The Wiz
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Previews Began: May 17, 1984
Opening Night: May 24, 1984
Closing Night: June 3, 1984
Music: Charlie Smalls
Lyrics: Charlie Smalls
Book: William F. Brown
Kansas farm girl Dorothy is transported in a tornado to the magical land of Oz in this musical retelling of The Wizard of Oz that features an all-black cast, a score by Charlie Smalls and a book with an updated urban sensibility by William F. Brown.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
The Feeling We Once Had……………………….Aunt Em
Tornado Ballet……………………………………Company
He’s the Wizard…………………..Addaperle, Munchkins
Soon As I Get Home……………………………….Dorothy
I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday…….Scarecrow,
Crows
Ease on Down the Road…………….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Yellow Brick Road
Slide Some Oil to Me……..Tinman, Dorothy, Scarecrow
Mean Ole Lion………………………………………….Lion
Kalidah Battle………Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion,
Kalidahs, Yellow Brick Road
Be a Lion…………………………………….Dorothy, Lion
Lion’s Dream………………………………..Lion, Poppies
Emerald City Ballet (Psst)………….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion, Company
So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard?……………The Wiz
To Be Able to Feel (What Would I Do If I Could
Feel)…………………………………………………Tinman
ACT TWO
No Bad News……………………………………….Evillene
Funky Monkeys…………………………………..Monkeys
Everybody Rejoice………..Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman,
Lion, Winkies
Who Do You Think You Are?……….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Believe in Yourself………………………………….Glinda
Y’all Got It………………………………………….The Wiz
A Rested Body Is a Rested Mind…………………..Glinda
Believe in Yourself (Reprise)……………………….Glinda
Home……………………………………………….Dorothy
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Stephanie Mills Dorothy
Gregg Baker Lion
Peggie Blue Aunt Em
Ann Duquesnay Glinda
Juanita Fleming Addaperle
Carl Hall The Wiz
Ella Mitchell Evillene
Howard Porter Tinman
Charles Valentino Scarecrow
Sharon Brooks Poppy
Head of the Society of Emerald City
Paula Anita Brown Crow
Poppy
Emerald City Citizen
Roslyn Burrough Emerald City Citizen
Carol Dennis Munchkin
Sunflower
Stranger
Emerald City Citizen
Alfred L. Dove Yellow Brick Road
Emerald City Citizen
Ada Dyer Munchkin
Sunflower
Chief of the Field Mice
Emerald City Citizen
Carla Earle Poppy
Emerald City Citizen
Germaine Edwards Yellow Brick Road
Emerald City Citizen
Winged Monkey
Marvin Engran Crow
Kalidah
Emerald City Citizen
Soldier Messenger
Tanya Gibson Poppy
Emerald City Citizen
Jasmine Guy Crow
Kalidah
Emerald City Citizen
Lawrence Hamilton Munchkin
Kalidah
Field Mouse
Emerald City Citizen
Lord High Underling
Sam Harkness Munchkin
Sunflower
Stranger
Royal Gatekeeper
Emerald City Citizen
Raymond C. Harris Kalidah
Emerald City Citizen
Gigi Hunter Kalidah
Poppy
Emerald City Citizen
Dwight Leon Yellow Brick Road
Emerald City Citizen
Daryl Richardson Tornado
Poppy
Emerald City Citizen
David Robertson Yellow Brick Road
Emerald City Citizen
Martial Roumain Kalidah
Emerald City Citizen
David Weatherspoon Uncle Henry
Munchkin
Sunflower
Stranger
Field Mouse
Emerald City Citizen
Swings: Eugene Little, Sheri Moore
Dogs: Toto (Toto)
