A live production of the 1975 Broadway musical, "The Wiz," which put a modern spin on the classic "Wizard of Oz" tale with a cast of African-American actors.

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and ...

Betts as Aunt Em and the villainous Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the ... In 2015, NBC's The Wiz Live! starring Queen Latifah, Ne-Yo and Amber Riley pulled in a whopping 11.5 million viewers.

Alan Mingo Jr., returning to the role he originated on the pre-Broadway tour and played on Broadway as The Wiz, Sheherazade as Glinda and Kyla Jade as Aunt Em/Evillene, D. Jerome (MJ the Musical ...

One suspects that the producers fretted about “The Wiz” needing to live up to the grandeur of ... Kyla Jade in the dual role of Aunt Em and Evillene (“The Wiz” version of the Wicked ...

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 ...