The Thursday-night live production featured an all-black cast ... 2015 So white ppl mad bc “the wiz” cast is all black,talking about “what if we had a all white cast of the wiz”umm y ...

Aduba literally glowed in her gold and yellow gown and, like her cast mates, she did her role justice. Lena Horne would be proud. The Wiz Live! was a well-executed production with a good cast ...

"The Wiz Live!" cast, producers and directors reunite for panel discussion and performances before Emmy voters and fans at the Directors Guild of America. By Gail Mitchell The magic of NBC’s The ...

The star-studded cast includes Mary J ... There's not much longer to go before the curtain rises on The Wiz Live!, which kicks off on December 3 at 8 p.m. on NBC. Trust us, you don't want to ...

NBC has decided to go with “The Wiz Live!,” an adaptation of the 1975 ... music-themed prime-time event with a predominantly black cast. These can seem like the best and worst of times for ...

It's a brand new day for the classic musical The Wiz as it gets a live television remake on NBC ... On December 3rd, all eyes will be on this talented new cast as they ease on down the road.

While it paid homage to the original disco musical that inspired it, The Wiz: Live took chances with everything from its production design to its stacked cast. It was exuberant, and even a little ...

Unable to do worse than nitpick the sort of minor technical struggles that are nearly inevitable in a live, one-night-only full-scale musical with a cast of ... success of The Wiz Live!

Tony Award nominee and multi-talented actor and singer David Alan Grier is joining NBC’s highly anticipated holiday production of ‘The Wiz Live‘ set for Thursday, Dec. 3. Grier will play ...

this year’s The Wiz Live! turnt up the heat. Led by newbie Shanice Williams as Dorothy, the all-star cast — which included Amber Riley, Common, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier ...

but NBC can hit a high note with the right casting for its live production of “The Wiz.” Whoever nabs the starring role in the Dec. 3 television event will have tough slippers to fill after ...

a 1978 film adaption of the play came out with a star-studded African-American cast featuring Diana Ross (Dorothy), Michael Jackson (Scarecrow) and Richard Pryor (The Wiz). Today, The Wiz Live! is ...