The Wiz
TBD
Previews Began: Spring 2024
Opening Night: -
Closing Night: -
Music: Charlie Smalls
Lyrics: Charlie Smalls
Book: William F. Brown
Amber Ruffin
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,
Ensemble
Slide Some Oil to Me………………………………Tinman
Ease on Down the Road….Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman,
Ensemble
Mean Ole Lion………………………………………….Lion
Ease on Down the Road….Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman,
Lion, Ensemble
Kalidah Battle……………Kalidahs, Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Be a Lion…………………………………….Dorothy, Lion
Lion’s Dream………………………………..Lion, Poppies
Emerald City Ballet (Psst)……………………….Company
So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard?……………The Wiz
What Would I Do If I Could Feel?…….Tinman, Dorothy,
Scarecrow, Lion
ACT TWO
No Bad News……………………………Evillene, Winkies
Funky Monkeys……………..Winged Monkeys, Dorothy,
Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion
Everybody Rejoice……….Winkies, Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Who Do You Think You Are?……….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Be a Lion (Reprise)…………………………………….Lion
I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday
(Reprise)…………………………………………Scarecrow
What Would I Do If I Could Feel? (Reprise)…….Tinman
Everybody Rejoice (Reprise)………………Lion, Tinman,
Scarecrow
Y’all Got It………………………………………….The Wiz
A Rested Body Is a Rested Mind…………………..Glinda
Believe in Yourself………………………………….Glinda
Home……………………………………………….Dorothy
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Nichelle Lewis Dorothy
Kyle Ramar Freeman Lion
Phillip Johnson Richardson Tinman
Avery Wilson Scarecrow
Melody A. Betts Aunt Em
Evillene
Wayne Brady The Wiz
Deborah Cox Glinda
Maya Bowles Ensemble
Shayla Alayre Caldwell Ensemble
Jay Copeland Ensemble
Allyson Kaye Daniel Ensemble
Judith Franklin Ensemble
Michael Samarie George Ensemble
Collin Heyward Ensemble
Amber Jackson Ensemble
Olivia Jackson Ensemble
Christina Jones Ensemble
Polanco Jones Ensemble
Kolby Kindle Ensemble
Mariah Lyttle Ensemble
Kareem Marsh Ensemble
Anthony Murphy Ensemble
Cristina Rae Ensemble
Matthew Sims Jr. Ensemble
Avilon Trust Tate Ensemble
Keenan D. Washington Ensemble
