When Dwandalyn Reece was a kid, in the 1970s, her mother took her to see the original Broadway production of The Wiz, the groundbreaking all-Black stage adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.. The Wiz: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross. When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy is miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz, she goes in search of the Wiz, a wizard who can help her get back to Manhattan, along with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
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The Wiz, an all-Black musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum's Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), debuted in Baltimore in late 1974; the following year it moved to Broadway and won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Billed as a "Super Soul Musical," with Afro-Caribbean-inspired costumes by Geoffrey Holder and dynamic choreography by George Faison, The Wiz infused the classic American.. The Wiz is a 1978 American musical contemporary fantasy film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical, the film reimagines the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum with an African-American cast. Dorothy Gale, a 24-year-old teacher from Harlem, is transported to the magical urban-fantasy Land of Oz. While on an adventure in order to seek.