in film) by Motown Productions and Universal Pictures,
starring Diana Ross (no relation to Ted), Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell,
Ted Ross, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, and Mabel King.
History
Broadway musical The Broadway musical opened on January 5, 1975 with
Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, Hinton Battle as Scarecrow, Tiger Haynes as Tin
Man, Ted Ross as Lion, Dee
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