The groundbreaking Broadway sensation, The Wiz, made its triumphant return to the stage with a pre-Broadway premiere at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre on Nov. 29. The production was is nothing ...

The Wiz” is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a national tour bursting with vivid color and unabashed joy.

Directed by Schele Williams, the production begins promisingly with an intimate exchange between Dorothy (newcomer Nichelle Lewis) and Aunt Em (Melody A. Betts), comforting her city-girl niece who’s ...

(Left to right) Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion, Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Phillip Johnson Richardson as Tinman, Avery Wilson as Scarecrow. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel for "The Wiz") Director Schele Williams ...

When the coronavirus shutdown first hit in March 2020, my daughter watched a Black classic movie for the first time: “The Wiz.” It became an instant classic for her as she mimicked the Emerald City ...

Now, The Wiz is bringing all that Emerald City magic to Miami. The national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical has arrived at the Adrienne Arsht Center, marking the venue’s 20th year of Broadway ...

More than 50 years on, these are fresh times for “The Wiz” — if not entirely a brand new day. The current touring production of the seven-time Tony Award-winning musical — which staged its first ...

Director Schele Williams talks about breathing new, “unapologetically Black” life into Broadway classic “The Wiz.” I promise: You will not miss Toto. Broadway’s outstanding new revival of “The Wiz,” ...