Promoted as “The Wiz” through the “Blackest of Black Lenses” in a New York Times ... Betts, as Aunt Em and the wicked witch Evillene, is a powerhouse, bringing a humor and vocal prowess ...

For Melody Betts, who plays Evillene and Aunt Em in the Broadway ... it first opened on Broadway April 17, 1975, The Wiz, in all its “Black-is-beautiful” glory, has returned.

Vanessa Williams recently mentioned you in an interview discussing the importance of Black producers ... and the cast of The Wiz Melody Betts, oh my god. I think Evillene is gonna make the ...

In their quest to find the wizard, they also face Evillene, the equally evil sister of Evermean, the wicked witch whom Dorothy inadvertently killed when she arrived in Oz; Evillene might be their ...